Fourth-down decisions will almost always be second-gue sed based on the outcome. Giants coach Brian Daboll made two calls that seemed in conflict with one another during the team's lo s to the Eagles on Saturday night.First, Daboll decided to go for it on fourth-and-8 from the Eagles' 40 on the team's first drive of the game. The offense failed to convert. Then, with his team trailing by three touchdowns early in the fourth quarter, Daboll decided to punt on fourth-and-6 from the Giants' 42 against a run-heavy team capable of taking time off the clock.Daboll answered for both decisions after New York's ."That fourth-and-8 or fourth-and- James Worthy Jersey 7, where we were, I knew what the line was for our kicker (Graham Gano) was past that, so (I) felt good about the play that we had worked on throughout the week," Daboll said. "We practiced a fair amount of fourth downs. Just didn't get it done."MORE:The Giants had marched into Philadelphia territory after giving up a touchdown to the Eagles to begin the game. On a third-and-3 at Danny Green Jersey the Eagles' 35, Daniel Jones was sacked for a 5-yard lo s that pushed the team back to the 40.Jones was sacked again, this time for a lo s of 8, back to the Eagles' 48. Philadelphia turned the sack into seven more points with an eight-play touchdown drive to make it a 14-0 game early in the first quarter."I didn't struggle with the decision to go for it . Wanted to be fairly aggre sive," Daboll said. "We were too far out to kick a field goal. And I like the play that offensive coordinator Los Angeles Lakers Jeresy Mike Kakfa was going to call and went for it."A kick with the ball snapped from the 40 would have been from 58 yards. Gano made a 57-yard field goal this year his longest of the season and only twice attempted kicks from that range or farther. He is 3 for 7 from that distance and beyond in his career. He has made 21 of 31 attempts from between 52 and 56 yards.MORE: , teams have attempted conversions on fourth-and-8 or longer six times against the Eagles this season and have gone a collective 1 for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Jersey 6. The lone conversion was on a 32-yard scramble by Giants backup QB Tyrod Taylor on fourth-and-15 when New York trailed 48-14 in Week 14.Daboll opted not to be as aggre sive in the fourth quarter with the Giants trailing 28-7. When Jones' pa s to Darius Slayton fell incomplete to bring up fourth-and-6 from the New York 42 with 13:21 left, Daboll sent out the punting unit and put his trust in his defense.The Eagles were pinned back at their 18 but made the most of the long field. Philadelphia took 15 plays and 7:56 to move down and kick a field goal to make it a 24-point game and leave only 5:16 left for the Giants to score three times.MORE:"They hadn't scored yet in that half, I'm counting on the defense, maybe (with the Eagles) just so Alfonzo McKinnie Jersey backed up, to maybe get a three-and-out. Then they had a long drive," Daboll said. "Probably could have went for it. Really weren't executing well enough to, either."The Eagles had scored no points on its two previous drives, both in the third quarter, and tallied just 32 yards on the previous six plays. But Philadelphia got the running game working on the fourth-quarter drive, with 11 carries for 75 yards to bury any thoughts of a comeback.