Daily News | Thumbs up or down: Eagles beat writers weigh in on the matchup with the Giants
The New York Giants’ road upset of the Vikings wasn’t the result I predicted, but it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone who’s watched both teams closely this season. For one, Minnesota needed a last-second 61-yard field goal at U.S. Bank Stadium just a month ago to defeat the same team. The Vikings may have won 13 games in the regular season, but they were often skating on thin ice with a defense that ranked near the bottom of many categories in the league.
But the Giants, all things being equal, are still a team that has holes, particularly at the offensive skill position spots and on the O-line. The Vikings struggled to apply much pressure on Jones, and I don’t see that being the case with an Eagles pass defense that recorded an astounding 70 sacks this season. On the other side, the Giants are stout up the middle with Dexter Lawrence and Leonard Williams. But the Eagles interior O-line strength with center Jason Kelce and Co.
There’s no such thing as an easy draw once you’re in the playoffs, but this is quite a favorable outcome for the Eagles. The Giants have gotten better and, more importantly, healthier since then. Barkley is no longer nursing a neck injury that made him a game-time decision in the first meeting and Xavier McKinney has returned off the non-football injury list after recovering from a hand injury. This will certainly make the upcoming matchup tougher, especially considering how the Giants successfully contained Justin Jefferson, generated steady pressure on Kirk Cousins, and got excellent play out of Jones.
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