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Raanan reported Monday that people close to Manning believe he wants to keep playing after this year, pointing to his “competitive juices” as inspiration to go elsewhere.
Raanan reported Monday that people close to Manning believe he wants to keep playing after this year, pointing to his “competitive juices” as inspiration to go elsewhere.
Raanan reported Monday that people close to Manning believe he wants to keep playing after this year, pointing to his “competitive juices” as inspiration to go elsewhere.
Raanan reported Monday that people close to Manning believe he wants to keep playing after this year, pointing to his “competitive juices” as inspiration to go elsewhere.
Eagles vs. Giants: Time, TV Schedule and how to watch
The Philadelphia Eagles are looking to move into a tie for first place in the NFC East when they host the New York Giants tonight at Lincoln Financial Field.
There will be a ton of familiarity in this one, as this will be Eli Manning’s 31st start against the Eagles.
He’s 10-20 against Philadelphia all-time and his passer rating is 84.2 against the Eagles. Manning has 52 career touchdown passes and 34 interceptions against the Birds.
With the Eagles looking to win four straight games, here’s how you can stream and watch this huge NFC East matchup.
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Monday, Dec. 9
h3>Where:
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
h3>Time:
8:15 p.m. Eastern
ESPN (Joe Tessitore, Booger McFarland, Lisa Salters)
h3>Radio
94WIP Merrill Reese and Mike Quick
Fubu TV, NFL GamePass, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Playstation Vue, DirecTV Now (all require a subscription)
Eagles app, NFL Mobile app, Yahoo Sports app, Yahoo Fantasy Football app (free on smartphones and tablets within the Philadelphia market)
Eagles vs. Giants: NFL experts make Week 14 picks
The Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants will meet on Monday Night Football, in the first of four straight NFC East games for the Birds.
The Eagles are coming off a heartbreaking loss to the Dolphins, while Eli Manning could be starting at Lincoln Financial Field for the final time, as a member of the New York Giants.
Experts from around the league have weighed-in, and it looks like the field is picking the Eagles at home.
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ESPN — Eagles
Tim McManus — Eagles
NFL.com — Eagles
CBS Sports — Eagles
Pro Football Talk — Eagles
Bleacher Report — Eagles
The Athletic — Giants
The Inquirer — Eagles
The Sporting News: Eagles
Here are three things the New York Giants can do to ensure a victory over the Eagles on Monday night and get their third win this season
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:
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.
New York Giants QB Daniel Jones (ankle) is expected to miss 2-4 weeks, meaning Eli Manning may start all four games to end the season.
New York Giants rookie quarterback Daniel Jones is currently sidelined with a high ankle sprain, an injury that usually takes about a month to recover from.
With less than a month remaining in the regular season (the only season this franchise has come to know of late), it’s very possible Jones could be done for the season.
#Giants QB Daniel Jones, out tonight vs the #Eagles with a high-ankle sprain, is expected to miss from 2-4 weeks, sources tell me and @MikeGarafolo, who is covering the game for us tonight. That means expect Eli Manning to get at least 1 home start before 2019 ends, maybe more.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 9, 2019
Jones’ injury has thrust 16-year veteran and Giants legend Eli Manning back into the spotlight. Manning will start Monday night’s game in Philadelphia against the Eagles and perhaps play out the remaining three games after that.
The Giants will host the Miami Dolphins next week, then play in Washington in Week 16 and finish out the season at home against the Eagles. Ownership has to be wary of the possibilities here. There were questions on how they would send Eli off and now, with Jones down, they have their out.
More Giant fans will now keep their tickets rather than put them up for sale on the market just to get one last chance to say goodbye to Eli. MetLife Stadium won’t be such a ghost town for Giant fans these last two games.
If the Giants decide to rush Jones back, no one would be surprised. They are prone to missteps these days and continue to display poor judgement and shoddy leadership. It would be the wrong thing to do. Ride Eli the rest of the way and let him enjoy what he’s earned here in New York before he goes.
Then, they can stop kidding themselves that they’re on the right track and blow this mess up once and for all.
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Injury to Giants rookie QB Daniel Jones puts the Dolphins on target to face veteran quarterback Eli Manning in Week 15.
The Miami Dolphins are halfway through their New York doubleheader after yesterday’s narrow loss to the New York Jets. This upcoming week, the Dolphins will catch the New York Giants, who play tonight on Monday Night Football against the Philadelphia Eagles. And the Dolphins will need to pay close attention to tonight’s contest against Philadelphia, but because New York is facing a change under center that will significantly impact how their offense plays for the rest of the season.
The Giants started this season with long-tenured veteran QB Eli Manning behind center, only to transition to 2019 1st-round pick Daniel Jones within the first month of the season. But New York is being forced into an impromptu farewell tour for Manning, as Jones is suffering from a high ankle sprain that could realistically keep him off the field for the remainder of the season.
#Giants QB Daniel Jones, out tonight vs the #Eagles with a high-ankle sprain, is expected to miss from 2-4 weeks, sources tell me and @MikeGarafolo, who is covering the game for us tonight. That means expect Eli Manning to get at least 1 home start before 2019 ends, maybe more.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) December 9, 2019
Jones’ first missed game will come tonight, meaning that the Dolphins are firmly in the timetable of facing off against Manning. It is difficult to predict exactly how Manning in the lineup is going to impact New York’s offensive play, but it will be difficult for the Giants to play much worse than they have been with Jones at the helm. New York has found the ball easy to move but difficult to protect this season and currently ranks dead last in the NFL with a -14 turnover differential.
