The Eagles can clinch the NFC's No. 1 seed. The Giants can secure a playoff spot. The revival of the NFC East could be prominent in Week 17.
All four NFC East teams are in playoff positions entering Sunday’s play. The Dallas Cowboys already have clinched a postseason berth. The Washington Commanders can secure a playoff spot Sunday but would need plenty of help.
The Eagles host the New Orleans Saints in an early-afternoon game in Philadelphia. A victory would give them the NFC East title and the conference’s top seed. The Eagles would have the conference’s lone first-round playoff bye and home-field advantage through the conference championship game, if they can get that far. The road to the Super Bowl in the NFC would go through Philadelphia.This is the Eagles’ second attempt at securing the No. 1 seed.
The Giants are attempting to reach the playoffs for the first time since the 2016 season. They don’t have a postseason victory since they won the Super Bowl to conclude the 2011 season, with Tom Coughlin as their coach and Eli Manning as their quarterback.Few regarded the Giants as viable playoff contenders when this season began. They’d had five straight losing seasons. They went 4-13 last season, leading co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch to perform an organizational housecleaning.