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#1 Posted: Wed Jan 7th, 2009 02:01 |
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The top-seeded New York Giants, 12-4 and champions of the NFC East, will face their division rival, the sixth-seeded Philadelphia Eagles (10-6-1), for the third time this season on Sunday, January 11th at 1:00 p.m. ET with a berth in the NFC Championship Game on the line. The Giants are 7-1 at home this season and the Eagles are 4-4-1 on the road, including last weekend’s 26-14 Wild Card victory in Minnesota.
The Series - In a series that started in 1933, the Giants hold a 79-67-2 advantage against Philadelphia in the regular season.
This will be the fourth postseason meeting between the two teams. The Giants lead the postseason series, 2-1.
The Giants and Eagles each won on the other’s home field this season. On Nov. 9, the Giants earned a 36-31 victory in Philadelphia. The Eagles evened the score on Dec. 7 with a 20-14 victory in Giants Stadium.
The two teams last met in the playoffs in an NFC Wild Card Game on Jan. 7, 2007 in Philadelphia. David Akers’ 38-yard field goal as time expired gave the Eagles a 23-20 victory.
The Giants won their previous two postseason games against the Eagles. On Jan. 7, 2000, the Giants defeated Philadelphia, 20-10, in a Divisional Playoff game on their way to Super Bowl XXXV.
The teams first played each other in the postseason on Dec. 27, 1981, when the Giants upset the defending NFC Champion Eagles, 27-21, in an NFC Wild Card Game in Philadelphia.
The Giants are 16-18 against the Eagles in Giants Stadium, including
1-0 in the playoffs.
2008 Season Facts -
Giants Connections - Tom Coughlin spent the 1984 and 1985 seasons with the Eagles as a wide receivers coach ... Defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo spent 2001-03 as the Eagles’ defensive backs coach and 2004-06 as their linebackers coach… Secondary/cornerbacks coach Peter Giunta served as Philadelphia’s defensive backs coach from 1991-1994 … The Giants’ director of college scouting Marc Ross worked with the Eagles for seven years from 1996-2003.
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#2 Posted: Wed Jan 7th, 2009 02:02 |
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He worked with the Eagles personnel department in 1996 during training camp, and was the team’s eastern regional scout from 1997-2000, when at age 27, he became the NFL’s youngest college scouting director… Jeff Feagles was awarded to Philadelphia off waivers on June 5, 1990. He did stints with Phoenix and Seattle before being signed by the Giants as a free agent on March 7, 2003… Jerome McDougle was originally a first round (15th overall) draft pick of the Eagles in 2003. He spent the previous five seasons with Philadelphia before being released on Aug. 30th 2008. He was signed by the Giants as a free agent on Aug. 31st.
Eagles Connections - Tank Daniels was claimed by the Eagles off waivers from the Giants on Aug. 31, 2008, a day after being released as part of the team's final roster cutdown. Daniels spent the majority of the 2007 season on the Giants practice squad, he was promoted to their active roster on Nov. 23, 2007 and went on to play in eight games (four regular season, four playoffs) during the Super Bowl XLII Championship run… The Eagles’ senior vice president of business operations Mark Donovan signed a free agent contract with the Giants after his graduation from Brown.
Pressure Point - The Giants finished the season sixth in the NFL with 42 sacks, including a career-high 12 by defensive end Justin Tuck. Last season the Giants led the league with 53 quarterback sacks. When Michael Strahan took his 141.5 career sacks into retirement it prompted much speculation about how his absence would affect the Giants’ pass rush. Those concerns were exacerbated when Pro Bowler Osi Umenyiora, the Giants’ sack leader each of the last four seasons, suffered a season-ending knee injury on Aug. 23. With the retirement of Strahan (9.0 2007 sacks), injury to Umenyiora (13.0), and free agent losses of Kawika Mitchell (3.5), and Reggie Torbor (1.0), the Giants came into the 2008 season missing 26.5, or exactly half of their 2007 sack total.
Mr. Consistent - QB Eli Manning threw for 3,238 yards and 21 touchdowns this season, making him the first Giants quarterback in history to both throw for 3,000 yards and throw 20 touchdown passes in four consecutive seasons.
