Giants, Eagles go head-to-head in NFC Divisional Round

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Big Blue is getting ready to take on the Eagles in Philadelphia as they both try to advance to the Super Bowl, and there’s a history of both teams going head-to-head in the playoffs.

They’ve met four times. Each side won twice.

The Giants won the first two match-ups in the 1981 and 2000 seasons, and the Eagles won the last two in the 2006 and 2008 seasons.

Saturday’s game will break that tie.

We’ll see if the third time is the charm this season. After dropping their two regular season meetings to the Eagles by 26 and 6 points, the Giants will try to win the most important match-up — the divisional playoff game.

Daniel Jones and Big Blue were all business as they arrived at Lincoln Financial Field around 5 p.m.

There may be a little added intensity. Saturday morning, the water in the team’s hotel was inoperable for a while. It was eventually fixed so the Giants were able to shower.

Whether it was gamesmanship or just coincidence, the Giants will have to be laser-focused in effort and execution if they want to pull off the upset of the top-seeded Eagles.

The team was able to pull off the upset on the road at Minnesota last week, and in doing so, they were able to quiet the boisterous Vikings crowd on a number of occasions Sunday.

No trip to Philly would be complete without talking about that aspect of the game — the rowdy Philadelphia crowd.

CBS2’s Otis Livingston asked Saquon Barkley what he is expecting from the Philly fans.

“Philly is Philly. Their fan base is crazy. They’re going to be loud. There’s going to be cheers. There’s going to be boos. There might be some double birds. That’s Philly, you know? It was funny, when we were coming into the game last time, we were coming in and there was a little kid and his parent. I was just staring, and I was like, ‘I want to see if he’s going to flip us off.’ He didn’t, he just gave us a thumbs down, and I was like, ‘OK, we’re going in the right direction,'” he said.

He added, “But I expect it to be a hostile environment. It’s the playoffs. That’s how it’s going to be. You know how Philly fans are. Growing up in Pennsylvania, I know how passionate they are. It’s going to be fun. This is the stuff that you dream about as a kid.”

At stake Saturday night is a trip to the NFC championship game.

The Giants are hoping their defense plays more like the Week 18 match-up when mostly back-ups were able to keep them in the game against the Eagles, who were playing for the top seed in the NFC.

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