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NY Giants vs. Philadelphia Eagles — Scoring Updates, Highlight Reels & Reactions

The Giants face a gigantic task as they host the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday Night Football.

Patricia Traina

Oct 9, 2025; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart (6) celebrates after a touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles during the fourth quarter of the game at MetLife Stadium.
Oct 9, 2025; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart (6) celebrates after a touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles during the fourth quarter of the game at MetLife Stadium. / Brad Penner-Imagn Images
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  2. Third Quarter
  3. HALFTIME STATS
  4. Second Quarter
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Would a loss on Thursday Night Football against the Philadelphia Eagles be such a bad thing for the New York Giants?

Yes and no. 

The “yes” part is easy. There are only 17 games in a season, and already the Giants have squandered away four of those opportunities against three teams–Washington, Dallas, and New Orleans–that they should have beaten with better play.

Another loss, simply put, sends the Giants to 1-5, effectively ending their season well before Halloween, and cranking up NFL draft talk at a time when most other teams are starting to hit their stride as mid-season approaches.

The “no” part is just as easy. This team needs changes that are far beyond adding another receiver to fill in the gap left by receiver Malik Nabers’ season-ending injury. 

The problems that we have seen week after week and season after season since 2023 seem to be on a rinse-and-repeat cycle. 

There is undisciplined play in the form of penalties — the Giants are currently tied for second-most penalties in the league (43) with the Patriots and Broncos, but they lead the league in penalty yardage with 415. 

They are also tied for third with the Jets and Jacksonville for most pre-snap penalties on offense (13).

But the biggest reason why a loss to the Eagles wouldn’t be such a bad thing is that it could result in a change being made on the coaching ranks–not head coach Brian Daboll, who has brought himself at least the rest of the season thanks to his decision to break the emergency glass and start rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart.

Rather, the most likely change if the Giants lose to the Eagles by at least a couple of scores would be to defensive coordinator Shane Bowen.

Bowen, as I've said numerous times, is a nice man. But since taking over for Wink Martindale, the defense has left much to be desired. For starters, Bowen doesn’t seem to mold his philosophies to the talent he has. 

But the biggest and most damning statements against Bowen’s record lie in the personnel. For example, several players such as safety Tyler Nubin, slot cornerback Dru Phillips, and cornerback Deonte Banks, have regressed in their second year in this system.

Then there is the talent upgrade Bowen received in the form of rookies Abdul Carter and Darius Alexander, and veterans Paulson Adebo, Jevon Holland, and Roy Robertson-Harris. 

With the investment in talent this past offseason, the fact that the Giants' defense is nowhere near a top-15 unit in any major statistical category at the moment is criminal.

The Giants will have 10 days between tonight’s game and their next, a road contest at Denver, which faces the Jets this weekend in London if the Giants are going to make a change, doing so after this game would be the perfect time.

And if they do, one likely option would be to move defensive line coach Dre Patterson to the role and promote assistant defensive line coach Bryan Cox to Patterson’s role for the time being.  They could also go with Marquand Manuel in the role.

The bottom line is that if losses continue to mount, something needs to be done. Daboll, as previously mentioned, isn’t going anywhere this season. 

Neither is assistant head coach/offensive coordinator Mike Kafka, nor is special teams coordinator Michael Ghobrial, the latter of whom has the Giants’ special teams unit playing well so far this season.

Bowen is the low-hanging fruit. If there is another bad loss, something needs to be done, and the evidence has been slowly stacking up against that side of the ball. 

Fourth Quarter

And that will do it. Giants win 34-17 on the Skattebo hattrick. First division win for the Giants in nine games. See you in two weeks, Philly.

TWO MINUTE WARNING

Not this week, Philly. Not this week.

7:01: Hurts' pass is complete to Dillon, who fumbles after Dane Belton forced the fumble. Dru Phillips comes up with the ball.  

7:31: Oy vey. Hurts to Goedert for 37 yards.

9:47: And the Giants convert the knockout punt as Skattebo gets into the end zone on the 1-yard touchdown run. NYG 34, PHI 17

9:52: Kelee Ringo called for DPI against Jalin Hyatt in the end zone. Giants get 1st and goal on the 1-yard line.

11:36: Huge, huge play by the Giants defense, as Cor'Dale Flott picks off a pass intended for Dotson and returns it 68 yards. Thwarts the Eagles' scoring drive.

