Eagles-Giants final score: Jalen Hurts struggles in Philadelphia’s loss to New

The Philadelphia Eagles are 5-7 after losing to the New York Giants on Sunday. The friggin’ New York Football Giants. Final score: 10 to 7.

There’s no sugarcoating this one: this was a terrible loss. There was really no good reason for the Birds to blow this game.

The Eagles entered this game rolling, winning three of their last four. They were facing an under-manned Giants team playing on short rest. They had an opportunity to make their push for the NFC East lead with the Dallas Cowboys losing on Thanksgiving.

And, instead, they blew it.

Jalen Hurts ultimately gave the Eagles a chance to win at the end of the game. He didn’t get help with Jalen Reagor — who some would probably like to see sent to the moon — dropping the ball near the goal line.

But it shouldn’t have had to come down to that. The Eagles’ margin for error was was thinner that it should’ve been with Hurts turning in the worst game of his career. 14/31 (45.2% completion) for 129 yards (4.2 average), zero touchdowns, three interceptions, and a 17.5 passer rating. Downright dreadful.

Read on for a recap and stay tuned for BGN’s postgame coverage.

FIRST QUARTER

• The Giants started on offense first. Daniel Jones’ first pass went wide of Saquon Barkley. Ugly. Then he took off running to bring up 3rd-and-5. On third down, Fletcher Cox and Javon Hargrave pressured Jones into an off target throw over the middle. Three-and-out.
• Miles Sanders was tackled for a loss on a run to the outside and Jalen Hurts missed DeVonta Smith to bring up a 3rd-and-11. On third down, Hurts felt pressure from a three-man rush and ran for a yard. Punt.
• The Giants ran a flea flicker that ended up being a screen to Evan Engram (interesting) for a gain into Philly territory. The Giants got to 4th-and-1 and went for it and it looked like Jones was stopped short … but somehow the refs ruled him over the marker. Garbage. The Giants moved into the red zone and Darius Slay broke up a 3rd-and-8 throw to Kenny Golladay in the end zone. The Giants wanted pass interference but it looked like OPI on Golladay if anything. New York settled for the 35-yard field goal attempt. EAGLES 0, GIANTS 3.
• The Giants kicked the ball way short of the end zone, clearly aiming to get Jalen Reagor to return it. Perceived weakness. The Eagles picked up their first first down with two Sanders runs. Hurts hit DeVonta Smith over the middle (!) for another first down. On 3rd-and-5 from the NYG 44-yard line, Quez Watkins made a very nice leaping catch along the right sideline to pick up a big first down. Good job by Hurts to throw up the ball to him and having faith in the receiver to make a play. Unfortunately, Hurts followed up a good throw with a pick over the middle. It looked like there may have been DPI since a flag was thrown and Hurts was calling for a penalty but it was picked up. FOX’s shitty production team didn’t bother to show a clear replay of the play, so it’s hard to say exactly what happened. Great stuff!