Could the Dolphins fall victim to a bit of late career magic for Manning? If that were to be the case, the Dolphins could stand to benefit from it in the form of NFL Draft order positioning — the Giants are currently 2-10 and could pull into a tie in the standings with the Dolphins with a head to head win next week.
For now, this situation needs to be monitored to get a feel for how differently Manning is going to run the offense versus what New York’s young rookie has put on film.
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Retired New York Giants WR Victor Cruz admits he’s “ecstatic” that Eli Manning will get to play at least one more game in blue.
When the New York Giants take on the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night, Eli Manning will be back under center for the first time since Week 2 and quite possibly the last time ever.
If the Week 14 game does prove to be Manning’s swan song, many of his former teammates will be watching and cheering on, including retired wide receiver Victor Cruz.
“I’m ecstatic for him, man,” Victor Cruz told the New York Post. “I’m excited for him to kinda have control and kinda control the narrative a little bit and be under his power, right? Like go out there and just not have the pressure of failing or the pressure of succeeding, just going out there and letting his hair down and feeling like a high school kid again, playing football and throwing it around to his teammates.
“I think he’s excited for an opportunity to kinda go out with a good taste in his mouth — whether he retires or whatever he keeps playing, whatever he decides to do. I think in this moment right now, he wants to relish in this moment and really just be in the moment throughout the course of the game.”
Manning will never let on that he’s excited, anxious or basically any other emotion across the spectrum. Rather, he remains as focused and stoic as ever, which is a trait Cruz has very much grown to love.
“I knew he was about his business,” Cruz said. “I knew that he was gonna be the guy that didn’t say much, but just went out there and got it done, and got his team together, but through his play … wasn’t gonna say too much, but I knew he spoke volumes through his play and through his actions, and I think that’s always been Eli, even from the very first time I’ve seen him on TV, to getting to know him, all the way up until now, is that he’s always handled his business the right way, and went out there and been a class act and a professional from the very beginning.”
Win or lose on Monday night, that’s exactly what we’ll see from Eli again — a professional, business-like approach that concludes with class despite the result. It’s one of the greatest things about Manning and something that, should this really be it, will be sorely missed in East Rutherford.
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With a Week 14 matchup between the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles on tap, we go behind enemy lines for a chat with Eagles Wire.
The New York Giants (2-10) and Philadelphia Eagles (5-7) will square off on Monday Night Football in Week 14.
The Giants opened the week as 8.5-point road underdogs, and the spread has changed only slightly as of Sunday morning with Big Blue now at +9.5
With this matchup on tap, Giants Wire took the opportunity to hold a Q&A with Eagles Wire managing editor Glenn Erby.
Glenn Erby: The inconsistency started with DeSean Jackson’s injury and spiraled from there. The loss of Jackson’s ability to take the top off a defense reduced the Eagles offense to a dink and dump operation. Injuries in the secondary, along the offensive and defensive lines as well has presented the Eagles with the challenge of trying to live up to those Super Bowl aspirations while utilizing a makeshift lineup.
This is a confident team, a team that unfortunately relies on being the underdog and clicking the switch on. Now that they’ve been counted out, I think you’ll see that sense of urgency and consistency that’s been missing.
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The New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles square off in Week 14, and here are five reasons Big Blue could come away with the win.
The New York Giants are currently on an eight-game losing streak and are heading to Philadelphia (where they haven’t won a game since 2013) to take on the struggling Eagles on Monday night.
The Eagles are on a three-game losing streak of their own after an embarrassing 37-31 loss to the lowly Miami Dolphins last week. At 5-7, they are watching their divisional championship hopes dwindle away if things continue to trend in the wrong direction.
With the Dallas Cowboys in a rut of their own at 6-6, the Eagles absolutely need to win this game, which arguably makes the Giants even more dangerous in the role as spoiler.
Here are five reasons why the Giants can pull off an improbable victory in a city they haven’t won in since 2013.
Rookie Daniel Jones seemingly unseated Manning from his 16-year starting quarterback throne with the Giants for good in Week 3 when he took over. Unfortunately, Jones suffered what they are calling a high ankle sprain last week against the Green Bay Packers, despite finishing out the contest.
On Monday Pat Shurmur initially stated that Jones did not require any further tests on the ankle Monday expecting him to be fine. However, on Wednesday Shurmur announced that Jones would not practice while also revealing he suffered a high ankle sprain.
Paging doctor Manning, it now looks more than likely that Eli will start on Monday for the first time since being benched in favor of Jones in Week 3.
While Jones has shown promising signs this season, he still has the expected growing pains of a rookie quarterback. With Eli, the Giants get a veteran Hall of Famer, who has been around the block a few times and has battled it out with the Eagles for close to 20 years. He also eliminates the turnover issues that come with Jones in his first year.
It is expected that Eli will return with a chip on his shoulder and make the most of his surprise playing time. But, keep in mind that Manning has struggled against the Eagles in his career with a 10-22 record, and a 59.3% completion percentage. The Eagles have won their last five meetings with the Giants and nine of their last 10 games. Monday could give us a better idea of whether Pat Shurmur pulled the plug on Eli too early this season. We shall find out.
