The New York Giants closed out their 2024 common season schedule with a visit down the New Jersey Turnpike to face the NFC East champion Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
The Eagles started the week locked into the No. 2 seed within the NFC and sat a lot of their key gamers, together with former Big working again Saquon Barkley, who was on tempo to set a brand new NFL single-season mark for speeding yards.
The Giants have been enjoying out the string and had most of their wholesome starters on the sphere however performed with out inside linebacker Micah McFadden, middle John Michael Schmitz, and proper sort out Evan Neal once more.
Right here’s the way it performed out…
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | This fall | Remaining | |
Giants | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
Eagles | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
- The Giants couldn’t muster a lot offense towards an Eagles protection comprised of primarily backups. That they had simply 238 yards of whole offense.
- The Eagles went 2-for-4 within the crimson zone, scoring two move performs whereas the Giants solely had one journey into the crimson zone and ended up kicking a discipline aim.
- The sport was largely even statistically except penalties. The Giants had six for 40 yards whereas the Eagles had only one accepted penalty for zero yards.
Drew Lock’s move deep left supposed for Jalin Hyatt was intercepted by Eagles defensive again Sydney Brown on the Philadelphia 33-yard line and returned to the Giants’ 46 with 36 seconds remaining in regulation.
That killed any hope the Giants had of a comeback victory and sealed the 20-13 win for Philadelphia.
- WR Malik Nabers: Had 5 receptions for 64 yards, together with a 45-yard catch for a landing. Nabers ended the sport with a number of information. He broke the franchise report for receptions within the season (108; Steve Smith) and ended the sport with essentially the most receptions by a rookie in NFL historical past.
- WR Wan’Dale Robinson: Caught 10 of 11 targets for 43 yards setting a profession excessive for receptions (93) and yards (699). This was Robinson’s twelfth sport this season with 5 or extra receptions.
- LB Dyontae Johnson: Johnson was lately returned from injured reserve (IR) after lacking nearly all of the season with an ankle harm. He picked up the place he left off in preseason, main the Giants with 10 tackles (six solo) plus a cease on particular groups.
Not many accidents to report. Rookie defensive lineman Elijah Chatman was helped off the sphere by the coaching employees on the finish of the third quarter. He was evaluated for a concussion.
Vast receiver Malik Nabers left the sport within the third quarter after breaking the franchise report for receptions in a season (108, held by Steve Smith). Nabers seemed to be in some discomfort however returned to the sport on the subsequent possession and had a 45-yard catch for a landing.
The Giants will head into an unsure offseason and no Black Monday media schedule has been launched as of this writing.