The Giants and Eagles are heading in opposite directions in an up-for-grabs division.At the season's midpoint Marcus Williams Jersey Stitched , Eli Manning's starting job was in jeopardy and New York seemingly was primed for a run at the No. 1 overall pick in next year's draft.But the Giants (3-7) have won two straight after a dismal first half and the offense has put up 65 points in those games. Manning is coming off an excellent performance and he's not hearing any more questions about getting benched.That's not the case for Carson Wentz.The defending champion Eagles (4-6) have lost two in a row and some misguided fans were even calling for Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles to replace Wentz in the starting lineup following his career-worst effort in a 48-7 loss to New Orleans.'Despite losing records, both teams are still in the mix in the NFC East entering Sunday's game in Philadelphia. Dallas and Washington are tied for first place at 6-5."You always want to have the momentum and I think that's kind of what the two games gave us, and we just got to keep preparing the way that we've been preparing and hopefully we keep it on the roll," Giants wideout Sterling Shepard said.The Eagles played their best game of the season in a 34-13 victory against New York in October. It was the only game they've scored more than 24 points."That was a fun game," Eagles coach Doug Pederson said. "I felt like the offense was in sync, in rhythm. I think you just have to, as a play caller. kind of get back to who we are."Much has changed since that game as Philadelphia has lost three of four."Last time we played them, I know exactly why they beat us," Giants coach Pat Shurmur said. "We didn't do anything that you need to do against any type of team to win. We turned the ball over, we gave them big plays. We just didn't play well enough to beat any team Youth Alvin Kamara Jersey , so we have to fix that. That's more about us and less about them."Here are things to know about the Giants-Eagles matchup:BANGED-UP SECONDARYThe Eagles are missing three-fourths of their starting secondary, their starting nickel cornerback and their top backup. The fifth cornerback could be out, too. Cornerback Ronald Darby and safety Rodney McLeod are out for the season and cornerback Jalen Mills has a foot injury. Cornerbacks Sidney Jones and Avonte Maddox are also sidelined and Rasul Douglas is questionable. The Eagles will have to count on three guys who have limited experience: Cre'Von LeBlanc, De'Vante Bausby and Chandon Sullivan. It could mean a big day for Shepard and Odell Beckham Jr."The biggest challenge is the rhythm, the continuity, communication sometimes, just body language, understanding the defense," Pederson said. "All those things that kind of come with part of being around in OTAs and being around in training camp. The fact is everything matters now, everything counts. It's a real game. They have to obviously understand that Alvin Kamara Jersey Stitched , step their game up, focus 鈥?laser focus 鈥?like we talk about, and be prepared."STOPPING SAQUONRookie Saquon Barkley had 130 yards rushing and caught nine passes for 99 yards last month vs. the Eagles. The team's run defense, which ranked first last year and was tops through the early part of this season, has steadily declined. Ezekiel Elliott had 151 yards rushing against Philadelphia two weeks ago, and Mark Ingram and Alvin Kamara combined for 174 last week."I think he's improved every week and I think he's a guy who wants to be great, wants to get better," Manning said of Barkley.GET GOLDEN INVOLVEDReceiver Golden Tate has only seven catches for 67 yards in two games since the Eagles traded a third-round pick to Detroit to get him. Offensive coordinator Mike Groh said this week it's been difficult trying to integrate him into the offense.STRONG UPFRONTThe Giants' much-maligned offensive line is coming off its two best games and faces a difficult challenge against Fletcher Cox and Philadelphia's defensive line that adds Tim Jernigan this week. The Eagles will need to get plenty of pressure from their front four to help the inexperienced secondary."The thing that stirs the drink for them is their front," Shurmur said. "It's going to be important that we do a good job first off blocking them, and then when we choose to throw the ball outside Youth Alex Anzalone Jersey , being really good about what we try to do."PHILLY DOMINANCEThe Eagles are 16-4 against the Giants since 2008, including 8-1 since 2014. When the season started for the Arizona Cardinals, Sam Bradford was the quarterback and Mike McCoy was offensive coordinator.Now both are gone.On Saturday, while the team was enjoying a long weekend off, the Cardinals released Bradford, who lost his starting job after three games to rookie Josh Rosen and had been inactive for the last five. Bradford's departure came a little less than two weeks after McCoy was fired and replaced by quarterbacks coach Byron Leftwich.Coach Steve Wilks said Monday that in releasing Bradford "we did what we thought was best for the team. We needed that position to be able to add quality depth at different positions."The Cardinals made several roster moves during their bye week. Last week, they signed tight end John Phillips and offensive lineman Colby Gossett. Gossett was signed off the Minnesota practice squad. On Monday, Arizona signed offensive lineman Zack Golditch from the Indianapolis practice squad. The team also re-signed wide receiver Kendall Wright, who had a 10-day stint with the team in October.Arizona was looking to add depth on the offensive line even though all five starters might be healthy enough to play Sunday at Kansas City. John Wetzel, a backup at both tackle and guard Alex Anzalone Jersey Stitched , was placed on injured reserve Saturday with a neck injury.Right guard Justin Pugh said he is hoping his broken hand will be healed enough for him to play Sunday, which would be four weeks from the day he injured it.The Cardinals (2-6) are coming off a come-from-behind win over San Francisco but face a much more daunting challenge against the Chiefs (8-1), who opened as 15-point favorites with the advantage moving to 16 陆 points on Monday."Dynamic in every area," Wilks said of the Chiefs, "particularly on the offensive side of the ball. (Patrick) Mahomes is playing outstanding, an MVP-caliber player right now, and all the weapons around him. Again, it's just about trying to eliminate the big plays, and that's what they're known for thus far this year is just creating big plays over the top. We've got to try to eliminate that."It's the first of several difficult road challenges for Arizona in the second half of the season. The Cardinals also play at Atlanta, Green Bay and the Los Angeles Chargers.Arizona's practice Monday was its first since last Tuesday. A workout had been scheduled for last Wednesday but Wilks cancelled it."A lot of injuries Youth Trey Hendrickson Jersey , I wanted to be able to give the guys an opportunity to recover," he said.Despite the long weekend, Arizona got an extra day of practice this week. Players have Tuesday off before returning to their regular Wednesday-Thursday-Friday practice schedule.It gives Leftwich a little extra time to work on the offense, which slogged through three quarters before Rosen threw two TD passes in the fourth-quarter in the 18-15 win over San Francisco."I think it was very beneficial," Wilks said. "I'm out there, and I'm watching the flow of practice. I'm seeing it in action with Josh and the things that they're doing. Not really to indulge a lot in the game plan, but you can see Byron trying to evolve and move this offense in another direction. I think the bye week was very beneficial to him, as well as to the offense."Rookie wide receiver Christian Kirk said Leftwich brings "a lot of new energy.""He's such a smart mind and he's just really good at putting his guys in the right position," Kirk said.