The Philadelphia Eagles stand one win away from winning the NFC East and securing a third straight playoff trip. Normally a season finale against a four-win team looking forward to the draft would be an automatic victory in some matchups.
The Eagles have been anything but automatic all season and if they don’t bring their A-game on Sunday, that three-game winning streak and victory over Dallas would be all for naught.
Even with a full week to experience being in first place in the division, the Eagles can’t take the Giants lightly as they’ve won two straight ball games, with Saquon Barkley and Daniel Jones shining in both.
They’ve also scored 36+ points in their last two contests, something that should give the Eagles pause after only allowing 9 to the vaunted Cowboys offense.
The Giants have lost since that overtime defeat to the Eagles three weeks ago, and Jason Kelce for one isn’t taking his division foe lightly.
“The reality is the Giants are a good football team, we stuck one out in overtime last time, but these guys are playing great football,” Kelce said, via NBC Philadelphia. “They have really, really good personnel up front on defense. Offensively, what did they score, 40 points against Washington? We haven’t won diddly yet.”
It’ll be imperative for the Eagles to get off to a fast start, taking the home crowd out of the game and allowing Carson Wentz and the offense to settle into a good efficient pace.