Thursday Night Football: Giants Host the Eagles

Eagles and Giants Look to Find Identities

The Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants battle on Thursday Night Football. The fans at MetLife Stadium will see a NFC East division clash starting at 8:20 pm EST. FOX will have the telecast, along with the NFL Network.

Oddsmakers opened the Eagles as -2.5-point favorites versus the Giants, while the game's total opened at 45. Philadelphia is now a 1-point favorite. The total is down to 44.

The reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles, hardly have the look of a contender. Especially not one of the teams to beat through the first five weeks of the season. They are Coming off back-to-back losses for the first time since 2016.

The Eagles Lost a heart-breaking 23-21 contest in a rematch of the NFC Championship game this past Sunday. They are 2-3 on the NFL season.

The short turnaround could also help the reeling Giants. They are dealing with drama off the field courtesy of comments by star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr.

They are also trying to erase the memory of Sunday's crushing 33-31 loss at Carolina on a 63-yard field goal. They are 1-4 on the season.

Eagles Have to Get Offense in Gear

Philadelphia's offense has been struggling and has yet to put up more than 23 points in a game. They received a jarring blow Monday when starting running back Jay Ajayi was lost for the season due to a torn ACL.

While trade reports swirl in Philly, the Eagles will likely use the tandem of Wendell Smallwood and Corey Clement again at RB. New York has a defense that ranks 27th against the run.

Philadelphia could also go the aerial route with Carson Wentz playing himself back in shape. He will be targeting Alshon Jeffery, Nelson Agholor and tight end Zach Ertz. Ertz has a team-leading 41 receptions.

Philadelphia has the league's No. 2-ranked rushing defense, surrendering 66.4 yards per game.

Philadelphia has won three straight and four of five in the series but each game was decided by five points or fewer.

Wentz has 11 touchdown passes and two interceptions in his past five division matchups.

Giants Need to Just Play Better

The Bloomin' Onion Haired Beckham had his best game Sunday. He found the end zone for the first time while hauling in eight receptions for 131 yards. It was his third 100-yard effort of the season. He also threw a 57-yard touchdown pass to rookie running back Saquon Barkley.

Tonight Barkley can make history. He can become the second player in league history to account for at least 100 yards from scrimmage in the first six games of his career.

Manning threw for a season-high 326 yards at last week. He also had a season high with 434 yards passing in a 34-29 loss to Philadelphia in December.

Linebacker Olivier Vernon could make his season debut Thursday for a defense that has a league-low 6.0 sacks.

PREDICTION: Eagles 24, Giants 23

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Name	Record	ATS	Offense	Defense	Diff	ATS Home	ATS Away	OU Record	OU Home	OU Away
Philadelphia	2-3	1-4	20.60	20.80	-0.2	1-2	0-2	2-3	0-3	2-0
NY Giants	1-4	2-3	20.80	25.60	-4.8	0-2	2-1	2-3	0-2	2-1

Power Stats

Yards Per Point

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
PHI	17.66	16.5	1.16
NYG	16.24	13.82	2.42

Yards Per Pass

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
PHI	9.23	10.41	-1.18
NYG	9.71	11.70	-1.99

Yards Per Rush

Name	Offense	Defense	Differential
PHI	4.43	3.35	1.08
NYG	3.86	4.61	-0.75

Team Records

Philadelphia Eagles

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	2-3	2-1	0-2	1-4	1-2	0-2	20.60	20.80	-0.20
vs Conf	1-2	1-1	0-1	1-2	1-1	0-1	20.00	20.67	-0.67
vs Div	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0.00	0.00	0.00
Last 3	1-2	1-1	0-1	0-3	0-2	0-1	21.33	21.67	-0.34

New York Giants

Name	Record	Home	Away	ATS	ATS Home	ATS Away	Offense	Defense	Diff
Overall	1-4	0-2	1-2	2-3	0-2	2-1	20.80	25.60	-4.80
vs Conf	0-3	0-1	0-2	1-2	0-1	1-1	20.67	28.67	-8.00
vs Div	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-1	13.00	20.00	-7.00
Last 3	1-2	0-1	1-1	2-1	0-1	2-0	25.33	29.33	-4.00

