May 10, 2023   2 MIN READ

Christmas Clash

Birds-Big Blue Staged For Holiday Battle

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The Eagles and Giants are hoping to provide their fans with a little extra gift on Christmas this year.

The NFC East rivals will play on Monday, Dec. 25, at the Linc, making it the first Christmas game for the Eagles since 2017, their year they won their first Super Bowl.

Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., with FOX handling the TV broadcast.

The full NFL schedule will be announced Thursday night but the league also put out their first “Black Friday” game on Amazon Prime, featuring AFC rivals, the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets on the day after Thanksgiving.

 

Also, the league said the Bengals will visit Arrowhead Stadium to face the Chiefs on New Year’s Eve for a 4:25 p.m. kickoff, televised on CBS.

The Eagles scored a 19-10 win over the Oakland Raiders on Christmas of 2017, also at the Linc, as they improved to 13-2.

Last year, the Eagles secured three wins over the Giants, sweeping the regular-season series by a combined score of 70-38 before hammering New York in the NFC Divisional round, 38-7, en route to winning the conference before losing the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII.

The Giants are coming off a busy offseason in which they signed quarterback Daniel Jones to an extension worth over $40 million annually, put the franchise tag on Pro Bowl running back Saquon Barkley (which he isn’t thrilled about), traded for Pro Bowl tight end Darren Waller, and used a first-round pick on cornerback Deonte Banks.

The Eagles made quarterback Jalen Hurts the NFL’s highest-paid player (briefly), hired a new defensive coordinator to replace Jonathan Gannon, and rebuilt their depleted safety, linebacker and running back positions through free agency and the draft.

– Geoff Mosher (@geoffmoshernfl) is co-host of the “Inside the Birds” podcast and staff writer for InsideTheBirds.com.

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Geoff Mosher is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience covering the Eagles, the NFL and other college and pro sports across several different multimedia platforms. He is co-host of the acclaimed Inside the Birds podcast, the leading podcast for intel on the Philadelphia Eagles, and co-host on 97.3 ESPN's drive-time show. He has also hosted on Philadelphia's sports-talk station, 94.1 WIP and 97.5 The Fanatic. Geoff was the lead Eagles Insider from 2012-2015 for NBC Sports Philadelphia, where he wrote for the website and appeared daily on the station's TV shows, including Quick Slants, Philly Sports Talk, Eagles Pregame/Postgame Live and Eagles Extra. Prior to joining NBC Sports, Geoff worked the Eagles beat from 2005-2012 for the Wilmington News Journal, where he broke several major news stories and also won an Associated Press Sports Editors award under the category of Breaking News for his coverage of the sudden death of Phillies play by play broadcaster Harry Kalas. Geoff has appeared on ESPN's SportsCenter, NFL Network, NBC Sports Network, FOX29, 6ABC and has conducted interviews for Sirius/XM NFL radio and countless other radio stations across the country.

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