I doubt anyone was surprised that the outcome of the Thursday night game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles would be 34-17. Likewise, if I predicted before the game that it would involve the winning team’s defense shutting out the opposing offense and winning off of timely takeaways in the fourth quarter, I think most people would be nodding along.

But while the general shape of the game went entirely according to expectations, nobody expected that it was the Giants who doubled their opponent’s score with 5 touchdowns, 3 of which came on the ground. Likewise, nobody would have expected that it would be the Giants to shut out the Eagles in the second half.

So how did they do it?

Discipline up front

If there’s one thing that stood out on replay with regards to the Gi

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