Giants’ Surprising Season Ends With a Dominant Eagles Win

Eagles cornerback James Bradberry, who was released by the Giants last May, intercepted Jones on the next drive. By the time Eagles running back Boston Scott plunged into the end zone for a 3-yard touchdown, widening the gap to 21-0 with about seven minutes remaining in the half, the Giants’ sideline looked somber. The game was never in doubt, and aside from an 8-yard rushing touchdown by Matt Breida and a few splash moments from running back Saquon Barkley, the Giants showed no resistance.

Still, it was a surprise for the Giants even to reach this point. In an interview in August during training camp at the team’s red brick-ladened facility in New Jersey, Schoen listed few bombastic goals for his team, which had endured five consecutive losing seasons and had not reached the playoffs since 2016. Schoen and the front office inherited a difficult salary-cap situation, which prevented them from adding free agents or trading for star players.

“I just want to see progress,” Schoen said. “I just want to see the team getting better, the execution getting better and not beating ourselves and being competitive in all the games. There’s not a lot that we can do financially, so we’re not able to do a lot of big moves to upgrade what we have. But the guys getting better, competing and playing together as one, hopefully that will catapult us going forward as we set the foundation and the culture.”

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/21/sports/football/eagles-giants-nfl-playoffs.html