With nothing left to play for, Giants can still spoil Eagles’ Christmas party

Nobody grows up dreaming of being a spoiler. Tank may be the worst word in sports, but spoiler isnt that far behind. If you grow up around here, you dream of taking a ride up the Canyon of Heroes or, at the least, crowding the sidewalks of lower Manhattan in order to watch your favorite team take a bow for winning a championship.

Maybe you dream of popping champagne bottles in a dressing room, donning protective eyewear and being showered in the bubbly. Maybe you dream of having a green jacket draped over your shoulder. Maybe you dream of taking a lap around a rink with the Stanley Cup high above your head, or guzzling a bottle of milk after taking the flag at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Spoiler?

Nobody wants to be a spoiler. Nobody aspires to be a spoiler. If youre in position to be a spoiler, it means something has gone very wrong for you. It means the opponent youre facing has higher ambitions than youre able to strive for and so you must make it your holy mission to spoil their fun.

Freddy Mercury never crooned, We are the spoilers, my friends

With_nothing_left_to_play_for__Giants_can_still_spoil_Eagles__Christmas_party 3Tommy DeVito (15) calls a play during the second half against the New Orleans Saints at Caesars Superdome. Corey Sipkin for the NY POSTJimmy Chitwood didnt want to play spoiler against South Bend Central.

Nobody would remember how to spell Mike Eruziones name if that goal he scored in Lake Placid in 1980 had merely knocked the Soviets out of contention for the gold medal without meaning something for the Americans. Almost 44 years later we would still not be enthralled by the Spoiler On Ice.

But sometimes, you get what you get.

Sometimes being a spoiler is the best you can ask for out of a season.

And, of course, the most pressing numbers of all: The Eagles come into the game at Lincoln Financial Field at 10-4, still very much in play for the NFC East title, still an outside shot at stealing the No. 1 seed away from the 49ers. The Giants are 5-9. They are not mathematically eliminated just yet, but it would take some kind of logarithm to make things shake out for them.

The Eagles have everything to play for.

The Giants have nothing to play for.

Except for this: They can ruin Christmas in Greater Philadelphia. The Eagles are already coming in as vulnerable as theyve been in two years following three straight losses to the 49ers, Cowboys and Seahawks. Theyre scuffling. Theyre struggling. They have an awful lot to lose, and the Giants have absolutely nothing to lose.

It is the quintessential formula for a spoiler game.

With_nothing_left_to_play_for__Giants_can_still_spoil_Eagles__Christmas_party 3Jalen Hurts #1 walks off the field after an Eagles loss to the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field. Getty ImagesTheyre 10-4, Giants coach Brian Daboll said. Theyre pretty good. Theyre a good football team, got a lot to prepare for, so lets get ready to play the Eagles here.

Playing the role of spoiler in a football season is like dabbing your dying tooth with Anbesol: For a fleeting few moments, youre flooded with relief and the sweet release from pain and misery. But its temporary. It wears off too soon. The agony is always eager and ready to return.

The Jets beat the Giants on the last day of the 1988 season, Ken OBrien hitting Al Toon with a TD pass with under a minute to go. It knocked the Giants out of the playoff race, maybe deprived that championship-level group another shot at adding another Lombardi Trophy. The Jets were triumphant walking off the field. By the time they reached the parking lot, that giddiness was gone.

With_nothing_left_to_play_for__Giants_can_still_spoil_Eagles__Christmas_party 3Brian Daboll and the Giants can spoil Philadelphia’s Christmas. Charles Wenzelberg / New York PostStill

If youre going to play the game anyway and as of press time, theyre going to play the game anyway then a little spoiling wouldnt be so terrible. Maybe its not the kind of present you want to find under your tree in any given year. But as stocking stuffers go, its not so bad.

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