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For the 8th time in nine games the Giants have lost to the Eagles. Photo: Rob Carr, Getty Images Last night’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles marks the eighth time in nine games that the Eagles beat the G-Men.  You might say that the Eagles have the Giants’ number as of late. Last season, the Giants could not even beat a Vince Young led Eagle team. It’s like that movie, There’s Something About Mary, except There’s Something About Andy. Reid is in Coughlin’s head and he isn’t leaving. He is the Giant killer of my generation. There is just something about playing the Eagles that brings the worst out of Big Blue.  Maybe it’s the notoriously annoying and detestable Eagle fans wishing bad things aloud as they stuff their faces with cheesesteak.  That couldn’t be it though, because the Giants lose at home just as often, if not more.  Maybe it’s the hard-nosed, trash-talking, relentless pass rush.  One would think the Giants would have figured out how to block Trent Cole by now. Whatever it
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