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Philadelphia Eagles at New York Giants - Week 17
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

IND
TEN		 27
 10
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NYJ
MIA		 37
 24
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NO
TB		 23
 20
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JAC
HOU		 17
 23
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SD
KC		 7
 19
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DET
GB		 20
 30
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DAL
WAS		 44
 17
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CLE
BAL		 10
 20
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CIN
PIT		 17
 27
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CHI
MIN		 9
 13
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CAR
ATL		 34
 3
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BUF
NE		 17
 9
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PHI
NYG		 34
 26
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OAK
DEN		 14
 47
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ARI
SF		 17
 20
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STL
SEA		 6
 20
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Prediction: Giants 30, Eagles 27
by Mike Krueger | Follow @FF_Today

Player Rankings and Projections
Philadelphia Eagles
Rank  Player Projections
QB 6 Mark Sanchez Pass: 285, 2 TD Rush: 5, 0
RB 13 LeSean McCoy Rush: 75, 1 TD Rec: 2-15, 0
RB 46 Darren Sproles Rush: 15, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 13 Jeremy Maclin Rec: 6-80, 1 TD
WR 32 Jordan Matthews Rec: 4-55, 1 TD
WR 76 Riley Cooper Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 11 Zach Ertz Rec: 5-55, 0 TD
TE 24 Brent Celek Rec: 2-25, 0 TD
K 8 Cody Parkey FG: 2/2 XP: 3/3
DEF 24 Defense / ST  
 
New York Giants
Rank  Player Projections
QB 13 Eli Manning Pass: 270, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
 RB 19 Andre Williams Rush: 55, 1 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
 RB 38 Rashad Jennings Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0
WR 1 Odell Beckham Jr. Rec: 9-125, 1 TD
WR 29 Rueben Randle Rec: 5-65, 1 TD
TE 21 Larry Donnell Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 6 Josh Brown FG: 3/3 XP: 3/3
DEF 28 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Eagles QB Mark Sanchez has 14 wins at MetLife Stadium, 2nd most by QB. Passed for career-high 374 yards last week... RB LeSean McCoy rushed for 149 yards in Week 6, his 5th 100-yard game vs. NYG. Has 1,220 rush yards, his 4th 1,000-yard season in past 5 years. RB Darren Sproles has 3 TDs (2 rush, 1 rec.) in past 2 meetings. Has career-high 6 rush TDs... WR Jeremy Maclin has 3 TDs in past 2 at NYG. Has career-high 82 catches & 1,269 yards. Has 10 rec. TDs, tied for his most in season. TE Zach Ertz had team-record 15 catches last week for career-best 115 yards. Rookie WR Jordan Matthews has 7 rec. TDs, 4th most by NFC rookie. WR Riley Cooper had 2 TDs last week... Phi. has 9 players with return TD, tied for most in season in NFL history. LB Connor Barwin had 3 sacks & FF in Week 6. Leads NFC with 14.5 sacks. DE Vinny Curry had 2 sacks in last meeting. Has 9 sacks in past 12. LB Mychal Kendricks had INT & FR in last game at NYG. DE Fletcher Cox aims for 3rd in row on road with sack.

Giants QB Eli Manning has 391 yards, 3 TDs & 148.8 rating last week. Has 109.8 rating in past 5. Has 3,981 pass yards & needs 19 yards for 4th career 4,000-yard season... Rookie RB Andre Williams rushed for 110 yards last week, his 2nd 100-yard game in past 3. In last meeting vs. Phi. (11/3/13 with Oak.), RB Rashad Jennings rushed for 102 yards with TD & had 7 catches for 74 yards... Rookie WR ODELL BECKHAM, JR. has 79 catches, most ever by player in 1st 11 games. Leads rookies with 1,120 rec. yards & ties for rookie lead with 11 rec. TDs. In past 8, has 69 catches for 1,014 yards & 8 TDs, only rookie in NFL history with 1,000+ rec. yards & 8+ rec. TDs in 8-game span. WR Rueben Randle has 4 TDs in past 2 home meetings. Had 6 catches for career-high 132 yards & TD last week. TE Larry Donnell has career-high 6 TDs... In past 2 meetings, S Antrel Rolle has 2 INTs, sack & FF. DE Jason Pierre-Paul has 7 sacks & 2 FFs in past 4. Rookie LB Devon Kennard has 4.5 sacks & 2 FFs in past 4.


