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Prediction: Eagles 30, Giants 24
by Mike Krueger | Follow @FF_Today

Player Rankings and Projections

New York Giants
Rank  Player Projections
 QB 13 Eli Manning Pass: 280, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
 RB 22 Peyton Hillis Rush: 50, 0 TD Rec: 3-30, 0
WR 3 Victor Cruz Rec: 8-100, 1 TD
WR 23 Rueben Randle Rec: 6-70, 1 TD
WR 28 Hakeem Nicks Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
TE 27 Brandon Myers Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
K 21 Josh Brown FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 22 Defense / ST  
 
Philadelphia Eagles
Rank  Player Projections
QB 6 Michael Vick Pass: 260, 2 TD Rush: 30, 0
RB 3 LeSean McCoy Rush: 100, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
RB 46 Bryce Brown Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 5 DeSean Jackson Rec: 8-100, 1 TD
WR 56 Riley Cooper Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
WR 64 Jason Avant Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 13 Zach Ertz Rec: 4-40, 1 TD
TE 28 Brent Celek Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
K 5 Alex Henery FG: 3/3 XP: 3/3
DEF 20 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Giants QB Eli Manning has started 142 consecutive games, longest active streak by QB. Has 18 TD passes in past 6 meetings, incl. 3 games with 4+ TDs... RB Brandon Jacobs has 13 career 100-yard games. Is franchise leader with 59 rush TDs... WR Victor Cruz has 5 TDs in 5 games vs. Phi. In those 5, has TD in 4 games & has 3 100-yard games. WR Hakeem Nicks had 9 catches for 142 yards in last meeting. WR Rueben Randle aims for 3rd in row vs. Phi. with 2 TD catches. Has 2 career games with 2 rec. TDs, both vs. Phi. Aims for 4th in row with TD catch... DE Jason Pierre-Paul has 8 sacks & 28-yard INT-TD in past 10 in Oct. Has 3.5 sacks in past 6 vs. Phi. Has 14.5 sacks in past 17 vs. division. S Ryan Mundy leads team with 47 tackles. Had career-high 15 tackles in Week 5 meeting. CB Prince Amukamara ranks 2nd on club with 40 tackles & has team-high 6 PD. DE Justin Tuck has 5.5 sacks in past 7 vs. Phi.

Eagles QB Michael Vick aims for 3rd consecutive win vs. division opp. QB Nick Foles has 6 TDs, 0 INTs & 101.3 rating in 2013... RB LeSean McCoy leads NFL with 685 rush yards & 952 scrimmage yards. Has 811 scrim. yards (115.9 per game) in past 7 meetings. Has 10 TDs (6 rush, 4 rec.) in past 10 Oct. games. Since 2010, ranks 4th in NFL with 111.4 scrim yards per game (5,461 yards, 49 games)... WR-PR DeSean Jackson leads NFC with 610 rec. yards. Among active players (min. 200 catches), ranks 2nd in NFL with 17.3 avg. (311 rec., 5,395 yards). Aims for 3rd in row vs. NYG with TD. In past 2 meetings, has 13 catches for 231 yards (115.5 per game) & 2 TDs. WR Riley Cooper has 10 rec. for 208 yards (104 per game) & TD in past 2. TE Brent Celek had 25-yard TD catch in Week 5 meeting... LB DeMeco Ryans had sack & 36-yard INT last week, 3rd career game with sack & INT. CB Cary Williams is only DB in NFL with 5 PD, 2 INTs & sack. Had INT in last meeting. LB Mychal Kendricks had 1st career INT in last mtg.


Results and Schedule

New York Giants
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-08 DAL A L 31-36 -5
2 2013-09-15 DEN H L 23-41 -18
3 2013-09-22 CAR A L 0-38 -38
4 2013-09-29 KC A L 7-31 -24
5 2013-10-06 PHI H L 21-36 -15
6 2013-10-10 CHI A L 21-27 -6
7 2013-10-21 MIN H W 23-7 +16
8 2013-10-27 PHI A    
9   Bye      
10 2013-11-10 OAK H    
11 2013-11-17 GB H    
12 2013-11-24 DAL H    
13 2013-12-01 WAS A    
14 2013-12-08 SD A    
15 2013-12-15 SEA H    
16 2013-12-22 DET A    
17 2013-12-29 WAS H    
   

Philadelphia Eagles
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-09 WAS A W 33-27 +6
2 2013-09-15 SD H L 30-33 -3
3 2013-09-19 KC H L 16-26 -10
4 2013-09-29 DEN A L 20-52 -32
5 2013-10-06 NYG A W 36-21 +15
6 2013-10-13 TB A W 31-20 +11
7 2013-10-20 DAL H L 3-17 -14
8 2013-10-27 NYG H    
9 2013-11-03 OAK A    
10 2013-11-10 GB A    
11 2013-11-17 WAS H    
12   Bye      
13 2013-12-01 ARI H    
14 2013-12-08 DET H    
15 2013-12-15 MIN A    
16 2013-12-22 CHI H    
17 2013-12-29 DAL A    

