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Coral Smith’s takeaways:
- Eagles hang on to end losing streak. The Eagles offense got off to a hot start against the Giants, quickly building a 20-3 lead going into halftime. But as has been the story for many of Philadelphia’s games this season, things started to get away from the Eagles, and the Giants closed the gap in the second half to just a two-point deficit, threatening to hand their division rivals a fourth-straight defeat. After scoring on four of their five first-half drives, the Eagles had their three third-quarter possessions result in a fumble on the opening kickoff, a punt and an interception returned for a touchdown. But with one quarter to play, the Eagles just managed to pull out the win. Philly scored on all three of its fourth-quarter drives, starting with a touchdown at the end of a 75-yard march down the field, keyed by a 32-yard throw from a scrambling Jalen Hurts to A.J. Brown on third-and-20. Though they added on to the lead twice more with a pair of field goals, it kept the door open for the Giants, who kept within a score and had a chance at a game-winning drive before their Hail Mary attempt was intercepted. Despite it looking like a familiar story at some points, Philly escaped another potential defeat on Monday.
- Is the DeVito craze over? Tommy DeVito certainly has his moments as the Giants’ starter, but the last two weeks it seems like things have come crashing down to earth. For the second straight game, the rookie couldn’t get anything going on offense, as New York only had 101 yards in the first half, with a good portion coming on a single 41-yard possession which still only ended in a field goal from 52 yards out. A second promising drive was only extended by an Eagles penalty and multiple fourth-down conversions by Saquon Barkley, and the Giants went into the locker room having scored only three first-half points against an Eagles defense that had allowed an average of over 31 points per game the last three weeks. Head coach Brian Daboll decided it was time for a change, bringing in Tyrod Taylor after the break. Taylor didn’t make a huge impression for most of the half, but he did find Darius Slayton for a 69-yard completion that brought the Giants within a score of the lead with less than six minutes left, and gave the Giants a chance to extend the game with a Hail Mary, though it fell short. It might be enough for the Giants to consider a QB change with two games left.
- Mistakes almost take down PHI again. There’s only two games left for the Eagles against the Cardinals and Giants again before they start postseason play, and Philly is still in contention for the No. 1 seed and the NFC East crown. But the mental miscues and on-field mistakes on Monday almost sunk them, and the way this win came about is not going to close the door on discussion over whether the Eagles are in playoff football mode. As has been the case in many games this year, simple mistakes by the Eagles turned the tide, with the Giants scoring two of their three touchdowns off turnovers. First it was the second-half kickoff, which Boston Scott fumbled and Isaiah Simmons recovered for the Giants. New York scored three plays later. And then it was a pass attempt by Hurts intended for Dallas Goedert, but with a slip by the tight end it instead fell into the arms of Adoree’ Jackson, who ran it 76 yards back for a pick-six, closing the Eagles’ advantage to just two points at that point. This game shouldn’t have been as close as it was, once again raising doubts about the readiness of these Eagles with the playoffs quickly approaching.
Next Gen stat of the game: Adoree’ Jackson reached a top speed of 20.92 mph on his 76-yard pick-six, the third-fastest speed on a pick-six this season, and the fastest play by a Giants ball carrier this season.
NFL Research: With his 1-yard rushing touchdown in the first quarter, Jalen Hurts set a new NFL record for most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in a season, with 15. He passes Cam Newton, who had 14 in 2011.
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