"The Giants knew there was no sense in trying to deny it, and they knew they had nowhere to run and hide. Their pathetic performance made one thing clear to anyone who saw it:

Their annual second-half collapse has begun.

Maybe they can stop the slide in the coming weeks, but they looked helpless on Sunday night against the Philadelphia Eagles. Given a chance to bury their bitter rivals and cling to their lead in the NFC East, the Giants looked more like pretenders than contenders as they fell meekly at the Meadowlands to the once-dead Dream Team, 17-10."