Eagles-Giants: Start time, channel, how to watch and stream NFL Week 18

The Eagles (11-5) will end their regular season Sunday against the New York Giants (5-11) Sunday looking for a spark that can carry the Birds through the playoffs.

The NFC East is still up for grabs, but the Dallas Cowboys are in the driver’s seat. For the Eagles to end the season as division champs, they’ll need a win Sunday paired with a loss by the Cowboys, who face the Washington Commanders (4-12).

While the Eagles have lost four of their five games, they’ve owned the Giants’ number in recent years, sweeping New York in four of the past six seasons. They defeated the Giants just two weeks ago in a sloppy game on Christmas day, which snapped a three-game losing streak but didn’t do much to calm the nerves of anxious fans, who chanted “Run the ball!” during the game.

It will be just the third time the Eagles have played the same opponent twice in a three-week span since 2002, when the NFL realigned divisions and reduced the NFC East to four teams. The last time it happened to the Eagles was during the 2021 season, when the Birds played Washington in Weeks 15 and 17 and won both games. It also happened in 2004, when the Eagles and the Cowboys split two games played in Weeks 13 and 15.

So why are the Eagles facing the Giants again for the second time in three weeks? Because NFL schedule makers have found that playing as many divisional games as they can in the last few weeks of the season lessens the chances of teams clinching postseason berths too early.

“Those division games hit harder, they feel different, and nobody ever rolls over,” said Mike North, the NFL’s VP of broadcast planning. “So having those stacked up late in the year kind-of keeps everyone still in it right to the end.”

It’s hard to argue with the results. Entering Week 18, four divisions and three wild-card spots were up for grabs. Here are all the remaining playoff scenarios following Saturday night’s games.

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Sunday’s game between the Eagles and Giants is scheduled to kick off at 4:25 p.m. Eastern on CBS Sunday.

Calling the game are the No. 2 NFL broadcast crew at CBS — Ian Eagle and Charles Davis, who might be better known to fans as the voice of Madden football. Evan Washburn will be reporting from the sidelines from a cold and windy MetLife Stadium.

Eagles-Giants also will air on the radio on 94.1 WIP, where fans can listen to the familiar voices of Merrill Reese and former Eagles receiver Mike Quick. WIP host Howard Eskin will handle sideline reporting duties.

Rickie Ricardo, Oscar Budejen, and Bill Kulik will call Eagles-Giants in Spanish on La Mega 105.7 FM in Philadelphia.

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Eagles-Giants will stream on Paramount+, CBS’s subscription streaming service.

The game also will stream on any so-called skinny bundle that carries CBS, including fuboTV, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, and DirecTV Stream. Most offer a free trial.

If you live in the Philadelphia TV market, you can also stream the game on NFL+, the league’s subscription streaming service, which runs $6.99 a month.

If you’re looking to stream the game for free and you live in or around Philadelphia, your best option is using a digital antenna; the game will air on broadcast television on CBS3.

Week 18 is a national doubleheader, which means fans in Philadelphia will get four NFL games Sunday afternoon, capped off by Sunday Night Football on NBC.

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Staff writers Jeff McLane, EJ Smith, Josh Tolentino, and Olivia Reiner will be covering the action live on Gameday Central. Notes and observations about the game will be at Inquirer.com/Eagles. Don’t forget to subscribe to our free Sports Daily newsletter.

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