Toronto Star

Eagles edge Giants after Tynes misses late field goal try

QB Vick rallies Philly to third comeback win

- ROB MAADDI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHILADELPH­IA— Given a second chance, Lawrence Tynes couldn’t make the Philadelph­ia Eagles pay for a tactical mistake.

Tynes missed two field-goal tries from 54 yards with 15 seconds left and the Philadelph­ia Eagles held on for a19-17 victory over the New York Giants on Sunday night.

Tynes missed left, but the Eagles had called time out to ice him. He was short on his second attempt.

With LeSean McCoy leading the way on the ground, Michael Vick guided the Eagles (3-1) to another comeback. Alex Henery kicked a 26-yard field goal with 1:49 left and the Eagles overcame two pass interferen­ce penalties on New York’s final drive.

Vick threw TD passes in the final two minutes in consecutiv­e onepoint wins over Cleveland and Baltimore the first two weeks before a 26-7 loss at Arizona. The defending Super Bowl champion Giants (2-2) have struggled against Philadelph­ia, losing eight of the last nine meetings. McCoy had 121 of his 123 yards rushing in the second half. He had six carries for two yards at halftime. After Eli Manning tossed a goahead six-yard TD pass to Bear Pas- coe, Vick drove the Eagles to the Giants 2 before Osi Umenyiora sacked him for a six-yard loss. Henery then hit his fourth field goal to put the Eagles ahead to stay. Henery also connected from 48, 35 and 20 yards. A pass interferen­ce penalty on Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie kept the Giants’ last drive alive and put the ball at the Eagles 35 after Manning threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-one. Another pass interferen­ce call on Nnamdi Asomugha on third-and-10 moved it to the Eagles 27. Then Ramses Barden got called for offensive pass interferen­ce to move it back to the 36.

The Giants then sent out Tynes to try for the winning kick on thirdand-18 because they didn’t have any timeouts remaining.

Vick was 19 of 30 for 241yards and the turnover-prone Eagles protected the ball. Philly led the NFL with 12 turnovers through three games, but didn’t commit any Sunday.

Manning completed 24 of 42 passes for 309 yards, two TDs and one intercepti­on.

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