The New York Giants dominated the Philadelphia Eagles 34-17 for the group’s first win over Philly since January seventh, 2024. This loss marks the Eagles’ first shedding streak for the reason that 2023-24 season.
Psychological errors had been Philly’s undoing. They turned the ball over twice, gave up three sacks, and solely had one third-down conversion within the recreation.
On the similar time, the Eagles couldn’t cease the rookie pairing of quarterback Jaxson Dart and operating again Cam Skattebo. Dart had 195 passing yards, 58 dashing yards, and two complete touchdowns. In the meantime, Cam Skattebo ran for 98 yards and three TDs on the bottom.
The Giants had no reply for Eagles operating again Saquon Barkley on the sport’s opening drive. He picked up 31 floor yards on his first two carries of the night, which allowed Philly to attach on a 42-yard subject aim try for a 3-0 lead. On the Eagles’ first possession, Barkley surpassed his dashing complete from final week (30 yards).
New York began its first sequence with good subject place due to a 37-yard kick return to get the ball close to midfield. On their first third-down try, quarterback Jaxson Dart threw a deep cross to vast receiver Lil’Jordan Humphrey for a 34-yard acquire on his first catch of the season. That led to Jaxson Dart operating into the tip zone for a 19-yard landing and a 7-3 benefit. Humphrey, who was elevated to the 53-man roster from the follow squad earlier at present, completed the sport with 4 catches for 55 yards.
Following an Eagles three-and-out, the Giants acquired on the board once more. Broad receiver Wan’Dale Robinson made two catches for 61 yards and a landing to increase Huge Blue’s result in 13-3 after a missed further level. That marked the primary time since 2020 that the Giants have scored greater than seven factors within the first quarter of a recreation.
Philadelphia managed to reply again, thanks partly to a exceptional 30-yard catch by vast receiver A.J. Brown. As soon as the Eagles acquired into the crimson zone, quarterback Jalen Hurts threw an underhand cross on the line of scrimmage to tight finish Dallas Goedert, who powered his method into the tip zone to chop the result in 13-10. With that rating, Goedert has 5 touchdowns in his final 4 video games.
After forcing a three-and-out to shut the primary quarter, Jalen Hurts accomplished 5 straight passes for 68 yards to get all the way down to Huge Blue’s three yard line. From there, Philadelphia ran two straight tush push performs for a contemporary set of downs on the one yard line. Two downs later, the Eagles tush-pushed their method to a landing and a 17-13 lead. Philly ended that sequence with 4 consecutive tush pushes.
Giants wideout Jalin Hyatt made back-to-back catches for 5 and 6 yards to get New York to Philadelphia’s 22 yard line with two minutes to go within the first half. That arrange a walk-in dashing landing for operating again Cam Skattebo from 4 yards out for a 20-17 Huge Blue lead with 1:19 to go within the second quarter. Coming into the sport, Hyatt didn’t have a single reception this season.
Philly’s offense took the sector at its personal seven yard line with no timeouts. Although they managed to select up 45 yards, the clock ran out on the heels of a nine-yard run by Jalen Hurts, sending this one to halftime.
After back-to-back three-and-outs to begin the third quarter, the Giants’ offense once more picked up attributable to some pricey psychological errors by the Eagles. A facemask penalty adopted by an unlawful contact helped New York get into the crimson zone. Ultimately, Cam Skattebo crashed his method over the aim line for his second dashing landing of the night to extend Huge Blue’s result in 27-17. This was Skattebo’s first profession recreation with a number of dashing TDs.
Giants cross rusher Brian Burns continued to construct on an excellent marketing campaign. He had two sacks on this recreation to deliver his complete to seven on the season, tying him for the league lead with the Denver Broncos’ Nik Bonitto. His second sack killed a promising Eagles drive and compelled a punt late within the third quarter.
A disastrous second for the New York Giants got here once they had been driving in direction of the tip of the third quarter. Jaxson Dart went down with an obvious head harm earlier than operating off the sector into the blue medical tent. Fortunately, he was cleared of a concussion and returned to the sector on the Giants’ subsequent drive.
On Philly’s subsequent sequence, a 25-yard defensive cross interference acquired the Eagles to New York’s 25. After moving into the crimson zone, Jalen Hurts threw his first interception of the season, which was returned 68 yards to Philadelphia’s 23 yard line with 11:25 to go within the recreation. That was Hurts’ first INT in his final 305 regular-season passes.
The Eagles’ protection couldn’t get off the sector all night time lengthy because the Giants went 11 for 15 on third-down makes an attempt. A defensive cross interference penalty on a third and eight led to a Cam Skattebo dashing landing on the very subsequent play to place New York forward 34-17 with 9:41 left within the recreation. Philly was only one for 9 on third downs tonight.
Going through a 17-point deficit from their very own 11 yard line, the Eagles had no alternative however to go for it on fourth down. They transformed that play with ease to get out of their very own crimson zone. Two downs later, Jalen Hurts discovered a wide-open Dallas Goedert for 36 yards. Nevertheless, the drive ended with a turnover, when the Giants pressured a fumble that they recovered at their very own 25 with 6:50 to go within the recreation.
As soon as they acquired the ball again, the Giants ran out the clock to safe the win. This was Huge Blue’s first victory over an NFC East group in its final 9 divisional video games.
*Writer’s word: all data and statistics are tracked in actual time and are offered by the sport’s broadcaster, NFL.com, and ESPN.com*
