PHILADELPHIA – The Giants lost Cam Skattebo and allowed 277 rushing yards to Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles in a 38-20 loss at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday.
Jalen Hurts threw four touchdown passes, including two to tight end Dallas Goedert. Barkley rushed for 150 yards and scored twice. And the Eagles (6-2) beat the Giants for a 13th straight time at their stadium in South Philadelphia.
Even Eagles receiver Jahan Dotson (40-yard touchdown catch) and backup running back Tank Bigsby (nine carries, 104 yards) got in on the action.
The Giants (2-6), who beat the Eagles, 34-17, in Week 6 at MetLife Stadium, lost exciting rookie running back Cam Skattebo to a dislocated ankle in the second quarter on a gruesome injury.
He was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation.
The Giants failed to sweep the Eagles for the first time since 2007.
Joe Schoen’s and Daboll’s team is now staring down the barrel of a grueling schedule and no bye until Week 14 in early December. Their next games are against the 49ers, at the Bears, against the Packers, at the Lions and at the Patriots before they get a break.
Dart managed a 2-yard rushing touchdown late in garbage time on Sunday as the Giants tried to finish strong despite the circumstances. But their efforts at climbing back into the game already had been neutralized midway through the fourth quarter.
Referees had given the Giants new life by overturning a Dart fumble to an incomplete pass. But then they took away a deep Dart touchdown pass to Darius Slayton with an offensive pass interference call on the Giants’ receiver.
Daboll was apoplectic on the sideline as his record since the start of the 2024 season fell to 5-20.
Barkley got the Eagles on the board first on the game’s second play from scrimmage.
The reigning NFL Offensive Player of the Year shot out of a cannon through a gaping hole on the left side of the Giants’ defensive line for a 65-yard touchdown and a 7-0 Eagles lead 17 seconds in.
Eagles kicker Jake Elliott doinked a 58-yard field goal attempt off the right upright when Philly had a chance to go up, 10-0, on its next possession, though.
And Dart promptly drove the Giants 52 yards in six plays for a game-tying 18-yard touchdown pass to Skattebo to knot the game at 7-7 with 2:56 left in the opening quarter.
Dart converted a third down with a quarterback scramble. He hit Darius Slayton for a chunk gain. Then Skattebo embarrassed Eagles linebacker Patrick Johnson on his route with a walk-in TD.
And punter Jamie Gillan made a touchdown saving tackle on Will Shipley’s ensuing kickoff return for the Eagles to keep the Giants in it.
But the Eagles answered with Barkley’s second touchdown of the day on a 9-yard reception to take a 14-7 lead with 11:38 to play in the half.
Daboll frantically tried twice to challenge a Hurts fourth down conversion because the Eagles quarterback had fumbled. But referees ruled he couldn’t challenge the play because forward progress had been determined on the field and then upheld their call on Daboll’s second toss of the red flag.
Skattebo’s horrific scene with 8:07 remaining in the quarter added injury to insult on the Giants’ next possession.
And although Gano sank a 47-yard field goal to draw within 14-10 at the 2:53 mark, Hurts answered with his second touchdown pass of the day — a 6-yard pass to tight end Dallas Goedert with 21 seconds to play.
That gave the Eagles a 21-10 lead that they took into halftime, and they never looked back.
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