Interesting Stats about Giants/Eagles in Eli Manning Era

 

The Eagles spend so much time and effort to beat us that they ultimately fail elsewhere. Its like we are their supper bowl for them. Its an odd strategy to say the least. And since we have two SB during that time its pretty clear that its been a failure.

Thanks for the clarification.

since the 2001 season we are 11-23 against the Eagles.. That includes playoff games. We suck against the Eagles and have for a long time.

Right now I find nothing similar to 2007, which is what a lot of people pull out as their beacon for 0-2 starts and ultimate success. In 2007 we had a Veteran team, with a lot of leadership up and down the team. We also had a QB injured in week 1, so week 2 was no surprise that the team struggled and lost against GB.

Here, we are a much younger team in many areas and are made up of a bunch of guys who have not consistent success in the NFL. Hell, Brandon Marshall has not played in a playoff game. Our Oline is weak physically and mentally. Our QB is being cracked on by our own HC. I see no magical light turning on like it did in 2007!

I remember going to the first home game of the season for the Eagles in 2000 and it also was against the Giants and we whipped them something like 41-10, that was the year we were smashed by the Ravens Super Defense in the Super Bowl and the Ravens look pretty darn good defensively this year at 2-0. I wouldn't mind playing the Ravens again in the Super Bowl this season.

In comment 13609521 jvm52106 said:

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since the 2001 season we are 11-23 against the Eagles.. That includes playoff games. We suck against the Eagles and have for a long time. Right now I find nothing similar to 2007, which is what a lot of people pull out as their beacon for 0-2 starts and ultimate success. In 2007 we had a Veteran team, with a lot of leadership up and down the team. We also had a QB injured in week 1, so week 2 was no surprise that the team struggled and lost against GB. Here, we are a much younger team in many areas and are made up of a bunch of guys who have not consistent success in the NFL. Hell, Brandon Marshall has not played in a playoff game. Our Oline is weak physically and mentally. Our QB is being cracked on by our own HC. I see no magical light turning on like it did in 2007!

To be fair, who foresaw a 'magical light' turning on in 2007? True, we were coming off a playoff year, but both 2005 and 2006 ended in bad playoff losses (2006 just because it was Philly) and I distinctly remember being furious with our defense after getting smoked by Green Bay in week 2, which followed an equally ugly performance in Week 1.

We also didn't have a good sense of what we had in Eli, Bradshaw had yet to break out, etc.

I hate to draw parallels to championship teams in the hope that there might be some relevance to the current situation, and it's true there was no unit on the 2007 squad that looked as bad as our OL does in 2017. But it's still too early to close the book on this season. A bad loss to Philly on Sunday will definitely cause me to change my tune, though.

2007 - new DC And learning the system. Team had no identity.

Similarities maybe?

Rookies who found a role in 2nd half.

Veteran additions took a while to fit in.