Sanchez Tosses 2 TDs, Beats Giants

The Philadelphia Eagles can only wonder what might have been this season. The New York Giants head into the off-season wondering what's going to happen after missing the playoffs for the third straight year.

Mark Sanchez threw two touchdowns and the Eagles' special teams scored their seventh touchdown of this otherwise frustrating season in a 34-26 victory over the Giants on Sunday, in what might have been Tom Coughlin's final game as New York's coach.

Backup tight end Trey Burton returned a blocked punt 27 yards for a score in the third quarter, and Nate Allen iced the game with a late interception. The Eagles (10-6) snapped a three-game losing streak that knocked them out of playoff contention last week. The 10 wins matched their total last season when they won the NFC East, and they had the division lead with four games to go this year after knocking off Dallas on Thanksgiving.

Rookie Odell Beckham Jr. had 12 catches for a career-best 185 yards, including a 63-yard fourth-quarter touchdown that got the Giants within 31-26. New York (6-10) had won three straight.

Now the question is what happens to Coughlin, who's led the Giants to two Super Bowl titles in his 11 seasons. If he stays, which players and coaches go?

Sanchez was 23 of 36 for 292 yards, including touchdowns of 44 yards to rookie Jordan Matthews and 1 yard to tight end Brent Celek on the Eagles' first two possessions. Cody Parkay made two field goals, with the last giving the Eagles an eight-point lead after Beckham's latest dazzling play got New York within five.

Allen then sealed the game with less than three minutes to play with his interception and return deep into Giants territory.

Eli Manning finished 28 of 53 for 429 yards, with Rueben Randle also having a big day, catching six passes for 158 yards. 

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