Supergrid

Title	Stat	Rank	Stat	Rank
Away Team Overall Scoring vs Home Team Overall Defense	20.60	25	25.60	19
Awy Team Road Passing vs Home Team Home Passing Defense	318.00	6	193.50	4
Away Team Road Rushing vs Home Team Home Rushing Defense	104.00	17	153.50	29
Home Team Overall Scoring vs Away Team Overall Defense	20.80	24	20.80	8
Hme Team Home Passing vs Away Team Road Passing Defense	222.00	25	360.00	30
Home Team Home Rushing vs Away Team Road Rushing Defense	89.50	23	56.50	1

Head To Head Summary

Name	Record	ATS	OU	Score	Rush	YPR	PA	CP	PY	TY	TO +/-
Philadelphia	8-2	6-4	7-3	27.40	134.50	4.37	36.10	63.43	245.40	379.90	1.60
NY Giants	2-8	4-6	7-3	19.90	88.30	3.62	45.60	60.09	302.30	390.60	1.90

Head To Head Detail

Date	Away	Home	Score	Line	Total	OU Result	ARY	APY	ATY	ATT	HRY	HPY	HTY	HTT	Away Team Attempts	Home Team Attempts	Away Team Completions	Home Team Completions
Dec 17, 2017	PHI	NYG	34-29	108	233	341	0	75	429	504	1
Sep 24, 2017	NYG	PHI	24-27	49	366	415	2	193	161	354	1
Dec 22, 2016	NYG	PHI	19-24	114	356	470	3	118	168	286	1
Nov 6, 2016	PHI	NYG	23-28	96	349	445	2	54	248	302	2
Jan 3, 2016	PHI	NYG	35-30	120	315	435	2	208	294	502	1
Oct 19, 2015	NYG	PHI	7-27	81	166	247	3	155	270	425	4
Dec 28, 2014	PHI	NYG	34-26	164	262	426	1	76	429	505	1
Oct 12, 2014	NYG	PHI	0-27	85	168	253	1	203	245	448	2
Otbr 27, 2013	NYG	PHI	15-7	88	237	325	1	48	152	200	3
Oct 6, 2013	PHI	NYG	36-21	140	299	439	0	53	330	383	4

NFL Betting Odds & Trends

Philadelphia Eagles
Phil is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Philadelphia is 17-5 SU in its last 22 games
Phil is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Philadelphia is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games on the road
Philadelphia is 14-6 ATS in its last 20 games when playing NY Giants
Philadelphia is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing NY Giants
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing NY Giants
Philadelphia is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games when playing on the road against NY Giants
Philadelphia is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against NY Giants
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Philadelphia's last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Giants

New York Giants
NY Giants is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of NY Giants's last 12 games
NY Giants is 3-7 ATS in its last 10 games at home
NY Giants is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of NY Giants's last 6 games at home
NY Giants is 6-14 ATS in its last 20 games when playing Philadelphia
NY Giants is 1-7 SU in its last 8 games when playing Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Giants's last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
NY Giants is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
NY Giants is 2-9 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Giants's last 5 games when playing at home against Philadelphia

Team Last 5 Games

Philadelphia Eagles

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Oct 7, 2018	MIN	21-23	L	-3.5/48.5	L/U	81	283	364	77	298	375	1	H
Sep 30, 2018	TEN	23-26	L	-3/41.5	L/O	117	315	432	70	327	397	0	A
Spt 23, 2018	IND	20-16	W	-6.5/45.5	L/U	152	227	379	68	141	209	2	H
Sep 16, 2018	TB	21-27	L	-3/46.5	L/O	91	321	412	43	393	436	0	A
Spt 6, 2018	ATL	18-12	W	0/44	W/U	113	119	232	74	225	299	1	H

New York Giants

Date	Opponent	score	Result	line	ATS Result	offensive rush yards	offensive passing yards	offensive total yards	defensive rush yards	defensive passing yards	defensive total yards	turnovers	Location
Oct 7, 2018	CAR	31-33	L	6.5/43.5	W/O	50	382	432	118	232	350	1	A
Sep 30, 2018	NO	18-33	L	3/52	L/U	65	234	299	170	219	389	2	H
Spt 23, 2018	HOU	27-22	W	6/44.5	W/O	114	265	379	59	368	427	-2	A
Sep 16, 2018	DAL	13-20	L	3/42	L/U	35	220	255	138	160	298	1	A
Spt 9, 2018	JAC	15-20	L	3/42.5	L/U	114	210	324	137	168	305	1	H

Next up:
Philadelphia home to Carolina Sunday, October 21
New York at Atlanta Monday, October 22

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