Giants

The Eagles are 2-0 against the Giants this season, but the Giants will have several key defensive players back in the lineup for their third meeting.

[Adoree' Jackson](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3120347/adoree-jackson), safety [Xavier McKinney](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4241470/xavier-mckinney) and defensive lineman [Leonard Williams](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2971622/leonard-williams) will all be on the field this time around. It should help the Giants not allow the Eagles to run wild. They’ve been on the field together for just 56 defensive snaps this season (4.9%), including playoffs. The Giants have allowed 19.0 points per game in their three contests since, but it’s the way the defense looks that signifies it’s becoming a much better group. The Eagles also have a dangerous tight end in It was part of our counterpunch there at the end with putting [McKinney in the box].” These kinds of moves weren’t available to Martindale in the first matchup with the Eagles. Their playoff hopes were hanging by a thread following an embarrassing 48-22 loss to the [Philadelphia Eagles](/nfl/team/_/name/phi/philadelphia-eagles) at MetLife Stadium in Week 14. “I think we provide a lot of flexibility. They’ll get a third crack at the Eagles (8:15 p.m. ET, FOX) in the divisional round of the playoffs. It’s really how bad do you really, really want it.”

We're looking at five keys to the Philadelphia Eagles defeating the New York Giants in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs.

The longer the Giants are in the game and the more success they have in the first half, the more difficult this contest could become. The Eagles were fifth in the NFL with 147.6 yards per game on the ground, and they’ll need an energize rushing attack against a Giants defense that allowed 144.2 yards per game. A win in this game will get the Eagles a spot in the NFC Championship Game, while the Giants have never lost three games to Philadelphia in a single season and will enter this contest The Giants ran the ball 30 times for 142 yards against the Minnesota Vikings in the Super Wild Card Round, and averaged 148.2 yards on the ground in the regular season, good for fourth in the NFL. The Giants (+3) were 11th in the league in turnovers and the team that dominates this statistic on Saturday night will likely end up the winner. [Philadelphia Eagles](https://theeagleswire.usatoday.com/lists/philadelphia-eagles-2023-nfl-draft-trade-2024-marvin-harrision-jr/) (14-3), and [New York Giants](https://theeagleswire.usatoday.com/lists/new-york-giants-philadelphia-eagles-matchups-jalen-hurts-dexter-lawrence-adoree-jackson/) (9-7-1) will meet for a third and final time on Saturday in the NFC Divisional Round.

New York Giants defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale is fond of saying that if you are wearing a Giants helmet, you are going to attack on defense.

The NFC's No. 1 seed will open the postseason Saturday against the division-rival New York Giants.

Daboll spent four seasons as the Bills’ offensive coordinator from 2018 to 2021, helping lead [Buffalo](https://theathletic.com/nfl/team/bills/) to the AFC Championship Game in 2020. Before joining the Eagles, he served as offensive coordinator for the [Indianapolis Colts](https://theathletic.com/nfl/team/colts/) from 2018 to 2020. He led the Giants with 105 receiving yards and a touchdown in Sunday’s victory and has been limited in practice. [New York Giants](https://theathletic.com/nfl/team/giants/) in a divisional-round playoff clash. Quarterback [Daniel Jones](https://theathletic.com/nfl/player/daniel-jones-OeqLvbJNbGyXeJqu/) and Co. Barkley — who ranked fourth in the NFL with 1,312 rushing yards this season — accounted for two touchdowns and 109 total yards in the win over Minnesota. Eagles coach Nick Sirianni is looking for his first career playoff win in his second season leading the team. are fresh off a [31-24 wild-card win](https://theathletic.com/4085827/2023/01/15/vikings-giants-nfl-wild-card-streaming-takeaways/) at Minnesota on Sunday, while a well-rested [Eagles](https://theathletic.com/nfl/team/eagles/) team will be in search of its first playoff victory since 2018. He’s played in just one game since early December – the Week 18 game against the Giants – and was less than 100 percent. The Eagles finished sixth in defensive DVOA and first against the pass. He scrambled just twice against the Eagles in Week 14 for a combined 8 yards, but one of those attempts did gain a first down. The Eagles swept the two-game 2022 regular-season series against New York — a 48-22 Week 14 win and a 22-16 Week 18 win in which the Giants rested many of their starters.

A pipe burst at the team's hotel in the downtown Center City area early Saturday morning ahead of its NFC divisional round game against the Eagles, a team ...

Philadelphia and Lincoln Financial Field have been a source of Giants misery in recent years. After defeating the Vikings last Sunday in the wild-card round, the Giants enter Lincoln Financial Field to face the top-seeded Eagles on Saturday night. Giants players and staff were left without running water in their rooms for a period of time.

Before, during, and after tonight's NFC divisional round game between the Eagles and Giants, we'll have live updates, analysis, and more from inside — and ...

[quickly became one of the team leaders](https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/eagles/20131227_Ryans_plays_leading_role_with_Eagles.html). That includes [all three of the Inquirer’s beat writers](https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagles-giants-predictions-2023-nfl-playoffs-divisional-20230119.html). Four players finished the regular season with at least 10 ( [Haason Reddick](https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagles-nfc-playoffs-haason-reddick-new-york-giants-20230119.html), [Javon Hargrave](https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagle-pro-bowl-snubs-defense-javon-hargrave-20221222.html), [Josh Sweat](https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagles-josh-sweat-practices-neck-injury-20230112.html), and [Brandon Graham](https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagles-brandon-graham-nfl-walter-payton-man-of-the-year-award-20221225.html)). Gardner-Johnson](https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagles-cj-gardner-johnson-interceptions-contract-free-agent-20230121.html)remade himself with the Eagles. The Eagles are the NFC’s No. [Ryans sued the Texans and the NFL after the injury](https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/sports/eagles/Former-Eagles-linebacker-DeMeco-Ryans-sues-Texans-NFL-over-injury.html), blaming the poor field condition at NRG Stadium, but the Texas Court of Appeals ruled the lawsuit fell within the scope of the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement, and [dismissed the case](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/product-liability-and-toxics-law/nfls-texans-escape-players-suit-over-career-ending-injury). And yet, thanks to the Birds’ multidimensional offense and relentless defense, [the road to Super Bowl LVII](https://www.inquirer.com/nfl-playoffs/) runs through Philly. [Eagles](https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/) would be pretty good this year, but Super Bowl contenders? [Kicker Jake Elliott denied allegations of cheating](https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/philadelphia-eagles-cheating-allegations-jake-elliott-playoffs-2023-20230120.html). The Eagles took a new direction at safety this season when they traded for C.J. Two days later, the Titans fire Jon Robinson, the general manager who traded him to the Eagles in April. [nearly every local and national expert picked the Eagles to win](https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/eagles-giants-predictions-odds-spread-nfl-playoffs-20230120.html), NBC’s NFL insider is going with a Giants upset.