Eli Manning was just 4-of-11 for 24 yards in the second half of Monday night's loss.
The moment we all waited for lasted about 20 seconds.
Eagles-Giants had all the aesthetic appeal of an ice cream cone melting upside down in the beach sand. Philadelphia was out of wide receivers (literally, with one healthy body remaining on the depth chart). New York, despite being one of the first teams mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, approached the game with the aggressiveness of a geriatric hobby golfer.
And yet here was Eli Manning licking the palms of both of his hands, digging in from his own 25-yard line for what could have been his 38th career fourth-quarter comeback in a 17-17 game against his longtime division rivals.