Much Has Changed Since Giants Last Faced Eagles

A lot has changed since the Giants and Eagles faced off Oct. 19. The Mets lost in the World Series, the Jets turned around their season, and the Giants and Eagles raced to see whose on-the-field play would get their coach fired first. In that regard, the Eagles come out winners.

Let’s examine what else is different between Then and Now for these two teams.

Then: The Eagles’ head coach was Chip Kelly.
Now: It’s not.

Then: The Giants were 3-2 and could very well have been undefeated if they hadn’t blown fourth-quarter leads to Dallas and Atlanta in their first two games.
Now: I am done making excuses for this terrible team.

Then: The Giants’ 27-7 loss to the Eagles was their largest margin of defeat on the season.
Now: Last week’s 49-17 drubbing at the hands of the Vikings holds the honor.

Then: The Giants and Eagles were fighting for first place in the NFC East.
Now: That team from Washington earned the honor of being the division’s sacrificial lamb in the playoffs.

Then: My prediction of a Giants-Jets Super Bowl was still viable.
Now: My prediction of the Giants watching the Jets in the Super Bowl is fresh off the grill.

Then: Tom Coughlin was the oldest coach in the league.
Now: He’s the oldest coach in the league for at least one more game.

Then: The Eagles wore all-black jerseys in a show of solidarity.
Now: The Eagles should wear all-black jerseys in memory of their 2015 season.

Then: The Eagles were the only NFC East team to never win a Super Bowl.
Now: They’re holding steady.

Then: The Giants had one of the most explosive offenses in the league.
Now: They proved against the Vikings they’re useless without Odell Beckham Jr.

Then: Damontre Moore had a disastrous roughing the passer penalty on a third-and-10 with the Giants ahead 7-0 against the Eagles.
Now: Moore is known as the guy who got cut for arguing with Cullen Jenkins about getting a free pair of headphones.

Then: The Giants’ running game was terrible.
Now: Andre Williams just ran for a half yard again.

Then: The Giants’ special teams – especially Dwayne Harris, Brad Wing and Josh Brown – were an important part of the team’s success.
Now: The team has no success.

Then: The team was anxiously awaiting the return of Jason Pierre-Paul from his devastating fireworks injury.
Now: Something has to give; he can’t come back next year and play with an oven mitt cast again.

Then: It was 2015.
Now: It’s not.

Then: The Giants’ season looked promising.
Now: It’s almost over.

Then: Tom Coughlin and general manager Jerry Reese seemed certain to return for the 2016 season.
Now: “Should old acquaintances be forget, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintances be forget, and auld lang syne?”