tape from the entire year? At
this time of year and plan? For everything
y'all give there's only
65 to 75 plays and this time of year and you got to make sure
that you're
trying to give your players everything you can in terms of
the preparation process of it. You know what they do or not,
do you never know going into a game. So it would be
the standard procedure that we usually do, you expect them to
run him
or him to be able to run more than he did in that game?
I don't know. No, biggie you have to care for everything
dynamic. Player.
Said this before, throw it and pass it twice,
therefore MVP and I'll get a big challenge ahead,
Brian table, coach of the year in the eyes of many taking on
the guy who would look like he was going to be the MVP until
he had the shorter injury against the Bears, missed
a couple of games,
didn't look spectacular, when he was back in week 18, but
enough to get the victory to get the 1 seed and now Jalen
hurd's feeling better as the Giants and he goes get together
for round 3. And
This is the only time that I can remember Peter, where?
Yes, two teams have met twice before,
but the second one to me, doesn't really count, it was
the Giants JV Squad, right? They conceded that one. They
they defy the Tom Coughlin John Madden. Go out there and win
that that
final game of the regular season and,
and use it as a way to springboard yourself into
the postseason. They rested their guys in, man, they guys like
sake, Wambach. Berkeley looked a lot more explosive because of
it in the playoffs, it was a smart move by the giant. So
this is really
game number two,
and
when you're talking about divisional opponents,
I remember this happening a couple of times in the NFC East
2008. It was Eagles, Giants, Giants, for the 1 seed. Eagles
went in and 1, 2007, it was Giants Cowboys Cowboys were
the ones. See, Giants win.
And one, this will not surprise anybody if the Giants pull this
off Pete. Her.
I don't think it will Mike because this Giants team this
year even though all of the characters are different,
remember in 2007 and in 2011
Tom Coughlin was the coach and Eli Manning was the quarterback.
So,
you know, there were some, a lot of similar and they played
the Patriots, both times
but the similarities I think, in terms of the two teams Eames
and what
the Earth, the two teams at that time and the similarities
to now I think are many
which is those two teams. One was nine and seven went on to
win the Super well one was 10 and six
went on to win the Super Bowl
and obviously the Giants 9-7 and one this year. Now
ten seven and one
after winning the game in Minnesota
they are an a playoff Outsider
entering the 14 team tournament. Nobody thinks that
they're going to the Super Bowl.
This is Philadelphia or Dallas or San Francisco
and I mean, I think everybody going into it,
not necessarily Dallas but saw this is probably Philadelphia
or San Francisco now Dallas with the way they played on
Monday night in Tampa now, they're in the discussion,
but the thing that the Giants do very well. Number one,
they control the line of scrimmage on defense.
They really? Bother the quarterback with interior Rush.
Those are two things that are going to be hard for the Eagles
to defend. But then again, Jason Kelsey has only done it
about a thousand times in his life. So he'll be ready.
And he'll be used to this
and I think the second thing the Giants have
is a bit of the unknown on offense.
James Bradbury. I talked to him the other day about it,
and he said, the one thing you notice about the Giants is,
they don't make a lot of mistakes on offense, and
I think that was very a, very prescient comment by him and
Mike. The one other thing I would say is
look,
Daniel Jones in his last two games, he missed
the Philadelphia game, but in his last two games
has thrown the ball to Isaiah Hodgins 21 times.
So okay, the Eagles have to know what's coming.
And as crazy as this sounds,
they're probably going to have to roll some of their coverage
to Isaiah Hodgins. A guy who the Giants picked up on waivers
two months ago, two months and two weeks ago, actually
from the Buffalo Bills.
So I think this this is going to be a game
in the fourth quarter
and I think the Giants come in.
I hate the term playing with house money.
No. Buddy. There feels like, feels like that. They feel like
they have a legitimate chance to win. I think they have
a legitimate chance to win.
I think it's more. So the pressure that's on the 1 seed.
The records. Go out the window in theory.
It doesn't matter, right? But
for the team that had the special season
the team that felt like it was its Destiny. All year long and
that that started to dissipate for the Eagles late in the year
that shine that glow that gleam that they had. Once Jalen hurts
got injured, they wobble a little bit and they actually
almost blew
the number one seed,
but they got the
Seed, how do you justify that one seed? Season that great
year, you had
losing
in the divisional round, going one and out, just wipes,
Everything clean. That's one of the reasons why I think Vikings
fans are struggling with. What happened last weekend, special
season, all those great games, the Bills game, the Colts game
this
game that game and it all just ended in a thud at home
in the Wild Card round
and that's why Why I made the rocky analogy and I guess it is
even more appropriate in Philadelphia
that
you can catch that one seed early. They end up in a game
that they didn't expect to be in. You get some of that. What
the hell is going on out there? Vibe
on the sideline and the next thing, you know, you're in
a much closer game and your seasons on the line and you're,
you're just a little tighter than the team that no one
expected to be there.
That becomes a real Factor when you're talking about,
you know, you mentioned earlier you'd
Love to see the Ravens and Bengals in a seven-game series.
When it's one game in one game only those are very real human
factors that can mess up the team, that's supposed to win
the game.
Absolutely. And you know Mike
I think one of the things that is interesting about this game
when you consider all of the various factors in this game
want to tell you something about the game 11 days, I think
it was 11 days ago, the last game of the season.
You know it wasn't only
It wasn't only Daniel Jones and say, Quan Barkley. Who did not
play for the New York Giants?
Andrew Thomas, didn't play the left tackle, who
is right now. One of the two best left tackles in football,
Dexter, Lawrence
did not play Leonard Williams, did not play
a Dory. Jackson did not play.
I just mentioned probably
arguably. The three most important Giants on defense
in this game. Did not play the last time and what happened in
that game.
The Philadelphia Eagles scored 22 points.
And Jalen hurts who obviously you just want to get him some
some reps, okay? But Jalen hurd's did not play
an impressive game.
And I'm not saying that that means a lot going into this game
because it doesn't mean a lot going into this game
because in that game,
Jalen Hurd said 10 possessions
and he really, he had two long drives in that game.
And again that doesn't mean anything necessarily.
But I think if you love the Philadelphia Eagles
you probably wish that against a defense that is about a you
know compared to
if the Giants regular defense
is 100, the defense they put on the field in that game was a 73
and
and the Eagles struggled in that game.
And again, not going to mean a lot. In this game most likely,
but it's not totally insignificant.