Victor Cruz Tears Patellar Tendon, Likely Done For Year
The popular wide receiver immediately grabbed his knee and was crying with his face in his hands as he was carted off the field in the third quarter.
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The popular wide receiver immediately grabbed his knee and was crying with his face in his hands as he was carted off the field in the third quarter.
The New York Football Giants traveled to Philadelphia for a prime time battle with the Eagles that would help determine NFC East supremacy. But New York started out poorly on defense, and the offense and special teams soon followed suit as the G-men got manhandled by the Eagles 27-0.
Making matter even worse for Big Blue, they lost Victor Cruz for the rest of the season after he tore the patellar tendon in his right knee
Nick Foles threw two touchdown passes, LeSean McCoy had a season-high 149 yards rushing and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants 27-0 on Sunday night for their first shutout in 18 years.
The Philadelphia Eagles entered 2014 as the favorites to win the NFC East thanks to Chip Kelly's high-octane offense guided by an emerging Nick Foles.
For Giants coach Tom Coughlin, it's all about winning -- and that goes the same for his work with the charity he founded, the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund.
Zak DeOssie vividly remembers his first trip to Philadelphia to play the Eagles. It was late in the 2007 NFL regular season. The New York Giants long snapper walked on the field and took in some of the talk being directed at his team.
The New York Football Giants (3-2) travel down to the City of Brotherly Love to battle the Philadelphia Eagles (4-1) in a Sunday Night Football match-up. The Giants started out winless after two weeks, but have since won three games in a row. The Eagles have walked the tightrope more than once this season, yet are still atop the NFC East with a 4-1 record.
"Please stop, you're scaring me!" Manning says. "This is horrible! I can't see a thing! Somebody, please, fix my underwear. I'm so scared! Get me out of Philadelphia!"
The 29-year-old pop star was reportedly in the mix with two other finalists: Coldplay and Rihanna.
The Giants are relatively healthy and appear to be in a good frame of mind heading into Sunday night's game at Philadelphia (4-1), with a trip to Dallas (4-1) on deck.
When asked if he was unimpressed by the intellect of the Giants, the Philly center said on WIP radio, "That is correct. They are a good football team, though. But, yes."
"I made a mistake," former Bears general manager Jerry Angelo told USA Today. "I was human. I was part of it. I'm not proud of it."
Beat the Eagles on Sunday and the noise in the locker room will inevitably get louder. What a change from just a year ago.
It was inevitable, not even a Football Friday could derail Boomer's Blueshirt train, so Craigie allowed the Blonde Bomber to gloat about his Rangers' season-opening win in St. Louis.
