The New York Giants (2-10) face the Philadelphia Eagles (5-7) at Lincoln Financial Field on Monday night in a matchup the schedule makers would surely like to have back.

The Giants are on the verge of losing their franchise-tying ninth consecutive game while the Eagles are riding a three-game skid.

Can the Giants win this game? Sure. It will require the coaches to tear up their useless play books and schemes and become a completely different team. The Eagles have not been playing well for number of reasons and need a win to stay in the NFC East race with Dallas. They could come out tight and make mistakes. Can the Giants capitalize on those mistakes, though?

Here’s three keys to a possible victory:

Outscore the Eagles

Sounds silly, right? It really isn’t since the Giants have been outscored 10 of 12 times this season and in 21 of their 28 games under the guidance of this crackerjack coaching staff.

With Eli Manning under center the last thing they should do is circle the wagons. What is he going to get hurt and ruin his career? They should go for broke every play. Open things up. But they won’t. This organization has a severe case of tunnel vision. At this point they have nothing to lose and when it comes to developing players and gaining experience, we’re done relying on this coach staff to teach anyone anything.

Save it for the new coaching staff that will be here next month. Just go out and try to score. Forget about all of this cutesy dinking and dunking. And if they run one play up the middle and get stopped, please do not call that play again. The Eagles have only allowed opponents to gain over 100 yards on the ground in the three of their 12 games this season. At least make this team watchable the rest of the way.