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Giants sack Philadelphia seven times and outscore the Eagles 13-3 after halftime

Arvell Reese took three of the sacks in a 19-11 win at Lincoln Financial Field that moved the Giants to 5-2-1.

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By Giants Desk, Pigskin NightlyNov 8, 5:10 PM ET3 min read

The deciding stretch

The Giants trailed 8-6 at halftime and outscored the Eagles 13-3 over the last two quarters. They scored 7 in the third and 6 in the fourth, while Philadelphia added one field goal. The final was Giants 19, Eagles 11.

Neither offense moved well. New York finished with 243 total yards to Philadelphia's 220, and went 6-for-17 on third down against the Eagles' 5-for-18. The Giants had five three-and-outs in 12 drives. The Eagles had six in 13.

The difference was that the Giants kept the ball longer. They held it for 34:45 to the Eagles' 25:15, and their longest drive, 14 plays and 76 yards, ended in a touchdown. Philadelphia's longest was 8 plays and 58 yards, also a touchdown. The Giants had five scoring drives to the Eagles' two.

The swing

The biggest swing came in the second quarter, when the game was level at 8-6 in Philadelphia's favor. At 14:21, C.Jones muffed a punt return at the Giants 42 and the Eagles recovered at the Giants 47. That play cost New York 11 percentage points of win probability.

It took 44 seconds to get the points back. On the next series, J.Milton was sacked at midfield by Arvell Reese and fumbled, and Micah McFadden recovered at the 50. The play was worth 10 points of win probability to the Giants. Neither team scored in the quarter.

In the third quarter, Jameis Winston threw deep right to Darnell Mooney for 27 yards to the Philadelphia 19, another 10-point swing at 4:57. Winston finished 6-for-8 for 71 yards and one touchdown, a passer rating of 141.1.

The Giants also gave away ground. A 30-yard pass interference penalty on D.Banks in the first quarter cost them 9 points of win probability, and they were flagged nine times for 86 yards against Philadelphia's six for 56.

Who moved the needle

Reese had 12 tackles, 10 of them solo, with three sacks, three tackles for loss and three quarterback hits. McFadden added 10 tackles, one sack and two hits. DJ Reader and Darius Alexander each recorded a sack, and Reader had two tackles for loss. Philadelphia was sacked seven times for 41 yards and averaged 3.1 yards per pass attempt.

The protection problem sat on the other side. J.J. McCarthy started and was sacked five times for 29 yards, finishing 12-for-19 for 127 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions. Winston was sacked once for 6 yards. The Giants allowed six sacks for 35 yards in all, and they averaged 4.9 yards per pass.

The ground game did not carry the load either. Devin Singletary ran 21 times for 31 yards, 1.5 per carry, and the team averaged 2.6 yards per rush against Philadelphia's 3.7. McCarthy added 22 yards on four carries, and Greg Desrosiers Jr. had 20 on three.

Isaiah Likely caught five passes for 53 yards and a touchdown on six targets. Malik Nabers was targeted eight times, the most on the team, and caught five for 43 yards. Mooney led the group with 54 yards on three catches.

Where it leaves them

The Giants are 5-2-1 with a two-game winning streak. They hold the No. 3 seed in the conference and first place in the NFC East, ahead of the Cowboys at 4-5, the Commanders at 2-5-1 and the Eagles at 2-7. Their point differential is plus-10, with 182 points scored and 172 allowed.

A win this close, built on sacks and a short field after a fumble, shows where the margin sits. The defense generated the pressure and the offense allowed six sacks of its own.

The next game is Week 10 against the Commanders at home on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 8:15 PM ET on Prime Video. Washington is 2-5-1, and the Giants will have four fewer days to fix their protection than they had before Philadelphia.

How this was reported. Every number in this piece comes from the play-by-play, drive, injury and snap data Pigskin Nightly collects for every game. EPA (expected points added) is from the open nflverse model. We do not use anonymous sources or invent quotes. Read how we write; spotted an error? Tell us and we will correct it in the open.