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Giants-Eagles ‘things I think’: DeVito-mania screeches to a halt, Giants narrowly miss Christmas Miracle

The New York Giants’ 33-25 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Christmas Day was a far more entertaining affair than many, including myself, thought it would be.

The Giants, after a second-half quarterback switch, took advantage of some Eagles mistakes and made Philadelphia fight all the way to the game’s final play to get a closer-than-expected victory.

Here are a few ‘things I think’ as Christmas Day winds into late on Christmas night.

The end of DeVito-mania?

Giants coach Brian Daboll brought a crashing end to DeVito-mania at the start of the second half when he replaced undrafted free agent rookie cult hero Tommy DeVito at quarterback with veteran Tyrod Taylor.