Giants vs. Eagles: Best bets for this Saturday night NFL Divisional Round playoff matchup

The question everyone is asking as the Philadelphia Eagles get set to host the New York Giants in the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs this Saturday night is: How healthy is Jalen Hurts?

The Eagles quarterback missed two games with a shoulder injury before returning in the season-finale – against the Giants. In that 22-16, Week 18 win, Hurts threw for 229 yards, completing 20 of 35 attempts and no touchdowns. He also threw an interception and rushed nine times for 13 yards.

Not exactly the performance the one-time MVP frontrunner showed before he got hurt.

Hurts, however, says he’s "feeling good" heading into Saturday’s 8:15 p.m. kickoff, which will be aired on FOX.

Hurts is 14-1 as the starter this season for Philly, which lost the two games he missed – to the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints.

Now that he’s back, will the Eagles return to the form that earned them the NFC’s No. 1 seed?

That’s the other question.

And the No. 6-seeded Giants will have to say a lot about that answer, as they’re coming off their first playoff win in 11 years after beating the Minnesota Vikings, 31-24, last Sunday in the Wild Card round.

The Eagles are 7.5-point favorites on Saturday night at home.

The Eagles are making their fifth playoff appearance in the last six years and are looking for their first postseason win since the 2018 Wild Card round.

FrontPageBets takes a look at three best bets for this NFC playoff matchup against two Eastern Division rivals.

(Odds courtesy of DraftKings and subject to change)

Giants +7.5 (-110)

The New York Giants were the best team in the NFL against the spread during the regular season with a 13-4 mark. As underdogs, the Giants, including the playoffs, are 11-2 ATS and 7-1 on the road.

During the regular season, the Giants were 3-1 when underdogs by 7 or more points.

Philadelphia was 14th in the league during the regular season against the spread, going 8-9. The Eagles are 2-4 ATS when favored by a touchdown or more.

In both regular-season games, Philadelphia has been a touchdown-or-more favorite over the Giants. The Eagles won the first meeting in Week 13, 48-22, when they were 7-point favorites. They were 16.5-point favorites just two weeks ago and only won by 6 points.

Eagles under 28.5 total team points (-115)

The Giants enter Saturday’s game with all the momentum, carrying that big win over the Vikings with them.

Philadelphia was off last week with the bye through the first round of the playoffs.

With one of the top offenses in the league resting up, it could pay dividends for the Eagles. Or, it could hurt in a win-or-go-home situation where the regular season doesn’t really matter.

But since that’s what we have to go off of, consider this: In their final four games of the season, the Eagles averaged 22.8 points. Their regular-season average is 28.1.

Since their 48-22 loss to the Eagles in Week 14, the Giants defense is giving up an average of just 19 points per game, including 22 to Philly in regular-season finale.

Giants QB Daniel Jones over 1.5 passing touchdowns (+140)

Keeping with the momentum, New York quarterback Daniel Jones seems like he’s harnessed it in the playoffs.

Last week against the Vikings, Jones threw for 301 yards and two scores. It was just his third 300-plus-yard passing game of the season. It was also the sixth time he threw multiple touchdown tosses.

Jones sat out the regular-season finale against Philadelphia, but in his one game against the Eagles he was 18 for 27 for 169 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed for 26 yards and a score.

To keep this one close, Jones needs to continue to sling it. And he’ll get the opportunities.

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