{"id":290999,"date":"2025-10-10T04:07:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T04:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/290999\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T04:07:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T04:07:25","slug":"giants-eagles-takeaways-new-york-stuns-philadelphia-behind-cam-skattebos-3-tds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/290999\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants-Eagles takeaways: New York stuns Philadelphia behind Cam Skattebo\u2019s 3 TDs"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Zach Berman, Charlotte Carroll, Brooks Kubena and Jenna West<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Philadelphia Eagles\u2019 defense couldn\u2019t slow down New York Giants rookie running back Cam Skattebo, who scored three touchdowns in New York\u2019s 34-17 win Thursday night.<\/p>\n

Skattebo scored in the second, third and fourth quarters, carving up Eagles defenders and accounting for 98 of the Giants\u2019 172 rushing yards. He finished with 19 carries and an average of 5.2 yards per carry.<\/p>\n

The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles entered Thursday at 4-1, while the Giants were 1-4 and turning to rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart again after benching veteran Russell Wilson after an 0-3 start.<\/p>\n

Dart suffered an injury scare in the third quarter<\/a> when he took a hard hit from Eagles linebacker Patrick Johnson. Dart was slow to get up but jogged off the field on his own and went to the injury tent to be evaluated for a concussion. The medical staff cleared Dart in a concussion check, and he returned on New York\u2019s next drive.<\/p>\n

Dart went 17-of-25 with 195 passing yards and one touchdown. He added 58 rushing yards and a score on the ground.<\/p>\n

Giants\u2019 biggest win in 3 years<\/p>\n

The Giants just picked up arguably their biggest victory since a wild-card win over the Minnesota Vikings in January 2023. With all the scrutiny on coach Brian Daboll, general manager Joe Schoen and co. in their fourth year, this was a commanding victory over a division foe whom they\u2019ve struggled against time and time again.<\/p>\n

Not only did the Giants win, but they also bullied the reigning Super Bowl champions at their own game. Dart led a triumphant and energetic offense. \u2014 Charlotte Carroll, Giants staff writer<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s turnover turnaround<\/p>\n

Turnovers spelled disaster for the Giants in their Week 5 loss at New Orleans, with five straight contributing to the defeat. But this week, the tale of the turnovers resulted in a fairytale ending for New York.<\/p>\n

The Giants forced two big turnovers in the fourth quarter that helped seal their victory. Cornerback Cor\u2019Dale Flott picked off Jalen Hurts for his first interception of this season, running it back 68 yards and only being stopped by former Giants running back Saquon Barkley. The pick was a coup for Flott, who\u2019s been in rotation with Deonte Banks all season for the CB2 spot. While Flott was already taking most of the cornerback snaps Sunday, it\u2019s safe to say the pick helped seal that job.<\/p>\n

Later in the fourth quarter, safety Dane Belton, who has repeatedly shown his nose for the ball, punched the ball from AJ Dillon\u2019s hands, and cornerback Dru Phillips recovered it. \u2014 Carroll<\/p>\n

What happened to the Eagles?<\/p>\n

The Eagles cannot rationalize this one. They were outplayed and outcoached by a 1-4 team. It\u2019s the franchise\u2019s worst loss since a home loss to the Arizona Cardinals in 2023.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia was a 7.5-point road favorite, yet it looked like a flawed team that could not hang its hat on anything in the moment. The Eagles don\u2019t pass the ball or run the ball with consistency. They don\u2019t rush the passer, and they\u2019re not stopping the pass.<\/p>\n

And in areas in which coach Nick Sirianni takes particular pride \u2014 his motto is \u201ctough, detailed, together\u201d \u2014 the Eagles were especially deficient. This is the type of loss that forces a team to take a long look in the mirror. They won\u2019t like what they see. \u2014 Zach Berman, Eagles senior writer<\/p>\n

Offensive inconsistencies pile up<\/p>\n

For all of the offense\u2019s inconsistencies this season, the Eagles have at least been able to say they take care of the ball. Not anymore. Hurts threw an interception with the Eagles driving to score in the fourth quarter. Dillon fumbled in Giants territory on the next drive. It was Hurts\u2019 first interception of the season.<\/p>\n

The turnovers are a new issue for the offense. You can argue a victory was unlikely when both occurred, but it continued a night of sloppiness \u2014 including foolish penalties and poor situational awareness. \u2014 Berman<\/p>\n

Defense takes a hit with Mitchell\u2019s injury<\/p>\n

The Eagles got a close look at a worst-case scenario tonight. Their offensive issues aren\u2019t anything new. They\u2019ve at the very least been able to count on their defense. But the Giants scored more points on the Eagles than they have since 2012. Skattebo rushed for three touchdowns with defensive tackle Jalen Carter sidelined with a heel injury. Dart juked Zack Baun for a touchdown run.<\/p>\n

Wan\u2019Dale Robinson broke through Drew Mukuba\u2019s tackle attempt for another score. But worst of all, Quinyon Mitchell, the Eagles\u2019 best cornerback, left the game with a hamstring injury. The Eagles handled a precarious CB2 situation since releasing Darius Slay in the offseason.<\/p>\n

Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio entered the 2025 season masking the talent drop by matching Mitchell against their opponents\u2019 best receivers. Few things could breach the Eagles\u2019 defense more than an injury suffered by Mitchell. Now that has happened.<\/p>\n

How will the Eagles configure their secondary going forward if Mitchell misses extended time? How will Fangio rejuvenate a defense that got bullied by a 1-4 Giants team? Perhaps Mitchell will return soon. Carter likely will. The 4-2 Eagles must stop their slide soon. \u2014 Brooks Kubena, Eagles staff writer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Zach Berman, Charlotte Carroll, Brooks Kubena and Jenna West The Philadelphia Eagles\u2019 defense couldn\u2019t slow down New…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":291000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,4716,1232,1448,2830,1311,1105,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-290999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york-giants","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pa","12":"tag-pennsylvania","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115347904785843707","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}