Injury Report

New York Giants
Out  RB David Wilson (neck)
Doubtful  RB Brandon Jacobs (hamstring)
Questionable  CB Jayron Hosley (hamstring)
 WLB Spencer Paysinger (ankle)
 TE Adrien Robinson (foot)
 FS Terrell Thomas (knee)
 CB Corey Webster (groin)
Probable  SS Cooper Taylor (shoulder)
IR  RB Andre Brown (leg, 8/30/2013)
 FS Stevie Brown (knee, 8/26/2013)
 MLB Dan Connor (neck, 9/12/2013)
 CB Aaron Ross (back, 10/5/2013)
   

Philadelphia Eagles
Out  QB Nick Foles (concussion)
Questionable  SS Patrick Chung (shoulder)
 DL Cedric Thornton (knee)
Probable  CB Bradley Fletcher (knee)
 RB Chris Polk (shoulder)
 QB Michael Vick (hamstring)
IR  WR Arrelious Benn (knee, 8/7/2013)
 OLB Phillip Hunt (knee, 8/29/2013)
 DE Joe Kruger (shoulder, 8/30/2013)
 WR Jeremy Maclin (knee, 7/30/2013)
 CB Curtis Marsh (hand, 9/2/2013)

Offense Stats Comparison

  NYG
 Offense 
PHI
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 18.0 24.3 23.0 PHI
Rushing yards 68.8 133.3 109.1 PHI
Rushing yards per attempt 3.21 4.98 4.09 PHI
Completion % 52.6% 55.0% 61.1% PHI
Passing yards 238.8 266.0 242.9 PHI
Passing yards per completion 11.55 13.81 11.03 PHI
Passing yards per attempt 6.08 7.60 6.74 PHI
Interceptions 2.3 0.5 0.9 PHI
Fumbles lost 0.8 0.5 0.7 PHI
Sacks allowed 1.8 2.0 2.7 NYG
3rd down conversions 30.0% 40.9% 37.8% PHI
4th down conversions 25.0% 50.0% 43.4% PHI
Time of possession 27:39 24:20 48:41 NYG
  Defense Stats Comparison

  NYG
 Defense 
PHI
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 33.0 25.0 23.0 PHI
Rushing yards 115.3 108.8 109.1 PHI
Rushing yards per attempt 3.74 3.85 4.09 NYG
Completion % 56.5% 63.6% 61.1% NYG
Passing yards 264.3 303.0 242.9 NYG
Passing yards per completion 11.41 11.28 11.03 PHI
Passing yards per attempt 6.44 7.18 6.74 NYG
INT return 0.5 0.8 0.9 PHI
Fumble recoveries 0.8 0.3 0.7 NYG
Sacks 0.8 1.5 2.7 PHI
3rd down conversions 49.5% 43.5% 37.8% PHI
4th down conversions 16.7% 25.0% 43.4% NYG
Time of possession 32:21 35:39 48:41 NYG

Special Teams Stats Comparison

   NYG   PHI  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 7.4 7.9 9.0 PHI
Yards per kick return 21.9 23.9 24.2 PHI
Yards allowed per punt return 21.6 6.6 9.0 PHI
Yards allowed per kick return 24.3 30.3 24.2 NYG
  Misc Stats Comparison

   NYG   PHI  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 5.5 6.8 6.4 NYG
Penalty yards 53.3 55.5 55.8 NYG

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 2 to 7 of the 2013 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 2 to 7 with no adjustment.

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Team vs. Team History

New York Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2000 2 2000-09-10 NYG PHI 33-18 NYG
2000 9 2000-10-29 PHI NYG 7-24 NYG
2001 6 2001-10-22 PHI NYG 10-9 PHI
2001 16 2001-12-30 NYG PHI 21-24 PHI
2002 8 2002-10-28 NYG PHI 3-17 PHI
2002 17 2002-12-28 PHI NYG 7-10 NYG
2003 7 2003-10-19 PHI NYG 14-10 PHI
2003 11 2003-11-16 NYG PHI 10-28 PHI
2004 1 2004-09-12 NYG PHI 17-31 PHI
2004 12 2004-11-28 PHI NYG 27-6 PHI
2005 11 2005-11-20 PHI NYG 17-27 NYG
2005 14 2005-12-11 NYG PHI 26-23 NYG
2006 2 2006-09-17 NYG PHI 30-24 NYG
2006 15 2006-12-17 PHI NYG 36-22 PHI
2006 WC 2007-01-07 NYG PHI 20-23 PHI
2007 4 2007-09-30 PHI NYG 3-16 NYG
2007 14 2007-12-09 NYG PHI 16-13 NYG
2008 10 2008-11-09 NYG PHI 36-31 NYG
2008 14 2008-12-07 PHI NYG 20-14 PHI
2008 DP 2009-01-11 PHI NYG 23-11 PHI
2009 8 2009-11-01 NYG PHI 17-40 PHI
2009 14 2009-12-13 PHI NYG 45-38 PHI
2010 11 2010-11-21 NYG PHI 17-27 PHI
2010 15 2010-12-19 PHI NYG 38-31 PHI
2011 3 2011-09-25 NYG PHI 29-16 NYG
2011 11 2011-11-20 PHI NYG 17-10 PHI
2012 4 2012-09-30 NYG PHI 17-19 PHI
2012 17 2012-12-30 PHI NYG 7-42 NYG
2013 5 2013-10-06 PHI NYG 36-21 PHI

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database. WC = Wild-Card DP = Divisional Playoff