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Bowen: Eagles' defensive backs pick good time to excel

TERRENCE BROOKS was only on the field because Jaylen Watkins had left with a concussion. Brooks plays special teams, hadn't played a defensive snap all season before Thursday's second half, but Watkins was down and the Eagles were hanging on by wind-numbed fingertips to a win that had initially looked like it might come easy.

Eagles strong safety Malcolm Jenkins (third from right) celebrates his first-quarter touchdown interception for a touchdown against the New York Giants on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016 in Philadelphia.  Slideshow icon Slideshow
Eagles 24, Giants 19

Nothing comes easy to the 2016 Eagles, though.

Fourteen seconds left, Eli Manning 34 yards away from the victory that would have clinched a Giants playoff berth, tight end Will Tye looked wide-open as he headed for the right side of the end zone.