The New York Giants have lost nine of their last 10 games against their hated rivals the Philadelphia Eagles, including the last five.

On Friday, the Giants’ three coordinators updated the media on the happenings within their respective units as Big Blue prepares for another foray into enemy territory.

Offensive coordinator Mike Shula

Eli Manning will be under center for the Giants in Philadelphia on Monday night, a team he’s faced nearly three dozen times in his career.  Shula discusses the seamless transition back to Manning this week after it was discovered that Daniel Jones will likely miss the game with an ankle injury.

“He looks good. He’s had a good week,” Shula said of Manning. “He always has a good look in his eye. He’s been great for me as a coach, to be around. I’ve learned a lot from him. I look forward to watching him on Monday night.”

As for the 11-week layoff, Shula was asked if sitting all that time  affected Eli at all.

“I don’t really think so,” he said.  “I just think it’s a matter of getting back out there, getting that first snap and going. It’s kind of like, probably the same question you would ask me if we had taken a break from the end of OTAs to training camp, that type of thing. But like I said earlier, probably being on the road, the communication, making sure we’re really, really detailed, loud and clear and things like that.”

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Defensive coordinator James Bettcher

We all know the bad, so how about some good for once? The Giants have been stopping the run since acquiring Leonard Williams from the Jets at the trade deadline, holding their opponents to 2.68 yards per attempt on the ground the past three weeks.

Bettcher was asked what has changed recently and the reasons for the improvement from a defense that surrendered 127.8 yards per game on the ground the first nine games.

“I’m a yards per rush (guy) that’s what matter the most,” he said. “Through the course of the season, when we’ve been the number one run defense in the league before, that was the number. It wasn’t yards per game rushing.”

“If someone rushes it 20 times for 150 yards or run it 30 times for 150 yards that changes the number of times they are willing to throw the ball. Obviously, when people throw the ball yards per pass attempt is obviously a higher number. I’m excited that it’s gone in that direction that we have been getting better and better. I think some of that is we’ve been better with our gap leverage. We’ve been better with our eyes on pullers at the second level. Those are things that we’ve tried to identify and work in practice as much as we can.”

As for Williams, who still does not have a sack for the Giants, Bettcher had nothing but positives to say.

“I have seen great energy,” he said. “Today at practice he was flying around, he brought great juice. He has things in his game that he’s working on to get better at. I thought this past game, he was even more disruptive for us, I thought he did some really good stuff. This last month of the season he needs to keep trending in the direction he’s going. I’ve used the words as we’ve talked before, using his prescription to get better at those specific things that we talked about that needs to get better at. I do like the direction he’s in.”

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Special Teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey

The Giants placed longtime long snapper Zak DeOssie (wrist) on injured reserve last week and promoted Colin Holba from the practice squad to replace him. But the 35-year old DeOssie, winner of two Super Bowls with the Giants, has meant a ton to this organization over his 13 years with the team.

McGaughey reflected on DeOssie’s career – which appears to be over – with the beat pool on Friday.

“So, me and Zak came in together in ’07, it was my first year as an assistant here. Basically, we kind of raised him as a rookie. He was the first long snapper I had that went to the Pro Bowl. He’s meant a ton to this organization. This guy, he’s been a constant pro, he’s been a great leader, a great teammate, and is just a selfless person. It’s kind of hard to describe, really, and give it true justice, the kind of guy that he is, the kind of teammate that he’s been. He’ll definitely be missed, definitely.”

Since Thursday was a holiday, the 2-9 New York Giants’ coordinators met the media on Friday this week as they gear up for their match this Sunday against the 8-3 Green Bay Packers at MetLife Stadium.

The thread of losing efforts appears to be catching up to the Giants as it is reflected in every corner of the franchise from the coaches to players.

Offensive coordinator Mike Shula

The offense will be without their two top tight ends again this week. Rhett Ellison (concussion) and Evan Engram (foot) have both been ruled out for the game. Shula talked about rookie Kaden Smith, who will be handling the bulk of the duties at tight end this week along with Scott Simonson.

“I think for the first time, and Coach alluded to this, I thought he had a nice day for his first start,” Shula said of Smith. “I think the more we’re kind of getting to know him, I think he’s got, in fact we just said this in there today, he has good football sense. Really good football awareness for a young guy. You can tell by the way he asks questions and just little adjustments, whether or not it’s the run game or the pass game. We’re looking forward to him getting him out there a little bit more and giving him more opportunity.”

Defensive coordinator James Bettcher

Last season, rookies Lorenzo Carter and B.J. Hill, both third round draft choices showed a ton of promise, giving the Giant fans a glimpse of hope for the future.

This season, Hill and Carter have take a step back so to speak. Bettcher was asked what the duo needs to do to break out of their sophomore slumps.

“I think both of them are a little bit different,” he said. “I think B.J. inside, with the addition of Dex, on a day in day out basis it really created a highly competitive room. A year ago, he was our young guy that was playing next to Dalvin and those guys were primarily getting all the snaps. Now we have built a more deep room where there is a good rotation like you need to have in this league to have success. I think that plays into numbers and all that kind of stuff. I think just playing in the framework, both of the guys, just playing within the framework of their games. Both of them are different players and play different positions. Some of those specific things are different, but it’s just playing within the framework of both of their games.”

Special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey

The Giants are dealing with the loss of veteran long snapper Zak DeOssie (wrist) but it was unclear whether he’d go on injured reserve. Colin Holba was likely going to be promoted from the practice squad for Sunday’s game.

The first person that has to answer to Zak DeOssie being put on ice is special teams coach Thomas McGaughey. He claims no knowledge of DeOssie being shut down, says he doesn’t blame anybody specific for all the missed kicks, says Aldrick Rosas is his kicker for Sunday. #Giants

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The Giants had some kickers in this week for tryouts but apparently none of them were impressive enough to knock Rosas from his perch.

McGaughey is also without his two top returners in Golden Tate (concussion) and Jabrill Peppers (back). Wide receiver Da’Mari Scott was promoted from the practice squad this week and will likely be used as a returner along with wide receiver Cody Latimer.