Time is not on the Eagles' side against the Giants

The Giants return Malik Nabers, the Eagles are without Jordan Mailata and Dallas Goedert and may also be without Darius Slay. Things are going great. We shouldn't have expected a penalty shootout between these teams anyway as a team with Daniel Jones will struggle to get points. What the Giants coaching staff knows.

Keep it simple, stupid

The Giants are 0-2 in division games this season, but they have held tight, dropping a total of 8 points. One way to achieve this is to shorten the game. If you don't count the knee-down drives at the end of the half, the Giants and Commanders each had just seven possessions, while the Giants and Cowboys each had eight. The Giants saw both teams score double-digit possessions in the other four games.

The Giants have the 12th highest pass rate in the league. But not against the NFC East to start drives. On 15 possessions against the Commanders and Cowboys, the Giants ran on eight in the first game, four in each game. Another four, two in each game, were short passes to Malik Nabers. The Giants immediately start eating up the clock.

The Eagles' offense plays right into their hands. They have the 23rd lowest pass rate and have run the ball on first down 61% of the time. The Giants want to eat up time and shorten the game, and the Commanders (18th highest pass rate) and Cowboys (3rd highest pass rate) have helped them by playing against their own type, running 7 times on 15 plays in the first play. The Eagles already go into every game wanting to run the ball early.

The Giants defense has the best sack rate. She wants you to call medium to deep passes and give them time to get to your QB. The Giants offense can't win a shootout, it wants time-wasting plays that reduce the number of plays possible. The Eagles already have four games with single-digit possessions on offense: against the Falcons, Saints, Bucs and Browns. A fifth in store on Sunday.

The cap is a fake, but the cap hell is real

Did you watch the Broncos vs. Saints game on Thursday night? It's okay if you didn't, after all it was on TNF between the Broncos and the Saints B. I didn't make it past halftime. The Saints were rocked. The Saints are also against it.

The salary cap is not real as teams can renew contracts at any time and deal with the consequences later. The Saints have been doing this for years. However, the Eagles can't.

The Eagles don't have a single player not on their rookie contract making more than $1.75 million in salary. Not just this year or next, but at any point in their contract. This means they are unable to convert base salary into a contract bonus, freeing up significant cap space this season. Any time of the year.

This is still a much better spot than the Saints, who are over $80 million over the cap next year. The Eagles are nearly $34 million under the cap next year, which ranks 21st. However, updating this roster doesn't require any cap magic. What you see is what you get.

College Football Week 8 Watch List

Miami vs. Louisville

Miami TE Elijah Arroyo is having something of a breakout season. After catching just 11 passes in three seasons, thanks in part to playing in just 8 games over the past two years, he already has 14 catches and a 20.4 yards per catch average, which ranks 18th . represents place in the nation. He also hauled in 4 TDs.

Louisville EDGE Ashton Gillotte had 11 sacks last year but stayed for a fourth season to try to bolster his draft stock. It didn't work. He has only scored two goals in six games so far and is not one of the top rushers. A strong game against Miami would do him a lot of good.

Alabama vs. Tennessee

Alabama CB Domani Jackson looks like a total gamer. He has a height of 6'1 ​​inches. He plays well in the zone, he plays well against the man, he plays well against the run. He makes plays, intercepts Carson Beck on a screen and returns from an injury in the game against South Carolina to make the game-winning interception.

Tennessee RG Javontez Spraggins looks like an eagle: 6 feet 2 inches, 330 pounds. He's a force in the running game, one of the reasons the Vols have the eighth-most rush attempts per game. He has room for improvement as a pass protector, but he isn't a liability either.

Georgia vs. Texas

I usually only keep these for players that might interest the Eagles. But in this game, the QBs are too prominent to ignore. Quinn Ewers and Carson Beck may have started the season as QB1 and QB2, but they have regressed since the start of the season. One of them will increase their stock in this game, right? Right?