PHOENIX — The goal for the Giants is to be, one year from now, where the Eagles are today. Not where the Eagles are today from a geographic standpoint, but where the Eagles find themselves based on their football ability and acumen.
The Eagles are hunkered down in the Valley of the Sun as the NFC representative in Super Bowl LVII, slight favorites to get past the Chiefs on Sunday at State Farm Stadium in nearby Glendale. Based on what transpired this season, it was hardly a stretch to project that the Eagles would get this far. Based on how the Eagles came out of 2021 , making it to the Super Bowl one year later was not exactly the most anticipated route they would travel — not after going 9-8 in Nick Sirianni’s first season as the head coach.
But Sirianni, who took over after Doug Pederson oversaw a 4-11-1 campaign in 2020 that got him fired, got plenty out of young quarterback Jalen Hurts. And now, after several key personnel moves by Howie Roseman, the executive vice president and general manager, the Eagles find themselves one win away from capturing the second Lombardi Trophy in franchise history.
What does this have to do with the Giants? Maybe nothing, maybe everything. Perhaps the Giants can be where the Eagles are a year from now, and take a quantum leap forward in a relatively short period of time.
