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NFC East futility has destroyed the traditional rivalries

The Philadelphia Eagles are playing the New York Giants this week on Monday Night Football.

There was a time that sentence would have sent Eagles and Giants fans into a foaming-at-the-mouth frenzy. The anticipation of such a game would be all-consuming. But no more.

As I played around on YouTube this week I was reminded of what a phenomenal rivalry this truly has been over the decades. At the beginning there was Chuck Bednarik almost committing involuntary manslaughter on Frank Gifford. There was the Miracle at the Meadowlands. There was Bill Parcells vs.