Giants aim to avert franchise record in finale vs. resting Eagles

With the host Philadelphia Eagles resting key players on Sunday, the New York Giants will attempt to avoid finishing with the most losses in the franchise’s 100-year history.The Giants (3-13) have never lost 14 games in a season, finishing 4-13 in 2021 and 3-13 in 2017. New York enters Week 18 tied with three other teams (New England Patriots, Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns) for the worst record in the NFL.Although it weakened their shot at the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Giants ended a team-record 10-game losing streak with last weekend’s 45-33 win against the Indianapolis Colts.The Eagles (13-3), meanwhile, are locked into the No. 2 seed in the NFC and likely will rest 2,005-yard rusher Saquon Barkley and other starters for the playoffs.”He’ll probably be somebody that rests,” Eagles coach Nick Sirianni confirmed Wednesday.Barkley is 101 yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson’s NFL single-season record of 2,105 yards, set in 1984.”Obviously it’s a very special record that’s been standing for a very long time by a great player. It’s a team record that everybody’s involved in. You weigh all those things,” Sirianni said. “But at the end of the day, you just try to do what’s best for the team.”… We’ve put ourselves in a position to be in this situation … It wasn’t the easiest decision to go through, but we have great people in this building and had a lot of input from a lot of people, players included.”New York coach Brian Daboll spoke to reporters just before Sirianni announced the plan to sit Barkley, who played his first six NFL seasons with the Giants (2018-23).”We’ll just prepare like we normally do, in meetings and practice and get ready to play our game,” Daboll said.”… I’d say they’ve got a good football team, and Saquon’s a good football player. Got a lot of wins, productive, good team.”

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