The Philadelphia Eagles are on the road to play the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on Thursday Night Football. The Birds, favored by 7.5-points, are trying to prevent a two-game losing streak after being defeated by the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
The Eagles should be able to beat an inferior Giants team that’s gone 1-4 so far this season. This should be a get-right opportunity for an inconsistent offense. We’ll see if they can actually take advantage in Saquon Barkley’s second trip back to his old stadium since joining the Eagles last year.
Follow along here for live score updates, highlights, injury news, analysis, and more before this article ultimately turns into our game recap. The best place to actually discuss the game as it happens is still in our open threads for each quarter, [**the first of which you can find here**](/game-day-threads/160789/eagles-vs-giants-first-quarter-score-updates-game-thread-nfc-east-week-6-tnf-nfl).
* The Giants won the coin toss and elected to defer. The Giants’ opening kickoff was short of the landing zone, which was a penalty that gave the Eagles the ball at their own 40-yard line. Saquon Barkley opened the game with a 18-yard carry. Then Barkley ran for 13 yards. Jalen Hurts slid for a loss on a keeper (wrong read?) to bring up third down. Facing 3rd-and-10, Hurts threw short of the sticks to Dallas Goedert for five yards. Jake Elliott’s 42-yard field goal attempt was down the middle. Good to get points, but bad for a promising drive to suddenly stall out of nowhere. **EAGLES 3, GIANTS 0.**
* The Giants took over at their own 46-yard line after a 37-yard kick return. Jalyx Hunt dropped an interception on a Jaxson Dart throw over the middle. Facing 3rd-and-7, the Giants got hit with a false start. Facing 3rd-and-12, Kelee Ringo got boxed out and gave up a leaping downfield completion to Lil’Jordan Humphrey at the same time as Jhoan Duran walked Mookie Bets to tie the Phillies-Dodgers game at 1-1. Ugh. Facing 3rd-and-8, Dart took off running up the middle for a 19-yard touchdown. Really bad. Dart shook Zack Baun, who first showed blitz and then dropped as a spy, on the play. **EAGLES 3, GIANTS 7.**
* The Eagles took over at their own 29-yard line. Hurts completed a pass to Goedert for five yards and then Barkley got tackled in the backfield for a loss. Facing 3rd-and-8, Hurts got sacked by Brian Burns. Three-and-out.
* Nakobe Dean lined up on special teams in his first game back from injury.
* A.J. Brown ran inside after the Eagles’ first drive. He ran back out to the field shortly after.
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* [Philadelphia Eagles scores & results](/philadelphia-eagles-scores-results)
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