Giants at Eagles kicks off NFL holiday weekend

Christmas holiday weekend NFL games start here in Philadelphia, Thursday night, but it's the rival New York Giants making more news, since they have more opportunity.

The Giants have a chance to give themselves an early Christmas present by clinching their first playoff spot since 2011 -- when it won the NFL title -- with a win.

They'd also be keeping pressure on the 12-2 Dallas Cowboys for first in the NFC East. The Giants (10-4) have won eight of nine including a five-point win over the Eagles on Nov. 6.

The Giants will be taking on a struggling Eagles team in front of the typically hostile crowd at Lincoln Financial Field.

Philadelphia (5-9) saw its season fall apart in late November and has lost five in a row. The Eagles are 2-9 since a 3-0 start, but six of those losses were one-score games.