The Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants will square off on ‘Monday Night Football’ at Lincoln Financial Field in a matchup that could put the Birds into a first-place tie with the Cowboys in the NFC East.
The Eagles need to win this ball game in dominant fashion, to help restore some confidence to a bruised locker room after the disaster in Miami.
Monday night presents an opportunity for the Eagles to take out some frustration in the passing game. Earlier in the week, the Giants ruled out cornerback Corey Ballentine and placed safety Jabrill Peppers on injured reserve.
The Giants rank just 30th in pass-defense DVOA according to Football Outsiders’. Rookie DeAndre Baker has struggled at times this season, and he’ll be manned up on the outside. Baker has 135.3 passer rating allowed on throws in his direction ranks 171st out of the 175 cornerbacks and safeties who have played at least 200 snaps in coverage this season, per Pro Football Focus.
Alshon Jeffery has had success against Janoris Jenkins, but he could be relegated to playing in the slot with the loss of Ballentine.
On the season, New York is allowing 8.5 yards per attempt, which is tied for last in the NFL entering the week, while Carson Wentz does his best work under the lights and on Monday Night Football. During his career, Wentz has a 3-1 record, 8 total touchdowns, with 7 coming through the air.
Wentz only has 3 interceptions on Monday night, while completing 66.42% of his completions (best of any day), with 1018 passing yards.
