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New York Giants 27

Philadelphia Eagles 17

It's hard not to smile when you're a first time homeowner. The interiors may be a bit dated, the facade featuring a little too much corrugated plastic sheeting and perhaps the windows could do with more 'glass' and a little less 'plywood boarding nailed to the frames'. Maybe the foundations are slightly off skew, sinking the northern end into the swampy darkness below. Cold frosty winds seep through the walls at night, chilling the bones of any who rest their weary heads within. The faint screams of former children echoing through the walls at night may be off setting to some, but you get used to that after a while. At the end of the day, when you've been sleeping in the gutter for years on end, it's nice to have somewhere safe to call home. Even if the forlorn shack burns down, that damp plot of land ain't going nowhere soon.

The New York Football Giants played 60 minutes of genuinely interesting gridiron for the first time in over half a decade today. There was no back breaking interception, no fumble from holding the football like a loaf of hot bread, no predictable fourth quarter defensive meltdown and no stumbling to the ground untouched with eternal sunshine greeting you with open arms. The G-Men may have, potentially, if I'm not getting too far ahead of myself, entered the top 25 teams in the National Football League. If only for this week and the next (bye week), we'll always have the week 10 win of 2020 against a 3-5-1 Eagles team that's suffering major injuries and seem to be festering deep in the 'unpleasantly unwatchable' zone.

The Eagles have found ways to win these games over the last four years. Every one of them to be precise, but as the saying goes; you don't get your teeth kicked in this frequently without learning something about dentistry. Conversely, Philly felt like they were pulling their own teeth at stages in this affair; Carson Wentz had several snaps shoot straight into his shins, somehow not turning the ball over, multiple players dropped key passes and going 0 for 10 on third down if a sure fire way to usher out four years of dominance. Philadelphia should consider themselves lucky they were geographically isolated from their fans, it may have been car batteries raining down upon them if the City of Brotherly Love were hosting this contest.

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- In two weeks Daniel Jones has gone from socially outcast problem drinker to Our Lord and Saviour Patron Saint of Hope and Forgiveness, and I could not be happier with that progression.

- Blessed are the patient and Wayne Gallman can count his blessings. After backing up Saquon Barkley for three years it's fitting his two TDs were the deciding factor in today's scoreline.

- Visions of a pesky 5-11 Giants team knocking of Tampa Bay in week one of the playoffs is a sickly fever dream at best, but there is something going around at the moment...