Giants face Eagles in Week 18

Giants face Eagles in Week 18

With the Eagles shedding first-team players, Daboll was asked if he was thinking about resting some of the Giants’ “struggling” starters. “We’ll just focus on ourselves and try to do well,” he said.

The Giants have lost 10 straight games at Lincoln Financial Field, their longest streak at any stadium in franchise history. They last won there in 2013 and are 6-15 there in the regular season and 0-2 in the postseason. But when Daboll was asked yesterday whether ending the series would be meaningful to the Giants franchise, he refused to take offense.

“We’re just going to try to do our best this week,” Daboll said. “Have a nice day today, then go out and play well.”

A win on Sunday would not only be the Giants’ first win in Philadelphia in 11 years, but also their first in the NFC East this season.

“It would be really cool to do that,” quarterback Drew Lock said. “It’s just a good feeling heading into the offseason. These guys will play another game to get that feeling. So let’s go out; we want to go out with a win. And you know, that’s what we want. “Go out there wanting to get a win, be confident in the offseason and put a good performance on tape.

The Eagles won the teams’ first meeting of the season 28-3 on Oct. 20 at MetLife Stadium. It was their lowest point total of the season, but they never imagined they wouldn’t have another win in over two months. Their losing streak ended last week with a 45-33 win against Indianapolis.

“It was very difficult,” wide receiver Darius Slayton, the Giants’ longest active player, said of the season. “Obviously things didn’t go the way we wanted. I would like to have more wins and make this 100th season special, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case. All we can do is work and come back next year and try to do better.

Neither the Giants nor the Eagles will use the same quarterback they did in Week 7. Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts is in the NFL’s concussion protocol and likely would have rested had he been healthy. His replacement, Kenny Pickett, missed training with a rib injury. The Eagles’ expected starter is Tanner McKee, who threw his first four NFL passes last week against Dallas, including two for touchdowns.

Running backs Kenneth Gainwell and Will Shipley and wide receiver Jahan Dotson are among the players expected to play more than they have.

“We’re preparing for all these guys, but who knows how this will all turn out,” defensive coordinator Shane Bowen said. “But a big point for us this week is, ‘Let’s focus on ourselves and what we can control and hopefully we can go out there and put in a good performance.”

For the Giants, Lock will start for the fourth consecutive time and fifth time this season. He played arguably the best game of his six-year career against the Colts, throwing for 309 yards and four touchdowns, running for the fifth score and posting a near-perfect passer rating of 155.3.

“After last week, spirits are high,” Lock said. “I feel good. I’m excited to go out and get the opportunity to play again.”

“You want to put together great games every time you play. Go out there at every opportunity and make sure you represent yourself in the best possible way. That’s the plan every week.”

For both Lock and the Giants.

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