Running the Ball - The Giants led the league in rushing yardage per game with 157.4 and yards per carry (5.0). It is the first time the Giants led the NFL in rushing since 1993. The Atlanta Falcons finished second in the league, averaging 152.7 yards per game. The Giants ran for a franchise-record 2,518 yards in 2008 with Brandon Jacobs leading the way with 1,089 yards. The other members of the Giants’ three-headed running attack have combined for 1,380 yards with Derrick Ward accounting for 1,025 yards and Ahmad Bradshaw 355. With both Jacobs and Ward topping 1,000 yards rushing, the Giants became the fourth team in history to have two running backs rush for at least 1,000 yards, joining the 1972 Miami Dolphins (Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris), 1976 Pittsburgh Steelers (Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier) and 1985 Cleveland Browns (Kevin Mack and Earnest Byner). The 2006 Atlanta Falcons had two 1,000 yard rushers, running back Warrick Dunn (1,140) and quarterback Michael Vick (1,039).Last edited on Wed Jan 7th, 2009 02:02 by navinsena223
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#3 Posted: Wed Jan 7th, 2009 02:03 |
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The Last Time -
December 7, 2008
Giants Stadium
Eagles 20, Giants 14
The NFL’s highest-scoring team couldn’t score, getting its only offensive touchdown with 15 seconds remaining. The league’s leading rushing team ran for only 88 yards, about 72 less than their per-game average. The Giants were second in the NFL in average time of possession, but owned the ball for just 25:06. And the team that hadn’t allowed a 100-yard rusher in 14 games saw an opposing back run for 131 yards.
Most importantly, the Giants team that had won seven consecutive games, including six in a row against teams with winning records and was undefeated at home and in the division, lost. The Giants fell to the Philadelphia Eagles, 20-14. Their record dropped to 11-2, including 6-1 in Giants Stadium and 4-1 in NFC East games. Despite the loss, the Giants claimed the NFC East title as Dallas was defeated by the Steelers in Pittsburgh, 20-13, later in the day.
The game ended a tumultuous week in which wide receiver Plaxico Burress was suspended and placed on the reserve/nonfootball injury list after he was wounded in an accidental shooting. Linebacker Antonio Pierce has also been involved in the investigation. But Coughlin said those events did not influence the game.
The Giants had season-low totals of 211 yards and 14 first downs (they also had 14 at Pittsburgh on Oct. 26). They converted only three of 11 third down opportunities and went zero-for-three on fourth down. Manning completed less than half of his passes (13 of 27, 48.1 percent) for the first time this year, though at least three of his throws were dropped.
The Giants’ only offensive touchdown was a one-yard pass from Manning to tight end Darcy Johnson just 15 seconds before time expired. Their other touchdown was Kevin Dockery’s 71-yard return of a blocked field goal attempt on the final play of the second quarter.
Philadelphia’s Brian Westbrook gained 203 yards from scrimmage – 131 on 33 rushing attempts and 72 on six catches. He scored both of Philadelphia’s touchdowns on a 30-yard run in the second quarter and a 40-yard reception in fourth. David Akers also kicked field goals of 51 and 34 yards for the Eagles, who improved to 7-5-1.
Akers scored the only points of the first quarter on a 51-yard field goal as time expired.
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When the teams changed sides, the Giants had the 21-mile-per hour wind at their backs. On the first play of the quarter, Manning threw deep down the middle to Hixon, who dropped the ball. The series ended with Trent Cole blocking John Carney’s 47-yard field goal attempt.
Philadelphia had increased its lead to 10-0 on Westbrook’s 30-yard touchdown run with 1:52 remaining in the second quarter. On a first down immediately after the two-minute warning, Westbrook took a handoff, slipped past the line of scrimmage and found himself in the open with no Giants defender near him.
It took a tremendous special teams play for the Giants to avoid their first scoreless regular season first half in four years (Dec. 4, 2004 at Washington). Akers lined up for a 32-yard field goal that would have given the Eagles a 13-0 lead at the break. But Tuck jumped high to block the kick. The ball caromed into the backfield, where it was picked up by Dockery, who sprinted 71 yards for the Giants’ first points as time expired in the half.
It was their first touchdown on a blocked field goal return since Oct. 1, 1978, when George Martin brought one back 78 yards at Atlanta. The field goal block was the Giants’ second this season; Fred Robbins blocked a 38-yard try by Baltimore’s Matt Stover on Nov. 16. It was Dockery’s second career touchdown. He scored on a 96-yard interception return at Dallas on Oct. 23, 2006.
Westbrook’s second touchdown increased the Eagles’ lead to 17-7 with 13:38 remaining in the third quarter. On third-and-11 from the Giants’ 40, Westbrook looped from left to right, caught Donovan McNabb’s pass at the 35 and easily outran linebacker Antonio Pierce to the end zone.
Aker’s 34-yard field goal made it 20-7 with 2:09 remaining. The Giants then put together their best drive of the day, moving 70 yards in six plays and ending with Johnson’s touchdown.
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