⏹ GIANTS INJURY UPDATE: Center John Michael Schmitz has now been downgraded to out for the rest of the game.

12:18: Is it that hard for these defensive backs to turn around to look for the ball? Paulson Adebo gets nailed for DPI, a 25-yard spot foul.

Third Quarter

New York Giants
Oct 9, 2025; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) scrambles defended by New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns (0) during the third quarter of the game at MetLife Stadium. / Brad Penner-Imagn Images

END OF QUARTER: NYG 27, PHI 17

Exhale, Giants fans. Dart is out of the medical tent and has his helmet. Giants say he cleared the concussion check.

⏹ GIANTS INJURY ALERT: QB Jaxson Dart looked to have had his head snapped back. Russell Wilson is going to come into the game. Dart got up and jogged off to the medical tent.

3:12: Dart converts another third down, this time to TE Theo Johnson for 22 yards.

⏹GIANTS INJURY UPDATE: Center John Michael Schmitz is being evaluated for a concussion and is questionable to return.

3:43: With Reed Blankenship having come out of the game due to injury, Dart goes right after Marcus Epps, his replacement. 7-yard pass to Wan'Dale Robinson.

6:17: Burns with his seventh sack of the season. This one on third down and for a loss of nine yards. Burns is the unquestioned MVP so far of this defense.

7:10: Giants challenge that completion to Brown and win the challenge. Incomplete.

7:59: Touchdown Skattebo! NYG 26, PHI 17.

8:42: Skattebo rushes for 12 yards. I love the way this kid runs.

⏹GIANTS INJURY WATCH: Center John Michael Schmitz may have gotten poked in the face. Schmitz just went into the locker room. Austin Schlottman will come in for him at center.

⏹EAGLES INJURY UPDATE: CB Quinyon Mitchell has been downgraded to OUT with a hamstring strain.  

12:21: The Giants caught a huge break there as Hurts's pass to Smith went incomplete. Busted coverage there by the Giants as Smith was wide open and had all kinds of daylight in front of him. That ball was overthrown.

Giants get the ball first but go three-and-out to start the third quarter.

HALFTIME STATS

  • Jaxson Dart: 10 of 13, 127 yards, 1 TD; 4 carries, 38 yards, 1 TD
  • Jalen Hurts: 14 of 18, 164 yards, 1 TD; 6 carries, 10 yards, 1 TD
  • Cam Skattebo: 8 carries, 31 yards, 1 TD
  • Saquon Barkley: 8 carries, 56 yards

⏹NOTABLE: The 20 points are the most the Giants have scored in the first half of a game this season.

Second Quarter

New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo
Oct 9, 2025; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; Philadelphia Eagles safety Reed Blankenship (32) tackles New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo (44) during the second quarter of the game at MetLife Stadium. / Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

END OF THE QUARTER: NYG 20, PHI 17

⏹LINEUP NOTE: , Deonte Banks hasn't played a single defensive snap so far this game.

1:21: Skattebo with the 4-yard touchdown run. Giants take a 20-17 lead. And they get the ball to start the second half.

1:32: Dart gets the first down, but it looked like Andrew Thomas got rolled up on.

TWO MINUTE WARNING

2:46: That's Jalin Hyatt's first catch of the season. Goes for five yards against his old teammate Adoree Jackson.

⏹EAGLES INJURY UPDATE: CB Quinyon Mitchell (hamstring) is questionable to return.

 ⏹GIANTS INJURY ALERT: Giants DL D.J. Davidson was injured on that touchdown. He was helped to the sideline and then taken back to the locker room on a cart. He has a knee injury and is questionable to return.

8:31: This time, Hurts gets the first down. Never mind that the guards moved early and the officials didn't call it. 1st-and-goal. PHI 17, NYG 13

9:01: Dexter Lawrence plugs up the tush push. No gain. Eagles will try it again.

12:52: AJ Brown was wide open. Looked like a busted coverage. Picked up 16 yards.

First Quarter

New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns
Oct 9, 2025; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Giants linebacker Brian Burns (0) celebrates after a sack against the Philadelphia Eagles with defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence II (97) and safety Jevon Holland (8) during the first quarter of the game at MetLife Stadium. / Brad Penner-Imagn Images

END OF THE QUARTER: NYG 13, PHI 10

1:04: Dart gets sacked, but I don't like how he doesn't protect the ball when he runs. He needs to get two hands on the ball.

