What happened yesterday could be called the Miracle of the Meadowlands IV. What appeared as another Philadelphia Eagles' loss was saved by a late game punt return for a touchdown. Fans were leaving Giants Stadium at the 2-minute warning in celebrating a huge win for the hometown Giants. They were hooting and hollering as they were getting a head start on traffic. Most fans were leaving so they could get home in time to watch the big game later that evening; the World Series and the New York Yankees. The Yankees would go on to defeat the Marlins 6-1 in game #2 in Yankee Stadium. This was just another chapter in the storied history at Giants Stadium. A series that features last second impossible ways for the Philadelphia Eagles to snatch victory in the jaws of defeat. Miracles at the New Jersey Meadowlands. Ike Reese said it best, "The games was over. Everybody in the stadium thought the game was over." Then lightning struck again in the closing minutes of a game dominated by the New York men in blue. This bolt wore #36 and scored the game's winning touchdown by returning a punt 84 yards with only 76 seconds left. Bobby Taylor put the finishing touches on an unlikely victory by batting down the last pass from Kerry Collins on fourth down. The bus ride back to Philly will be a happy one, albeit it lucky. Very, very lucky!

The New York Giants outgained the Eagles by 205 yards (339-134) and still lost. They held Philadelphia to a lousy 18 yards over the last 35 ½ minutes. Donovan McNabb was again a shell of his old self completing only 9 of 23 passes and 63 yards. He started out on target, completing his first 5 passes for 45 yards. But over the last 49 ½ minutes, he was only 4-of-18 and 19 yards with an interception that led to a Giants late first half FG. The Eagles won 14-10 despite McNabb's sixth consecutive below par game this season. I remember going to a game back in 1992 against the Denver Broncos. In that game, the Eagles "Gang Green" defense held QB great John Elway only 59 yards passing. The Eagles won that game 30-0. This game could have had a similar result except for the inept New York Giants play deep in Philadelphia territory. The Giants drove inside the Eagles 39-yard line on 7 of 11 possessions and scored only 10 points. New York squandered opportunity after opportunity to take a stranglehold on the game. Nate Wayne stripped first Jeremy Shockey of the ball after he caught a pass deep in Eagles' territory. Then Kerry Collins fumbled the ball away after he was sacked at the Eagles 10-yard line. And lastly, the Giants took the knee 3 times using all of Philly's timeouts, but giving the ball back to the Eagles anyway. You know what happened next.

Donovan McNabb now has a 51.1 QB rating, the worst in the NFL. His rating this game was 29.1, lowest since a 24.4 at Dallas in 1999. His 9 completions were also his lowest since 1999 against the Carolina Panthers when he completed only 8 passes. Both lows happened during his rookie season when the Eagles finished the year at 5-11. At the moment, the Eagles are at 3-3. This was due only because of Brian Westbrook. Besides his miracle return, Westbrook was responsible for 233 of the Eagles' 306 all-purpose yards. That is over 76% of the entire offense. That is what we are used to seeing in Donovan McNabb, who at times would be responsible for approximately 80% of the teams' offense. Not this year! Certainly not in Giants Stadium on a cold, windy October afternoon. What we saw today was another Eagles' miracle win. The first and most infamous occurred back in 1978, when Herman Edwards returned a fumble with only 25 seconds left for a miraculous win. Then in 1988, Clyde Simmons picked up a blocked punt and ran it in for a touchdown in overtime. Now this miracle where the Giants' special teams failed to tackle Brian Westbrook on his 84-yard return. Heck, Westbrook was not even born when the first miracle happened. He sure will never forget either. I won't forget. Bring on the other New York football team. The Jets are coming to town.