The Philadelphia Eagles entered their Thursday Night Football matchup as 7.5-point road favorites against the New York Giants.
This was supposed to be a get-right game for the Birds against a team that’s been one of the very worst in the NFL for years now.
A team that the Eagles have especially owned for a long time.
Instead, the Eagles got bullied and blown out.
Final score: 34 to 17.
A truly pathetic loss.
One of the very worst of the Nick Sirianni era.
The Eagles didn’t look ready to play from the jump, going down 13 to 3. To their credit, they did fight back to go up 17 to 13.
But Vic Fangio’s defense continued to struggle and the offense went extremely cold once again, just like it has for prolonged stretches throughout this season.
The defense was undoubtedly hurt by Jalen Carter not playing in this game and Quinyon Mitchell getting hurt. Still, it was alarming to see Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo absolutely have their way with that unit.
The offense is just a broken unit. Jalen Hurts played a really bad game. He was involved in two different 14-point swings, including one where he threw a red zone interception. The offensive line continues to struggle. The play-calling isn’t very inspired. The Eagles can’t run the ball.
Special teams sucked. The Eagles can’t properly field a kickoff return to save their lives.
Sirianni preaches “Tough. Detailed. Together.”
Which of those aspects are the 2025 Eagles living up to?
The 4-2 Eagles have some real reflecting to do during the mini-bye before traveling to play the Minnesota Vikings in Week 7.
Read on for a recap and stay tuned for BGN’s postgame coverage.
FIRST QUARTER UPDATES
The Giants won the coin toss and elected to defer. The Giants’ opening kickoff was short of the landing zone, which was a penalty that gave the Eagles the ball at their own 40-yard line. Saquon Barkley opened the game with a 18-yard carry. Then Barkley ran for 13 yards. Jalen Hurts slid for a loss on a keeper (wrong read?) to bring up third down. Facing 3rd-and-10, Hurts threw short of the sticks to Dallas Goedert for five yards. Jake Elliott’s 42-yard field goal attempt was down the middle. Good to get points, but bad for a promising drive to suddenly stall out of nowhere. EAGLES 3, GIANTS 0.The Giants took over at their own 46-yard line after a 37-yard kick return. Jalyx Hunt dropped an interception on a Jaxson Dart throw over the middle. Facing 3rd-and-7, the Giants got hit with a false start. Facing 3rd-and-12, Kelee Ringo got boxed out and gave up a leaping downfield completion to Lil’Jordan Humphrey at the same time as Jhoan Duran walked Mookie Bets to tie the Phillies-Dodgers game at 1-1. Ugh. Facing 3rd-and-8, Dart took off running up the middle for a 19-yard touchdown. Really bad. Dart shook Zack Baun, who first showed blitz and then dropped as a spy, on the play. EAGLES 3, GIANTS 7.The Eagles took over at their own 29-yard line. Hurts completed a pass to Goedert for five yards and then Barkley got tackled in the backfield for a loss. Facing 3rd-and-8, Hurts got sacked by Brian Burns with Jordan Mailata getting beat. Three-and-out.Having plenty of time to throw in the pocket, Jaxson Dart completed a 26-yard pass with Kelee Ringo trailing and then failing to touch Wan’Dale Robinson down after the catch was made to allow the WR to run for more. Unacceptable mistake. Totally unserious. Then Dart evaded pressure and scrambled and completed a pass to Robinson, who spun out of a missed tackle by Andrew Mukuba, and ran to the end zone for another touchdown. The Giants missed the extra point kick. EAGLES 3, GIANTS 13.Hurts sailed a throw to A.J. Brown towards the left sideline. Then Hurts connected with Brown on a tight window back shoulder completion down the right sideline. With all day to throw, Hurts connected with Goedert into the red zone. Hurts to DeVonta Smith up the middle got the Eagles to goal-to-go from the 4-yard line. The Eagles lined up in a Brotherly Shove-esque formation from the 3-yard line … and Hurts flipped the ball underhand to Goedert, who followed his blocks and fought through contact for the touchdown. Strong response drive by the offense. 8 plays, 75 yards, TD. EAGLES 10, GIANTS 13.Adoree’ Jackson filled in for Kelee Ringo on the Giants’ third drive, which started from their own 23-yard line. Jordan Davis was credited with a sack for no gain on a scrambling Dart, with an assist to Byron Young who slowed down Dart. Facing 3rd-and-10, Dart’s completion short of the sticks gained just six yards. Three-and-out. Much-needed stop by the defense.SECOND QUARTER UPDATES
The Eagles took over at their own 26-yard line. Hurts threw back-to-back completions to DeVonta and A.J. to quickly move past midfield. Hurts scrambled left and fired a pass to a wide open Jahan Dotson for yet another first down. A Hurts completion to Goedert (the tight end’s sixth reception!) put the Eagles in the red zone with another first down. Facing 3rd-and-1 at the 4-yardline, the Eagles went Brotherly Shove to be just short of the marker. Facing 4th-and-inches, the Eagles lined up to go Brotherly Shove again … and the Giants burned their first timeout. Facing 4th-and-inches for real, the Eagles went Brotherly Shove and got it. The replay showed Tyler Steen moved early but there was no flag. The Eagles went Brotherly Shove to try to get into the end zone. They were short but went Brotherly Shove for a fourth straight time for the touchdown! Can’t stop it. EAGLES 17, GIANTS 13.The Giants took over at their own 33-yard line. The Eagles stuffed two Giants runs to bring up third down. Facing 3rd-and-6, Dart completed a pass to Humphrey with Ringo (back in the game with Quinyon Mitchell hurt) allowing the first down. Facing 3rd-and-4, Dart