During the regular season, the rule is that a practice squad guy can only get elevated from the practice squad to the active roster up to three times, and if they’re going to be on the active roster after that, they have to be signed. This year that happened with tight end C.J. Uzomah. Last year it happened with punter Braden Mann.

The Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants 20-13 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Sunday. The Eagles rested their starters, including Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley, as they prepare to face the Green Bay Packers on January 12 in a wild-card playoff game.

The Philadelphia Eagles are NFC East champions and locked into the No. 2 seed for the NFC Playoff with plans to rest starters in Sunday’s finale against the New York Giants.

While much of the Philadelphia area roiled over the decision by the Eagles not to play Saquon Barkley and most of their other starters in Week 18 — a 20-13 win over

The Philadelphia Eagles have been one of the best teams in football all season to this point. Philadelphia was 2-2 to begin the year before its bye week but then went on a 12-1 run to finish the season.