1:54: And the Eagles do a little flip to Dallas Goedert for the 3-yard touchdown. NYG 13, PHI 10

4:33: And another big pass play as the Eagles continue to drive. Hurts hits tight end Dallas Goedert for 23 yards.

5:26: A.J. Bown beats Paulson Adebo for a 30-yard catch. Eagles in Giants territory.

Second week in a row that the Giants have scored on their first two drives of the game. Let's hope the game doesn't go the way last week's game did.

5:49: Boom! Dart to Robinson for 35 yards and the touchdown. But Jude McAtamney misses the PAT. NYG 13, PHI 3

7:05: Dart with a Dart to Wan'Dale Robinson, who alertly jumps up for additional yardage. 26 yards.

8:34: Spidey is back. Brian Burns just recorded his sixth stat of the year, dropping Jalen Hurts for an 8-yard loss.

Three starts for Dart, three scores on the opening drive. First time that the Giants have done that since 2009. Not bad, kiddo.

10:05: Boom! Jaxson Dart takes it up the gut for 19 yards and the touchdown. NYG 7, PHI 3

11:14: Lil'Jordan Humphrey comes down with a contested catch for 34 yards. Giants are driving.

11:19: Dart dodged a bullet there as his pass to Theo Johnson was almost picked off.

Fantastic return by Gunner Olszewski. Thirty-seven yards puts the ball on the Giants' 46. Special teams have been pretty good for the Giants this year.

12:03: And just like that, the Eagles are on the board on Jake Elliott's 42-yard field goal. PHI 3, NYG 0

Barkley has 31 rushing yards on two carries to start the game. That's more than half of what he had last week.

15:00: There goes Barkley, whose 18-yard run is his longest of the year.  

And already it's off to a bad start as Jamie Gillan's kickoff doesn't land in the landing zone. Eagles start on their 40.

Pregame

Players warm up before a Thursday Night Football game between the New York Giants and the Eagles at MetLife Stadium
Players warm up before a Thursday Night Football game between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford on Oct. 9, 2025. / Julian Leshay Guadalupe/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Giants win the toss and defer. Game on!

Curious to see the running back rotation for the Giants. While Tyrone Tracy, Jr, was inactive the last two weeks, Cam Skattebo played 71.9% of the snaps on offense, generating 126 rushing yards after contact in his expanded role, the fifth-most in the NFL during that stretch per NextGen Stats. 

Giants Inactives

  • WR Darius Slayton
  • LB Demtrius Flannigan-Fowles
  • LB Swayze Bozeman
  • OL James Hudson III
  • OL Evan Neal 
  • DL Elijah Garcia
  • QB Jameis Winston (3rd QB) 

Eagles Inactives

  • QB Sam Howell (3rd QB)
  • CB Mac McWilliams
  • G Landon Dickerson
  • TE Grant Calcaterra
  • WR Xavier Gipson
  • DT Jalen Carter
New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart, left, and quarterback Jameis Winston
Oct 9, 2025; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart, left, and quarterback Jameis Winston, right, on the field before the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at MetLife Stadium. / Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images

It sure looks like Eagles defensive lineman Jalen Carter might not be a go tonight. Carter, who didn't go through a workout, was added to the injury report on Wednesday with a heel issue (listed as limited) and was given a questionable injury designation for this game. With the Eagles having elevated Gabe Hall from the practice squad, that was a rather telling move.

The Athletic was on this first, but there have been whispers that the Giants might finally be ending the cornerback rotation between Cor'Dale Flott and Deonte Banks. We'll see if it happens, but I'm hoping it does, as Flott has played way better than Banks, as was noted in this episode of Locked On Giants.

Offensive tackle Jermaine Eluemunor is expected to play this evening. I had heard that while he was dealing with back soreness, they backed off on him in practice as part of a load management issue.

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Patricia Traina
PATRICIA TRAINA

Patricia Traina has covered the New York Giants for 30+ seasons, and her work has appeared in multiple media outlets, including The Athletic, Forbes, Bleacher Report, and the Sports Illustrated media group. As a credentialed New York Giants press corps member, Patricia has also covered five Super Bowls (three featuring the Giants), the annual NFL draft, and the NFL Scouting Combine. She is the author of The Big 50: The Men and Moments that Made the New York Giants. In addition to her work with New York Giants On SI, Patricia hosts the Locked On Giants podcast. Patricia is also a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Football Writers Association of America.

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