Hartford Courant (Sunday)

EAGLES (11-5) AT GIANTS (5-11)

- Associated Press

Time/TV: 4:25 p.m., CBS

Opening line: Eagles by 5

Series record: Eagles lead 93-87-2.

Last meeting: Eagles beat Giants 33-25 at Philadelph­ia on Christmas Day.

Last week: Eagles lost to the Cardinals 35-31 in Philadelph­ia; Giants lost 26-25 to the Rams.

Eagles player to watch: Haason Reddick. The New Jersey linebacker/edge rusher has always been a pain against the Giants.

Giants player to watch: Darius Slayton. The five-year veteran has emerged as a deep threat the past two games. Key matchup: The Giants defense needs to slow down Jalen Hurts and the Eagles.

Game notes: The Eagles are in the playoffs for the third straight year and 18th time under owner Jeff Lurie. … They have won 11 games in consecutiv­e seasons for the third time in team history. … Philadelph­ia is an NFL best 18-7 on the road since 2021. … Philadelph­ia lost four of five in December. … Hurts ranks second in the league with a franchise-record 38 total TDs, including an NFL QB record-tying 15 rushing. He has career highs in passing yards (3,803). … A year after getting back to the playoffs for the first time since 2016, New York will be watching again. The Giants have lost three in a row. … QB Tyrod

Taylor threw for 319 yards and the offense gained 389 yards, its second-highest output this season. He is the first Giants quarterbac­k since Eli Manning in 2015 to have multiple scoring passes of at least 65 yards or more in a season. … RB Saquon Barkley is 84 yards shy of a second straight 1,000-yard rushing season. … ILB Bobby Okereke and S Xavier McKinney have played every defensive down. Okereke has a team-high 142 tackles and McKinney is No. 2 with 110. … LB Kayvon Thibodeaux has a team-high 11 sacks. .. Pro Bowl DT Dexter Lawrence leads New York with 19 quarterbac­k hits. … Gunner Olszewski’s 94-yard return Sunday was the second-longest punt return in Giants’ history.

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