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Prediction: Eagles 31, Giants 30
by Mike Krueger | Follow @FF_Today

Player Rankings and Projections

New York Giants
Rank  Player Projections
QB 9 Eli Manning Pass: 285, 2 TD Rush: 5, 0
RB 9 Andre Williams Rush: 75, 1 TD Rec: 2-15, 0
RB 55 Peyton Hillis Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 10 Victor Cruz Rec: 6-80, 1 TD
WR 40 Rueben Randle Rec: 4-55, 0 TD
WR 62 Odell Beckham Jr. Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
TE 6 Larry Donnell Rec: 5-50, 1 TD
K 7 Josh Brown FG: 3/3 XP: 3/3
DEF 25 Defense / ST  
 
Philadelphia Eagles
Rank  Player Projections
QB 8 Nick Foles Pass: 275, 2 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 8 LeSean McCoy Rush: 70, 1 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 40 Darren Sproles Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 4-25, 0
WR 7 Jeremy Maclin Rec: 6-90, 1 TD
WR 59 Riley Cooper Rec: 3-40, 0 TD
WR 60 Jordan Matthews Rec: 3-35, 0 TD
TE 11 Zach Ertz Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
TE 32 Brent Celek Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
K 13 Cody Parkey FG: 1/1 XP: 4/4
DEF 6 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Giants QB Eli Manning has won 3 in row & has 100+ rating in all 3. In those 3, has 8 TDs, 1 INT & 115.2 rating. Has started 156 consecutive games, longest active streak by QB... RB Rashad Jennings rushed for 102 yards with TD & had 7 catches for 74 yards in last game vs. Phi. (11/3/13 with Oak.). Rookie RB Andre Williams aims for 3rd in row with rush TD... In past 3 at Phi., WR Victor Cruz has 19 catches for 305 yards (101.7 per game) & 3 TDs. WR Rueben Randle has 4 rec. TDs in past 3 meetings (2 games with 2 TDs). Had TD last week. TE Larry Donnell ties for 1st among NFC TE with 4 rec. TDs. Rookie WR ODELL BECKHAM, JR. had TD in NFL debut last week... In last meeting, S Antrel Rolle had sack, INT & FF, only NYG S to do so in past 7 seasons. DE Jason Pierre-Paul is only DE in NFL with 2 INT-TDs since 2012. CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie spent 2 seasons in Phi. (2011-12)

Eagles Have 7 return TDs, tied with 1920 Buffalo All-Americans for most in 1st 5 games... QB Nick Foles won only start vs. NYG & had 114.9 rating. Is 7-0 with 13 TDs, 3 INTs & 101.7 rating in past 7 at home... RB LeSean McCoy has 4 100-yard rush games vs. NYG. In past 5 at home, has 606 scrimmage yards (121.2 per game), 527 rush yards (105.4 per game) & 4 TDs. RB Darren Sproles had rush & rec. TDs in last game vs. NYG (12/9/12 with NO). Has 6 career games with both. Since 2011, leads NFL RBs with 248 rec., 2,179 rec. yards & 16 rec. TDs... WR Jeremy Maclin has 3 TDs in his past 4 vs. NYG. Has 25 catches for 443 yards (110.8 per game) & 4 TDs in past 4 at home. Aims for 5th in row at home with TD... Last week, S CHRIS MARAGOS had return TD off blocked punt by TE James Casey & DE Cedric Thornton had FR-TD off sack & FF by LB Trent Cole. LB DeMeco Ryans leads team with 33 tackles. S Malcolm Jenkins ties for NFL lead with 3 INTs. DE Fletcher Cox had sack in last meeting.


