The New York Giants (2-10) travel down the Turnpike to face the Philadelphia Eagles (5-7) on Monday Night Football.
Here are six things to know about the Week 14 game.
The rivalry
The series has been lopsided as of late with the Eagles winning the past five meetings and nine of the past 10. The Giants have lost seven straight games at Lincoln Financial Field. They last won in Philadelphia on October 27, 2013 by a score of 15-7.
The Eagles’ latest success against the Giants has even the overall regular season series at 84-84-2. The teams have met four times in the postseason, each winning twice.
The Eagles have landed
Since winning Super Bowl LII, 41-33, the Eagles have gone 14-14. They qualified for the postseason last year, losing 20-13 to the New Orleans Saints in the divisional round. This year, they are 5-7 and on the bubble of the NFC playoff picture.
Their mastery of the Giants — who they will play twice in their last four games — should help them stay in the race until the very end. Since 2000, Philadelphia is 25-13 in the regular season against the Giants, which is the highest winning percentage (.658) by an NFC East team against the Giants over that span.
The Giants are up against it
Even if this game was played on the moon, the Giants just seem to crumble when they see the Eagles. But Philly has been rough on a other teams as well.
Since 2016, the Eagles have the fourth-best home winning percentage (.719, 23-9) in the NFL behind only New England (.882, 30-4), Minnesota (.767, 23-7) and New Orleans (.727, 24-9).
They have also been tough on Monday Night Football. Since 2016, they own a 4-1 (.800) record on Monday nights under Doug Pederson.
The Eagles offense
Philadelphia has the sixth-best third-down offense in the NFL (45.5%) behind Dallas (49.0%), Baltimore (48.9), Kansas City (46.8%), Houston (45.8%) and San Francois (45.6%).
The Giants’ defense is 22nd in the NFL on third downs, allowing opponents to convert 40.52% of the time.
Philadelphia is 20th overall in the NFL on offense and 16th in points scored.
The Eagles defense
The Eagles defense is allowing only 91.0 rushing yards per game, which ranks 4th in the NFL, trailing only N.Y. Jets (75.3), Tampa Bay (76.3) and New Orleans (88.6).
The Giants are 23rd in the NFL in rushing with an average of 95.5 yards per game. They are averaging just 78.75 yards per game since their last victory, which was over Washington in Week 4.
The Eagles are 19th in total defense and has allowed 23.7 point per game (13th overall).
The Eagles have been sloppy
Philadelphia has minus-5 turnover ratio, which goes a long way to explaining their losing record.
They have 16 takeaways this season — 10 interceptions and six fumble recoveries. But that has been more than offset by their 21 giveaways. They’ve thrown eight interceptions and are second in the NFL in fumbles lost with 13.
The only other team with more lost fumbles? The Giants, who have lost 15. New York is also tied with Miami for the worst turnover ratio in the league at minus-14.
