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Oct 20, 1:00 PM Eagles at Giants
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Giants lose to the Eagles 28-3

"The Giants haven't done well in their home games this year. I was hoping they would give the MetLife fans something to cheer about, but that didn't happen today, not by a long shot. The Giants did manage to keep the Eagles from scoring in the first quarter, but then in the second the Eagles had what I would call the 'Saquon Barkley drive'. Barkley broke free and ran the ball 55 yards down the field. A few plays later, he ran it in for a touchdown.
It really hurt to see Barkley out there being so productive for the Eagles when he could have been playing for us. On the Eagles next drive they didn't use Barkley. The Giants defense was probably concerned they would when the Eagles decided to go for a 4th-and-3 from the Giants 41-yard line. Jalen Hurts instead threw a long pass to receiver A.J. Brown for their second touchdown.
There was less than two minutes left in the half when the Giants finally came up with a score. Daniel Jones had been sacked on every drive so far except the opening one. This time he wasn't, and from the Philadelphia 10-yard line he threw a touchdown pass to tight end Theo Johnson! However, he was called for offensive pass Interference. The ten yard penalty pushed the Giants back to the 20-yard line, and with no time left, they had Greg Joseph kick a 38 yard field goal. The half ended with Philadelphia leading with a 14-3 score.
To start off the third quarter the Eagles went three-and-out, and the Giants did the same. Then the Eagles added another touchdown. Their top receiver Brown, and Barkley each had big plays, and it was Hurts who ran it in one yard for a touchdown. On the Giants next turn they started running the ball more using rookie Tyrone Tracy and Devin Singletary to get down to the Philadelphia 41-yard line, but the Eagles second sack on Jones killed the drive.
We got to see Barkley have a 31-yard run near the end of the third quarter, and the Eagles finished things off with another Hurts one yard touchdown run to basically put this game out of reach. Brian Daboll pulled Jones and put in backup quarterback Drew Lock. He had no better pass protection than Jones, and the Giants ended up with a 28-3 loss and a lot of disappointed fans."

"The Giants offensive unit was almost back at full strength. Daniel Jones favorite target Malik Nabers and running back Devin Singletary, were back in the lineup. The notable exception was left tackle Andrew Thomas, who is out for the rest of the season after having foot surgery. The offensive line has had the same five starters play in every game. That changed today, and the Eagles front defensive line and the Giants, were looking to see how well they would function without their top offensive tackle protecting Jones blind side.
It did not work out well at all for the Giants, who managed to put up just three points in the second quarter and none in all the rest. In the first half with no pass protection, it led to 5 sacks when Daniel Jones was called on to do it all. There was no balanced ground game support, as Brian Daboll had his running backs, Tyrone Tracy and Devin Singletary, run with the ball just 3 times. Jones ran or scrambled with the ball 5 times, including for their only rushing first down in the half. Without a balanced attack the Giants converted on just 2 of their 8 third downs.
Between sacks, Jones completed 13 of 19 passes for 6 first downs, with talented rookie Malik Nabers catching 4 of those on his 6 targets for 41 yards. Nabers did make a costly mistake near the end of the half on his last catch when he could have easily stepped out of bounds. The Giants were driving and that cost them their final timeout. Without much wriggle room with 28 seconds left, the Giants ended up with a field goal after a touchdown catch was called back for an offensive penalty.
Nabers rookie mistake will probably linger in his mind as he had no more catches on the day. As the third quarter moved on to the fourth, it was hard to believe that the Giants offense, or an offense on any team, could be playing so poorly. The Giants defense was treated to trying to keep Saquon Barkley contained. The Eagles defense was able to keep the Giants off the field, and ran 65 total plays. There was plenty of time for Barkley to break out on a number of them, and he did. Barkley ended up with 17 carries for 176 yards and 1 touchdown. It was a reminder that GM Joe Schoen may have made a big mistake allowing Barkley to walk right into the arms of the eager Eagles.
Daboll called more running plays in the second half, but as the time moved on they needed to pass more, and the protection just wasn't there. Jones took two more sacks bringing his total to 7. Daboll switched to backup Drew Lock, and the Eagles notched one extra sack. Lock completed 3 of 8 passes for 6 yards. He did have one nice 13 yard first down run to bring the rushing first downs to a grand total of 4. Wan'Dale Robinson was thrown to more in the second half and finished second to Nabers with 6 catches for 23 yards. The receiving yards total was 105. Rushing yards totaled 76, and the Giants have a lot to figure out about how they run this offense. The defense came up with four sacks, giving them a total of 31, just 3 short of the 34 they had all last year. The Giants need to put this 28-3 loss behind them and prepare for a Monday night match up with the Pittsburgh Steelers."

First Quarter

NONE

Second Quarter

PHILADELPHIA - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Saquon Barkley 3 Yd Run (Jake Elliott Kick)
Drive info: 5 plays, 74 yards, 2:34
Eagles 7-0
PHILADELPHIA - TOUCHDOWN
Play: A.J. Brown 41 Yd pass from Jalen Hurts (Jake Elliott Kick)
Drive info: 6 plays, 58 yards, 2:23
Eagles 14-0
GIANTS - FIELD GOAL
Play: Greg Joseph 38 Yd Field Goal
Drive info: 10 plays, 39 yards, 1:36
Eagles 14-3

Third Quarter

PHILADELPHIA - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Jalen Hurts 1 Yd Run (Jake Elliott Kick)
Drive info: 10 plays, 77 yards, 4:47
Eagles 21-3

Fourth Quarter

PHILADELPHIA - TOUCHDOWN
Play: Jalen Hurts 1 Yd Run (Jake Elliott Kick)
Drive info: 10 plays, 92 yards, 6:07
Eagles 28-3


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