Results and Schedule

New York Giants
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2014-09-08 DET A L 14-35 -21
2 2014-09-14 ARI H L 14-25 -11
3 2014-09-21 HOU H W 30-17 +13
4 2014-09-25 WAS A W 45-14 +31
5 2014-10-05 ATL H W 30-20 +10
6 2014-10-12 PHI A    
7 2014-10-19 DAL A    
8   Bye      
9 2014-11-03 IND H    
10 2014-11-09 SEA A    
11 2014-11-16 SF H    
12 2014-11-23 DAL H    
13 2014-11-30 JAC A    
14 2014-12-07 TEN A    
15 2014-12-14 WAS H    
16 2014-12-21 STL A    
17 2014-12-28 PHI H    
   

Philadelphia Eagles
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2014-09-07 JAC H W 34-17 +17
2 2014-09-15 IND A W 30-27 +3
3 2014-09-21 WAS H W 37-34 +3
4 2014-09-28 SF A L 21-26 -5
5 2014-10-05 STL H W 34-28 +6
6 2014-10-12 NYG H    
7   Bye      
8 2014-10-26 ARI A    
9 2014-11-02 HOU A    
10 2014-11-10 CAR H    
11 2014-11-16 GB A    
12 2014-11-23 TEN H    
13 2014-11-27 DAL A    
14 2014-12-07 SEA H    
15 2014-12-14 DAL H    
16 2014-12-20 WAS A    
17 2014-12-28 NYG A    

Injury Report

New York Giants
Out  RB Rashad Jennings (knee)
 WLB Spencer Paysinger (hamstring)
Questionable  DE Robert Ayers (neck)
 MLB Jon Beason (foot)
Probable  CB Jerome Couplin (ribs)
 CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (ankle)
IR  WR Jerrel Jernigan (foot, 9/16/2014)
 SS Cooper Taylor (foot, 8/26/2014)
 CB Walter Thurmond (pectoral, 9/16/2014)
 RB David Wilson (neck, 8/7/2014)
   

Philadelphia Eagles
Out  ILB Mychal Kendricks (calf)
 RB Chris Polk (hamstring)
 WR Brad Smith (other-excused)
Questionable  ILB DeMeco Ryans (groin)
Probable  OLB Connor Barwin (knee)
 CB Brandon Boykin (hamstring)
 TE Trey Burton (achilles-tendon)
 CB Nolan Carroll (hamstring)
 WR Josh Huff (shoulder)
IR  ILB Najee Goode (pectoral, 9/9/2014)

Offense Stats Comparison

  NYG
 Offense 
PHI
 Offense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points for 24.7 32.7 23.2 PHI
Rushing yards 119.7 108.7 114.0 NYG
Rushing yards per attempt 3.71 3.76 4.21 PHI
Completion % 66.3% 59.3% 63.8% NYG
Passing yards 226.3 269.0 241.9 PHI
Passing yards per completion 9.98 10.98 10.77 PHI
Passing yards per attempt 6.62 6.51 6.87 NYG
Interceptions 1.0 1.0 0.8 -
Fumbles lost 1.0 1.7 0.6 NYG
Sacks allowed 1.3 0.3 2.0 PHI
3rd down conversions 48.5% 42.9% 42.1% NYG
4th down conversions 40.0% 33.3% 45.1% NYG
Time of possession 32:19 25:29 30:10 NYG
  Defense Stats Comparison

  NYG
 Defense 
PHI
 Defense 
NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Points against 20.7 27.0 23.2 NYG
Rushing yards 98.3 126.0 114.0 NYG
Rushing yards per attempt 4.09 4.23 4.21 NYG
Completion % 60.3% 58.8% 63.8% PHI
Passing yards 280.7 257.3 241.9 PHI
Passing yards per completion 12.62 11.43 10.77 PHI
Passing yards per attempt 7.61 6.72 6.87 PHI
INT return 1.3 0.7 0.8 NYG
Fumble recoveries 0.0 0.7 0.6 PHI
Sacks 1.7 2.3 2.0 PHI
3rd down conversions 32.8% 39.2% 42.1% NYG
4th down conversions 50.0% 25.0% 45.1% PHI
Time of possession 27:41 34:31 30:10 NYG

Special Teams Stats Comparison

   NYG   PHI  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Yards per punt return 6.6 15.9 8.6 PHI
Yards per kick return 20.8 30.9 23.0 PHI
Yards allowed per punt return 14.0 8.0 8.6 PHI
Yards allowed per kick return 18.0 21.9 23.0 NYG
  Misc Stats Comparison

   NYG   PHI  NFL
 Avg. 
 Adv. 
Penalties 5.0 8.3 6.9 NYG
Penalty yards 40.7 63.3 59.2 NYG

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 5 of the 2014 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 1 to 5 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
2013 8 2013-10-27 NYG PHI 15-7 NYG

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