CBS Sports' London Fletcher Talks Redskins Vs. Giants And The NFC East's Troubles
The Former Washington Redskin took some time to discuss the upcoming game between the Skins and Giants, but also the troubles of the whole NFC East.
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The Former Washington Redskin took some time to discuss the upcoming game between the Skins and Giants, but also the troubles of the whole NFC East.
The New York Giants were leading in the fourth quarter of both of their games this season, and lost both of them. The Redskins opened the season with a new starting quarterback, but relied on the running game to win one of their first two games. The division rivals play in week three of Thursday Night Football.
In 2014, the New York Giants (6-10) committed over $116 million in free agent contracts in order to avoid a repeat of the 2013 season. Unfortunately, injuries derailed Big Blue's season before it ever started, and the team continues to be a work-in-progress.
With their playoff hopes squashed last weekend, the Eagles take to the road one final time to wrap up the 2014 season against the New York Giants. The Giants had their playoff hopes dashed much earlier in the season but look to end the year on a high note with some promise for 2015. After being embarrassed by the Eagles earlier this season, the Giants hope to pick up revenge on the Birds the way Dallas and Washington already have.
The two-time Super Bowl champion has had a lot of success as a Giant but let's look at his five worst performances, one of them which came today against the 49ers.
See what the Giants players are saying about their 27-0 loss to the Eagles.
The Eagles soar into their bye week with the best record in the NFL. At 5-1, the Eagles are tied for the lead in the NFC East with the Dallas Cowboys. The Eagles are now 4-0 at home as well as 2-0 in NFC East play. The Eagles could not be entering the bye week feeling too much better than they do, but challenges await after the week off.
Sunday night against the Giants will tell us a lot about the Eagles.
Nick Foles may be nothing more than a system QB and that could be good for the team.
The Eagles have been shaky the past few weeks and will not likely be able to get away with it this week; not the way the Giants have played the last three weeks. The Giants come to Philadelphia having won three games by an average of 18.0 points.
This Week 4 NFC East game felt like a must-win for both teams. The Giants played like it, dominating in a 45-14 win. The Redskins looked overmatched.
The Manning brothers created a new video ad for Direct TV.
Here is a list of five players who will have a bounce back season.
Michael Barkann and Ike Reese ranked the NFC East teams, position-by-position on their 94WIP MIke & Ike Show.
Local cable providers love to remind us that we have nine - yes, nine - professional sports clubs, a way of persuading us to click on this package or that so we can view the screen-in-screen horror we call baseball, football, and basketball.
The Dallas Cowboys defeated the New York Giants 24-21 Sunday to move into a tie with the Eagles for first place in the NFC East.
These athletes rack up championships yet manage to remain completely boring.
Michael Vick's first pulled hamstring against the Giants cost him two weeks. This time, he lost most of the game.
The Eagles offensive woes of last week bled into this week, resulting in a 15-7 loss in a crossroads game.
To get everyone ready for the Eagles home game against the Giants, the Eagles released a video of that will likely excite Eagles fans, and upset Giants fans.
What a disappointing offensive show the Birds put on at The Linc on Sunday. As some headlines said, it looked like Foles folded. As a result, Dallas leads the NFC East today with the Eagles second.
Nobody would have expected that Eli Manning and the Giants would be getting their first win in late October, but that is what happened this season. The Giants beat the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night and look for revenge against rival Eagles this Sunday.
The Eagles snapped a three-game losing skid, to improve to 2-3 with their 36-21 victory over the horrible New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on Sunday.
The Eagles and New York Giants will be playing to escape last place when they meet Sunday at MetLife Stadium.
You laugh now, but there was a time, very recently, when it was a debate. There was a time, when we thought the kid had commandeered the throne. There was a time when, when we thought it was the dawn of one empire, and the dusk of another.
