Pat Mulranen

Three weeks ago, the Eagles were sitting pretty with the best record in the league. Now, the Eagles basically destroyed any chance they had at earning the top seed in the NFC (barring a miracle) and blew an opportunity to regain first place in the NFC East after losing to the Seahawks. When Dallas lost to the Bills, it was there for the Eagles. Now, they are the fifth seed and take their three-game skid back home against the Giants on Christmas. 

I lost a lot of confidence in this team. I think they lost that in themselves, too. They are playing with no heart. They don’t seem to care. From the play calls to the execution, nothing is going right and it appears as though things could just continue to trend downwards. Could a win on Christmas change things? Could a win provide a spark? I don’t know… but we will find out.

Yes, after everything that has happened, I am still predicting a win. 

It’s the Giants!!! THE GIANTS!!! I am sick of all this Tommy DeVito hype, OK!! Listen, good for the Giants IF they finally found their quarterback. But I am not convinced at all with “Tommy Cutlets.” Only Giants fans are enthralled by him, and maybe his annoying agent. DeVito has been sacked 35 times. The offense averages 13.5 points per game. The Giants are 32nd in passing yards per game (DeVito has thrown 177, 158, 191 and 246 in the last four games). He is not great, and neither are the Giants.

The Eagles have been bad the last three weeks.

The Giants are worse… way worse! 

If the Eagles do not win this game, I don’t know what to say anymore. Even without Darius Slay, Landon Dickerson, Zach Cunninham and maybe Nicholas Morrow or a few other key players, the Eagles “should” win. There is absolutely no excuse to lose this game. NONE! The Eagles are in a slump, but they get a chance to rebound against a terrible team…  twice!! And in between those games in a matchup with the Cardinals. They can really build some momentum heading into the playoffs, and it can start now!

Jalen Hurts hasn’t been playing well. On Friday, a report from the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jeff McLane said there is “some internal concern” in the Eagles’ organization with Hurts. Well, Jalen, if that’s true, here is your opportunity to change that and play like you always have. On Tuesday, Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones called the Eagles’ loss to the Seahawks “marvelous.” If that isn’t bulletin board material and enough to drive you to win, I don’t know what is. This is a division game, so I am not expecting the Eagles to just blow out the Giants (even though that would be nice), but they at least should win comfortably. If they struggle to score points or let the Giants look like Super Bowl contenders … let’s just say that would be a complete embarrassment, even more so than the last three games. 

I am not confident with this, but the Eagles are 13.5-point favorites (as of Saturday). Like, this has to be a win, right?

Eagles 33, Giants 20 

Sean Selby

This team isn’t going to spoil our Christmas Day are they? This has been an extremely frustrating and long three weeks. It’s been filled with poor defense, an inept and inconsistent offense, and self inflicted wounds. How can the Eagles right the ship to try to gain confidence back heading into the playoffs? It starts by leaving the city of Philadelphia a nice win under the tree.

It’s a division game, but with the Eagles being such heavy favorites, it would be beyond disappointing to not get their 11th win of the season. But they need to look good doing it – something they haven’t done for the most part of the season. If they can put points on the board and score consistently, it would help ease a little bit of the pain caused by this team from the past three weeks. It could instill some much needed life into the team and the fan base that all of a sudden is questioning everything from scheme, effort, and coaching.

Do I think they will do that? Signs point to no. Why would they all of a sudden look like a team that’s destined to make some serious noise in the playoffs if they haven’t done it all season? It is the Giants on the other side of the ball, but even they have looked better over the last few weeks.

Despite that, I do think the Eagles will win, but once again it will leave questions, frustrating us and leaving us not feeling so great going forward. I think the Eagles will struggle to put the Giants away leaving a game closer than it should be.

Eagles 34, Giants 28