completed a pass to Jalin Hyatt with Adoree’ Jackson contesting the catch but allowing the completion. The ref incorrectly spotted the ball beyond the marker; Hyatt bobbled the ball at the point of original forward progress and didn’t secure it until he was knocked back short of the line to gain. Facing 3rd-and-1, the Giants did their own version of the Tush Push (no pushing, just Dart running forward) for a first down in goal-to-go. The Eagles took their final timeout with 1:27 on the clock. Dart had a throw into the end zone dropped by Humphrey. Then Skattebo broke a run to the end zone. 15-play, 67-yard TD drive allowed by the defense. EAGLES 17, GIANTS 20.Kickoff return extraordinaire Tank Bigsby (Eagles traded two picks for him and then boasted about his KR ability) bobbled the kick return and then picked it up to only get to the Eagles’ own 7-yard line. Really dumb. Facing 3rd-and-10 after moving to their own 43-yard line, the Eagles got out of the huddle way too late (shocker) and it looked like they were going to get hit with a delay of game penalty (no remaining timeouts) … but the Giants took a timeout for no good reason!? Total gift from Brian Daboll. But then Hurts took off running and slid down short of the marker. The Eagles offense lined up to spike the ball … ON FOURTH DOWN … but the clock ran out. Just not very smart football.THIRD QUARTER UPDATES
The Giants took over at their own 29-yard line. Facing 3rd-and-2, Theo Jackson dropped a first down completion with Adoree’ Jackson helping to rip it out. Three-and-out.The Eagles took over at their own 7-yard line after an unnecessary roughness special teams penalty by Sydney Brown. Facing 3rd-and-6, DeVonta Smith was running wide open downfield … and Hurts overthrew him. Hurts had a clean pocket to work with. Three-and-out instead of a TD.The Giants took over at their own 44-yard line. The combination of a Byron Young facemask penalty and a Ringo holding penalty put the Giants just outside the red zone. Facing 3rd-and-3 after Mukuba did a nice job of holding Tyrone Tracy to no gain, Dart took off scrambling for a first down. The Giants moved into goal-to-go and Skattebo punched it in for a touchdown. 9-play, 56-yard TD drive. Four TD drives on six tries for the Giants. Terrible showing from Vic Fangio’s defense. EAGLES 17, GIANTS 27.The Eagles took over at their own 30-yard line. They picked up a first down and then Hurts got sacked from behind by Burns on third down to force a punt. 4 plays, 8 yards. punt.The Giants took over at their own 10-yard line. Facing 3rd-and-2, Dart hit a crossing Robinson with Jackson trailing for a first down. Facing 3rd-and-8 after the Giants had a false start, Dart hit Theo Johnson anyway for a first down. Patrick Johnson notched his first career sack (in this being his 71st game played) on Dart, who hit his head on Azeez Ojulari’s knee. Russell Wilson entered the game at QB. Facing 3rd-and-9, Wilson’s pass was short and incomplete. The Giants punted from the plus 42-yard.The Eagles took over at their own 12-yard line. Two Barkley runs resulted in a loss of two yards to end the third quarter.FOURTH QUARTER UPDATES
Facing 3rd-and-12, Hurts dumped off to Barkley for a third straight three-and-out. Pathetic.The Giants took over at their own 34-yard line. Facing 3rd-and-8, rookie Ty Robinson (!) was able to deflect Dart’s pass at the line of scrimmage for an incompletion. Hey, a second straight stop for the first time in the game!The Eagles took over at their own 34-yard line. Hurts to DeVonta gained a first down, the Eagles’ second of the second half. Then the Eagles benefited from a questionable pass interference call drawn by DeVonta to move to midfield. Hurts to Goedert went for another first down. The refs threw a flag for illegal contact by the Giants, seemingly, but then picked it up. Then Hurts, facing a blitz, threw behind Jahan Dotson and the Giants picked it off for a 68-yard return. When it rains, it pours. Hurts’ first pick of the season.The Giants took over at the plus 23-yard line. Facing 3rd-and-8, Hyatt couldn’t haul in a touchdown catch with Ringo trailing. Ringo got flagged for pass interference to give the Giants the ball at the 1-yard line. Skattebo punched it in. Game. Embarrassing. EAGLES 17, GIANTS 34.A.J. Dillon muffed the kickoff return out of bounds and the Eagles took over at their own 5-yard line. Lol. So bad. Facing 4th-and-4 from their own 11-yard line, Nick Sirianni correctly kept the offense on the field. Hurts hit DeVonta for a first down. Then Hurts hit Goedert for a 36-yard gain. Then Dillon made a catch for a first down and fumbled for a Giants recovery. That kinda night.The Giants ran the clock out.FINAL SCORE: EAGLES LOSE, 34 to 17
EAGLES LINEUP NOTES
Nakobe Dean lined up on special teams in his first game back from injury.Adoree’ Jackson replaced Kelee Ringo on the Giants’ third drive.Ringo came back in after Quinyon Mitchell got banged up.Tank Bigsby was removed from kickoff return after his muff late in the second quarter.Marcus Epps came in to replace an injured Reed Blankenship.EAGLES INJURY NEWS
A.J. Brown ran inside after the Eagles’ first drive. He ran back out to the field shortly after.DeVonta Smith’s left ankle/foot was getting stretched on the sideline but he didn’t leave the game.Quinyon Mitchell (hamstring) visited the medical tent in the second quarter for not a short amount of time. He remained on the sideline as the Eagles’ defense took the field and was ruled questionable to return. Mitchell was later downgraded to OUT.Reed Blankenship got banged up in the third quarter and limped off the field. Blankenship returned to the game a couple plays later.A.J. Brown was slow to get up early in the fourth quarter but remained in the game.
