Game Preview - Week 14: New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles

New York Giants: After gaining 154 yards on the ground last week against Chicago running back Derrick Ward finds himself on the IR this week with a broken fibula. Brandon Jacobs has practiced on a limted basis and may return from a hamstring injury but his status is unclear leaving Reuben Droughns the only current healthy running back. Plaxico Burress (3 catches 36 yds last wk) continues to struggle as injuries (ankle/knee) take their toll with tight end Jeremy Shockey mimicking Burress' lead. The Giants beat the Eagles 16-3 in their first meeting so I won't be surprised if the G-men win, but the return of McNabb and a sense of desperation should give the Eagles a boost.

Start: RB Brandon Jacobs/Reuben Droughns
Consider: QB Eli Manning, TE Jeremy Shockey, WR Plaxico Burress, WR Amani Toomer
Sit: Giants D/ST

Philadelphia: After giving the Patriots a scare the Eagles dropped another close game to Seattle last week (28-24) with A.J. Feely looking like… A.J. Feeley. His four interceptions and 465% completion rate were down right awful reminding us why he's journeyman backup in this league. The return of Donovan McNabb this week should give Philadelphia some life and the workhorse, Brian Westbrook, will be ready to run against a defense that gave up 138 yards combined to Correll Buckhalter in their last meeting. Westbrook leads the NFL in yards from scrimmage with 1,598… "We still have an opportunity," Westbrook said. "We have to go out there and fight for these last four games and try to get in a situation so we can make the playoffs."

Start: RB Brian Westbrook
Consider: QB Donovan McNabb, WR Kevin Curtis
Sit: WR Reggie Brown, TE L.J. Smith, Eagles-D/ST

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

New York Giants
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 20	Eli Manning	Pass: 200, 1 Rush: 0, 0
RB 19	Brandon Jacobs	Rush: 70, 1 Rec: 2-15, 0
RB 36	Reuben Droughns	Rush: 35, 1 Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 36	Plaxico Burress	Rec: 3-45, 0
WR 39	Amani Toomer	Rec: 5-60, 1
TE 11	Jeremy Shockey	Rec: 5-55, 0

Philadelphia Eagles
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 16	Donovan McNabb	Pass: 215, 1 Rush: 0, 0
RB 1	Brian Westbrook	Rush: 90, 1 Rec: 5-45, 1
WR 28	Kevin Curtis	Rec: 5-70, 0
WR 46	Reggie Brown	Rec: 4-50, 0
TE 18	L.J. Smith	Rec: 3-30, 0

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

New York Giants
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	DAL	A	L 35-45	-10
2	2007-09-16	GB	H	L 13-35	-22
3	2007-09-23	WAS	A	W 24-17	+7
4	2007-09-30	PHI	H	W 16-3	+13
5	2007-10-07	NYJ	H	W 35-24	+11
6	2007-10-15	ATL	A	W 31-10	+21
7	2007-10-21	SF	H	W 33-15	+18
8	2007-10-28	MIA	A	W 13-10	+3
9		Bye
10	2007-11-11	DAL	H	L 20-31	-11
11	2007-11-18	DET	A	W 16-10	+6
12	2007-11-25	MIN	H	L 17-41	-24
13	2007-12-02	CHI	A	W 21-16	+5
14	2007-12-09	PHI	A	W 16-13	+3
15	2007-12-16	WAS	H
16	2007-12-23	BUF	A
17	2007-12-29	NE	H

Philadelphia Eagles
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	GB	A	L 13-16	-3
2	2007-09-17	WAS	H	L 12-20	-8
3	2007-09-23	DET	H	W 56-21	+35
4	2007-09-30	NYG	A	L 3-16	-13
5		Bye
6	2007-10-14	NYJ	A	W 16-9	+7
7	2007-10-21	CHI	H	L 16-19	-3
8	2007-10-28	MIN	A	W 23-16	+7
9	2007-11-04	DAL	H	L 17-38	-21
10	2007-11-11	WAS	A	W 33-25	+8
11	2007-11-18	MIA	H	W 17-7	+10
12	2007-11-25	NE	A	L 28-31	-3
13	2007-12-02	SEA	H	L 24-28	-4
14	2007-12-09	NYG	H	L 13-16	-3
15	2007-12-16	DAL	A
16	2007-12-23	NO	A
17	2007-12-30	BUF	H

Offense Stats Comparison

	NYG Offense	PHI Offense	NFL Average
Points for	17.7	23.0	21.8
Rushing yards	118.7	102.8	107.2
Rushing yards per attempt	4.20	4.17	3.94
Completion %	56.1%	58.9%	61.1%
Passing yards	203.0	258.0	218.1
Passing yards per completion	9.66	11.50	10.59
Passing yards per attempt	5.42	6.78	6.47
Interceptions	1.3	2.0	1.1
Fumbles lost	1.0	0.3	0.8
Sacked	2.3	1.8	2.2

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 8 to 13 of the 2007 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 and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 8 to 13 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	NYG Defense	PHI Defense	NFL Average
Points against	19.0	25.0	21.8
Rushing yards	88.7	106.8	107.2
Rushing yards per attempt	3.34	3.79	3.94
Completion %	62.9%	61.0%	61.1%
Passing yards	207.7	213.5	218.1
Passing yards per completion	10.98	11.13	10.59
Passing yards per attempt	6.91	6.79	6.47
INT return	0.3	0.3	1.1
Fumble recoveries	0.3	0.3	0.8
Sacks	3.0	1.5	2.2

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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

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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