PHILADELPHIA — Into the belly of the beast now walks J.J. McCarthy.
John Harbaugh has gifted him this new lease on his NFL life, and there is no better place than this hostile place called the Linc for him to show that he is no one-hit wonder in his new job as starting quarterback of the rising New York Football Giants.
More than anyone now, it is on J.J. McCarthy to keep the fortunes of the team that has rescued him on a trajectory to its first NFC East title since 2011.
More than anyone now, it is on J.J. McCarthy to put an end to this 13-game streak of failure and humiliation here that has followed the Giants back up the Turnpike, the haunting sound of “Fly, Eagles! Fly!” accompanying them all the way back to 1925 Giants Drive, all the way back to Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin.
