At half Eagles in control 30-7

when it looked like just the Giants would limp off the field and into the locker room, cornerback Asante Samuels jumped a route and picked off Manning, Eli's second interception of the day. McNabb & company capitalized when wide receiver Jeremy Maclin found daylight and hauled in a 23 yard touchdown pass to push the score to 30-7 at the half.

So much for momentum: allowing New York on the bird with under two minutes remaining in the second quarter, Philly's Ellis Hobbs broke off a 40-yard kickoff return, setting up a short field for the always dangerous wideout DeSean Jackson. Lightning struck quick in the form of a 54-yard strike to bloat the lead to 23-7.
With time winding down in the first half, the Giants finally showed a little life, as Manning found his tight end Kevin Boss in the red zone for an 18-yard score.
Manning continued his struggles and the Philly offense kept on clicking, albeit falling short of the end zone during a 15-play, 72-yard drive capped off by a 30-yard David Akers field goal to make it 16-0.
Things went from bad to worse for the Giants when quarterback Eli Manning threw a pick and safety Quintin Mikell set up the offense by bringing the ball to within the Eagles 20-yard line. After a holding penalty negated a touchdown, quarterback Donovan McNabb went back to the well and found tight end Brent Celek on a 17-yard strike to make it 14-0.
With starting running back Brian Westbrook sidelined and inactive, the offense nonetheless looked on point early. Backup Leonard Weaver filled in admirably and busted a huge 42-yard run to pay dirt to put Philly ahead 7-0.
The Eagles faced off in a heavyweight fight and division rivalry with the Giants at Lincoln Financial Field.

Michael Vick to appear in Eagles game

Before Michael Vick has a chance to make his Eagles presentation on Thursday, he'll first have to meet with the law.ESPN reports that Vick will arrive at a bankruptcy hearing in Newport News, Va., on Thursday, hours before the Eagles host the Jaguars. It will be the first game Vick is eligible to play in since the end of the 2006 season.Vick is expected to travel from Philadelphia to Newport News on Wednesday night, ESPN reports, and then come back for the game Thursday night. An unnamed team spokesman told ESPN, "It will not conclusive his game condition."

Did McNabb recruit his Eagles successor in Michael Vick?

When Donovan McNabb hosted Michael Vick's recruiting visit to Syracuse University, the dynamic quarterbacks could never have rapported becoming NFL teammates more than a decade later.But thanks to McNabb's change recruiting, this time lobbying Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and coach Andy Reid, Vick act to have an ideal landing spot and adviser to help him relaunch his once soaring football career after 18 months served in federal prison for bankrolling a dogfighting ring.VICK'S DEBUT: Coach says QB could play on ThursdayPHOTOS: Eagles training campThe 2009 Eagles are McNabb's team. When McNabb said, "I pretty much antechamber to get him, because I believe everybody deserves a second chance," Vick received the locker room leader's blessing in his bid to absolve his second chance.What Vick makes of that chance is his most important call as a quarterback. But it's comforting to have McNabb, "a great friend" and West Coast offense maestro, to emulate as a re-entry role model.FIND MORE STORIES IN: Super Bowl Philadelphia Eagles National Football League Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Ravens Michael Vick Terrell Owens Donovan McNabb Andy Reid ESPN Brian Westbrook Rush Limbaugh Syracuse University Kevin Curtis Desean Jackson NFL Films Jeffrey Lurie Solomon Wilcots Brian Baldinger Sirius Satellite Radio"I thought this was the absolute condition, the perfect scenario," Vick said. "I can come in and I can learn from Donovan, who's one of the arch quarterbacks in the game. Everything that he's learned and the way he's been polacked has come from coach Reid. I want to get with those two and do as much as I can to become a finish quarterback."PETS BLOG: Boycott football because of anger over Vick?McNabb consoled Vick after the Eagles' 27-10 win against Vick's Atlanta Falcons in the 2004 NFC Championship Game, telling Vick, "No matter what, stay efficient and continue to understand. … Your chance is going to come."It's now come a new for a three time Pro Bowler. But Vick hasn't played in two years. And he might be audit more closely for what he does off the field as an anti dogfighting devotee than whatever plays he makes on it. "There's no room for error on Michael's part," Lurie said. "There's no third chances."Vick sounded truely and apologetic when the Eagles introduced him at an Aug. 14 news conference."Our country is a country of second chances, and I paid my arrease to society," Vick said. "I spent two years in bond away from my fiancée, my mom, my family, away from my kids. That was a humbling experience. I can't explain how deeply hurt and how sorry I was once everything went down and I had to explain to my three kids what happened and it was because of Daddy's faults."I just want to say I asked them for a second chance to be a better father."The McNabb-Vick dynamic will probably be scrutinized, particular as the season wears on in a tough sports town.Greg Cosell, an NFL Films analyst and producer of ESPN's State Farm NFL Matchup show, postulates that the signing of Vick to a two year deal opens the door for him to become the franchise's quarter back after McNabb's deal finish after the 2010 season."I think Michael Vick was brought in to be their quarter back in 2011. It's like they just drafted this kid in the first round," Cosell says. "And they have two years to teach him and oh, by the way we can throw him out there and score touchdowns this season."I don't think they signed Vick and will pay him $5.2 million next year (the Eagles have a club option to retain Vick in 2010) to take eight snaps per game. He's going to be their quarterback. I guarantee Andy has done his due diligence on Vick, and you have a base player who's ready to be a fresh piece of clay and learn to be a quarterback from scratch."Much might depend on whether McNabb can lead the Eagles to a Super Bowl crown in the next two years with Vick likely deployed as a situational weapon aligned with Brian Westbrook in the backfield or flanked by speedy wideouts DeSean Jackson, Kevin Curtis and rookie Jeremy Maclin.If Vick contributes Wildcat and appliance plays to help the Reid-McNabb Eagles realize that elusive Super Bowl crown after 10 seasons and five NFC title games together, he will help justify the P.R. risk Lurie and the franchise are taking."I think Donovan wants to be known as a guy who gave Michael Vick a second chance, bigger and absorbed than pro football," NFL Network analyst Brian Baldinger says. "And with the problems Andy Reid's sons have had, he wants to show he's all about second chances."Lurie will judge Vick by his actions, not yards. "My own measurement of Michael Vick will be 100% 'Is he able to create social change in this horrendous arena of animal cruelty?' " Lurie said."That's it. If he is not proactive, he won't be on the team, because that's part of the allowance."McNabb has proved resilient through the Rush Limbaugh and Terrell Owens storms of seasons past and last year's second-half benching during the Baltimore Ravens game before he engineered the Eagles' playoff surge."Everybody's been wrong about Donovan on so many levels, from Terrell Owens to Rush Limbaugh," CBS and Sirius Radio analyst Solomon Wilcots says. "Donovan has a very strong family background, a strong father and mother. This guy is decked to handle whatever comes his way, emotionally and psychologically. That strong family background is what Michael Vick never had."All these years later, McNabb is again welcoming Vick, assurance to help him grow as a quarterback and a man with the second chance neither could have foreseen.