Results and Schedule

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 W 27-0 +27
7   Bye      
8 2014-10-26 ARI A L 20-24 -4
9 2014-11-02 HOU A W 31-21 +10
10 2014-11-10 CAR H W 45-21 +24
11 2014-11-16 GB A L 20-53 -33
12 2014-11-23 TEN H W 43-24 +19
13 2014-11-27 DAL A W 33-10 +23
14 2014-12-07 SEA H L 14-24 -10
15 2014-12-14 DAL H L 27-38 -11
16 2014-12-20 WAS A L 24-27 -3
17 2014-12-28 NYG A W 34-26 +8
   

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 L 0-27 -27
7 2014-10-19 DAL A L 21-31 -10
8   Bye      
9 2014-11-03 IND H L 24-40 -16
10 2014-11-09 SEA A L 17-38 -21
11 2014-11-16 SF H L 10-16 -6
12 2014-11-23 DAL H L 28-31 -3
13 2014-11-30 JAC A L 24-25 -1
14 2014-12-07 TEN A W 36-7 +29
15 2014-12-14 WAS H W 24-13 +11
16 2014-12-21 STL A W 37-27 +10
17 2014-12-28 PHI H L 26-34 -8

Injury Report

Philadelphia Eagles
Out  QB Nick Foles (collarbone)
Doubtful  OLB Trent Cole (hand)
IR  ILB Najee Goode (pectoral, 9/9/2014)
 ILB DeMeco Ryans (other-excused, 11/3/2014)
 SS Earl Wolff (knee, 11/18/2014)
   

New York Giants
Questionable  RB Rashad Jennings (ankle)
 CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (undisclosed)
IR  CB Prince Amukamara (biceps, 11/5/2014)
 DE Robert Ayers (pectoral, 12/1/2014)
 MLB Jon Beason (toe, 10/29/2014)
 RB Michael Cox (leg, 11/11/2014)
 WR Victor Cruz (knee, 10/14/2014)
 RB Peyton Hillis (concussion, 11/15/2014)
 WR Jerrel Jernigan (foot, 9/16/2014)
 DE Mathias Kiwanuka (knee, 12/2/2014)
 SS Cooper Taylor (foot, 8/26/2014)
 CB Walter Thurmond (pectoral, 9/16/2014)
 WLB Jacquian Williams (shoulder, 12/16/2014)
 RB David Wilson (neck, 8/7/2014)

Offense Stats Comparison

  PHI
 Offense 		 NYG
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 26.0 28.0 21.7 NYG
Rushing yards 120.5 99.5 111.9 PHI
Rushing yards per attempt 4.23 3.39 4.21 PHI
Completion % 65.4% 65.4% 62.5% -
Passing yards 261.3 272.8 230.2 NYG
Passing yards per completion 10.63 11.34 10.67 NYG
Passing yards per attempt 6.95 7.41 6.67 NYG
Interceptions 1.5 0.5 0.9 NYG
Fumbles lost 1.3 0.3 0.6 NYG
Sacks allowed 2.8 1.5 2.4 NYG
3rd down conversions 44.8% 46.8% 39.0% NYG
4th down conversions 75.0% 16.7% 46.3% PHI
Time of possession 26:47 32:42 30:03 NYG
  Defense Stats Comparison

  PHI
 Defense 		 NYG
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 28.3 20.3 21.7 NYG
Rushing yards 104.5 121.8 111.9 PHI
Rushing yards per attempt 3.54 4.80 4.21 PHI
Completion % 61.9% 64.1% 62.5% PHI
Passing yards 251.3 206.3 230.2 NYG
Passing yards per completion 12.66 10.13 10.67 NYG
Passing yards per attempt 7.84 6.49 6.67 NYG
INT return 0.5 0.3 0.9 PHI
Fumble recoveries 1.3 1.0 0.6 PHI
Sacks 2.8 4.5 2.4 NYG
3rd down conversions 36.8% 29.0% 39.0% NYG
4th down conversions 25.0% 20.0% 46.3% NYG
Time of possession 33:13 27:19 30:03 NYG

Special Teams Stats Comparison

   PHI   NYG  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 7.1 9.1 8.7 NYG
Yards per kick return 25.7 25.3 23.1 PHI
Yards allowed per punt return 11.5 11.6 8.7 PHI
Yards allowed per kick return 22.8 19.0 23.1 NYG
  Misc Stats Comparison

   PHI   NYG  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 6.8 6.8 6.5 -
Penalty yards 71.5 56.0 54.8 NYG

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 11 to 16 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 11 to 16 with no adjustment.

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Team vs. Team History

Philadelphia Eagles vs. New York Giants
 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
2014 6 2014-10-12 NYG PHI 0-27 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