The Eagles find different ways to beat an opponent every week, but the one constant is how well Hurts performs for this team in the process. Takeaways for this game can be found below along with a recap and analysis from the stadium in our live blog! Why the Eagles won Saquon Barkley, who played after being questionable with a neck injury, had just nine carries for 28 yards. Jones was sacked four times as he finished 18 of 27 for 169 yards and a touchdown. The Eagles rushed for 231 yards and scored a season high in points, accumulating 415 yards of offense when Hurts was taken out of the game midway through the fourth quarter.ĭaniel Jones and the Giants offense had a rough afternoon. Hurts became the second quarterback in NFL history to have multiple seasons with 10-plus rushing touchdowns, joining Cam Newton for that honor. Sanders finished with 17 carries for 144 yards to have the first 1,000-yard season of his career - and the first Eagles player to rush for 1,000 yards since McCoy in 2014. Miles Sanders also had two rushing touchdowns in the game, notching his 10th and 11th scores of the season as he became the first Eagles running back to rush for 10 touchdowns in a season since LeSean McCoy in 2011. Brown - as the Eagles took a 17-point lead over the Giants by halftime on a cold, rainy afternoon at MetLife Stadium. He threw two touchdown passes in the first half - one to DeVonta Smith and the other to A.J. Hurts made sure the poor weather didn't affect the Eagles offense in the opening 30 minutes, which Philadelphia took command of the game and never looked back. The Eagles also took a two-game lead over the Minnesota Vikings in the race for home-field advantage after Minnesota fell to the Detroit Lions Sunday. Hurts had another dominant day for the Eagles, completing 21 of 31 passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 77 yards and a score as Philadelphia defeated the New York Giants 48-22 to lock up a playoff berth. EAST RUTHERFORD - Whether Jalen Hurts is the MVP front-runner heading into the home stretch of the NFL season or not, the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback is making sure he was a compelling case to become the first player from the franchise to capture the honor since 1960.

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