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.](http://media.philly.com/images/445*323/0OG0IL.jpg)
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.