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Giants at Eagles

The golden-armed Eagles' QB Garcia and his talented receivers are favored to defeat the New York Giants in Sunday's first round playoff. The stat graphic below pictures the teams relative position in the league:

Yards per Pass Att

Percentile Chart

100=Stongest 50=Average 0=Weakest
Lines: Playoff Avg=87 SuperBowl Avg=81

Win Mrg Points Change

Winning Margin Points Change
Sorted by Points Change, 2005 to 2006

Rank	Team	Pctl	Stat Value	Points behind Leader	Win Mrg Pts Chg vs 2005	Games Won
1	IND	100	7.53	0.00	-0.46	12
2	N O	98	7.47	0.27	7.67	10
3	PHI	90	7.20	1.38	6.87	10
4	DAL	85	7.06	1.95	4.13	9
5	CIN	78	6.85	2.85	0.13	8
6	S D	71	6.60	3.87	1.37	14
7	PIT	68	6.53	4.19	-2.47	8
8	BAL	63	6.35	4.93	5.16	13
9	ARI	62	6.31	5.08	0.47	5
10	WAS	58	6.19	5.59	0.52	5
11	STL	57	6.18	5.63	-0.32	8
12	N E	55	6.12	5.91	-3.52	12
13	K C	55	6.11	5.93	-4.00	9
14	CHI	55	6.09	5.99	6.82	13
15	JAX	53	6.05	6.16	-0.38	8
16	NYJ	53	6.04	6.22	4.12	10
17	G B	45	5.80	7.21	0.15	8
18	DET	45	5.80	7.23	2.58	3
19	DEN	44	5.77	7.34	-3.51	9
20	CAR	43	5.72	7.57	-4.76	8
21	BUF	42	5.69	7.68	2.84	7
22	S F	39	5.59	8.08	5.21	7
23	NYG	38	5.58	8.14	-2.19	8
24	SEA	34	5.44	8.71	-6.08	9
25	TEN	34	5.44	8.72	-1.31	8
26	MIN	31	5.36	9.07	-0.92	6
27	HOU	30	5.30	9.30	4.06	6
28	MIA	27	5.20	9.72	-1.96	6
29	CLE	24	5.13	10.02	-2.06	4
30	ATL	24	5.12	10.05	-1.44	7
31	T B	18	4.93	10.86	-2.28	4
32	OAK	0	4.36	13.22	-5.30	2

2006 Season, YTD through Week 17

In season 2005 Eagles ranked 23rd on Yards per Pass Att at 5.55.
In season 2006 they ranked 3rd at 7.20, up 6.9 points per game on this one stat.
From 2005 to 2006 Eagles improved by 9.3 points per game on Winning Margin.

On our Killer Stat, Yards per Pass Attempt the Eagles earn a healthy 7.2 yards per toss and rank 3rd. By comparison, the Giants rank 23rd with a modest 5.6 yards per attempt. On this one passing efficiency stat the Eagles earn a 4.6 point advantage.
The season stat graphic below pictures the Eagles below average performances in only 3 games all season. And four of their five losses were all their weakest performances on yards per toss.

Yards per Pass Att
Philadelphia Eagles
2006 through Week 17

Opp Yds per Pass Att
New York Giants
2006 through Week 17

By comparison, 7 of the 8 Giants' losses were all weaker than average on pass D. Unless they can stop the Eagle's receivers, playmakers all, they are in trouble. Philly RB Westbrook earns over 9 yards per catch and led the list with 77 completions. Stallworth earned 19.1 yards per catch, Brown earned 17.1, Smith 12.2 and rookie Baskett had 22 catches for 21.1. This group led the league in yards per completion. If it weren't for the goal line a few may still be running.
With the Giants on offense, RB Tiki Barber is the shining hope. The key stat for the Giants is rushing first downs where they move the sticks 7.5 times per game. If the Eagles' rush D allows 7.9 then the clock control earned by RB Barber will keep them in the game.

First Downs Rushing
New York Giants
2006 through Week 17

Opp FD Rushing
Philadelphia Eagles
2006 through Week 17

The electronic hardware favors the Eagles by 8 1/2.
Bud Goode
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