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Eagles-Giants Capsule

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PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (6-9) at NEW YORK GIANTS (6-9)

Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox

OPENING LINE - Giants by 3

RECORD VS. SPREAD - Eagles 6-9, Giants 8-6-1

SERIES RECORD - Giants lead 84-79-2

LAST MEETING - Eagles beat Giants 27-7, Oct. 19, 2015

LAST WEEK - Eagles lost to Redskins 38-24; Giants lost to Vikings 49-17

AP Pro32 RANKING - Eagles No. 20, Giants No. 22

EAGLES OFFENSE - OVERALL (15), RUSH (15), PASS (14)

EAGLES DEFENSE - OVERALL (30), RUSH (29), PASS (26)

GIANTS OFFENSE - OVERALL (12), RUSH (26), PASS (6)

GIANTS DEFENSE - OVERALL (32), RUSH (25), PASS (32)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES: Coaches in focus. Eagles have fired Chip Kelly. Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur will coach finale. Tom Coughlin might be coaching final game with Giants after missing four straight playoffs, their longest drought since missing 17 straight seasons (1964-80). ... Winner finishes in second place in NFC East behind Washington. ... Eagles have won four of five against Giants. ... QB Sam Bradford needs 95 passing yards for third 3,500-yard season. .. RB DeMarco Murray enters game with 633 yards rushing after leading NFL with 1,845 with Dallas and winning Offensive Player of Year in 2014. ... RB-KR Darren Sproles leads NFL with 446 yards on punt returns, including two for touchdowns. ... WR Jordan Matthews has 14 catches for 263 yards and two touchdowns in past two weeks. ... TE Zach Ertz had 13 catches for 122 yards last week. ... DE Fletcher Cox has four sacks in past three games and career-high 9 1/2 this season. ... S Malcolm Jenkins leads team with 95 tackles. Giants are finishing third straight losing season, first time that's happened since eight straight (1973-80). ... QB Eli Manning needs three touchdown passes to tie team's single-season record of 36 set by Y.A. Tittle in 1963. ... WR Odell Beckham Jr. returns to lineup after one-game suspension for dangerous play. He has 49 catches for 872 yards and nine touchdowns in last seven. ... DE Robert Ayers Jr. has six sacks in last four outings. New York has 22 sacks; its lowest total in 16-game season was 25 in 1992. ... S Landon Collins looking to become first Giants defensive rookie to start 16 games since Barry Cofield in 2006. ... Fantasy Tip: Giants WR Rueben Randle has touchdowns in three straight games. In his last three home games against Eagles, he has 16 catches for 312 yards and four touchdowns.

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