Resurgent Philadelphia pummels Eli, New York
DeMarco Murray ran for 109 yards and a touchdown, Nolan Carroll returned one of Manning’s two interceptions for a score and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants 27-7 on Monday night.
The Eagles had three takeaways, sacked Manning three times and forced two intentional grounding penalties.
Bradford threw for 280 yards with a 32-yard touchdown pass to Riley Cooper, but had three interceptions to keep New York in the game.
The Giants gave the Eagles first downs on a roughing-the-passer penalty and a running-into-the-kicker penalty to keep both of their touchdown drives going.
The Eagles took a 14-7 lead in the second quarter when Carroll jumped in front of a pass intended for Dwayne Harris and ran it back untouched for his first career touchdown.
He had two runs of 11 yards each and finished off the drive with a 12-yard touchdown run to give Philadelphia a 24-7 lead in the third quarter.
The Eagles went three-and-out on their first possession and the Giants were driving with a first down at Philadelphia’s 23 when DeMeco Ryans stole the ball from Larry Donnell for an interception.
A roughing-the-passer penalty on Damontre Moore helped the Eagles avoid another three-and-out and Bradford hit Cooper on a deep pass to tie it at 7-7.
But Jayron Hosley intercepted Bradford’s deep pass and ran it back to the Giants’ 42.