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After blowing out the Saints 40-29, the Eagles will be looking to get back to .500 against a crumbling Giants team.

The Eagles offense should be able to continue their dominant rushing performances as they have now been able to put up massive rushing numbers against some of the top NFL defenses in the league. However, the Eagles most effective rusher so far, Jordan Howard, will be out this week so Boston Scott and Miles Sanders will need to pick up the slack. The Eagles could also benefit from targeting the Giants LBs in the passing game. Their best LB Blake Martinez suffered a torn ACL and the rest of their group should be no match for Dallas Goedert who should have a big game this week.

The Eagles defense will be going up against a unit that lost Jason Garrett last week and will need to install with new offensive play-caller Freddie Kitchens. The Eagles D-line will also be facing a bad Giants O-line that has backup caliber starters in all positions aside from LT Andrew Thomas. The Eagles Secondary will need to give the pass rush enough time to get home by playing tighter coverage, which is something they proved they can do against the Saints. Even with the Giants anemic offense, this could be a hard task against the Giants as they have a pretty solid receiving core led by Kenny Golladay, Kadarius Toney and Darius Slayton. Even though none of them have been very good this season they do have talent and could burn the Eagles secondary if not careful.

If the Eagles wish to continue on their playoff push they must prove that they can put away easy opponents by effectively running the ball and having a defense that can shut down bad offenses.