PHILADELPHIA – Jaxson Dart officially became a Giant on Sunday.

The Giants allowed 276 rushing yards to Saquon Barkley and the Philadelphia Eagles in a 38-20 loss at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday. They lost running back Cam Skattebo to a gruesome dislocated ankle injury.

And afterwards, in the bowels of the enemy’s stadium, Dart for the first time mustered the anger of a promising player who can see how bad it gets around the Giants (2-6) if someone doesn’t push back against their constant losing.

“I’m trying to say this the right way,” Dart said. “I thought they really kind of dominated most of the game. And it’s an embarrassing feeling.

“We’ve gotta start figuring out ways to win,” he added. “Because I hate losing. I’m not used to it. I’m not gonna accept. I’m not going to be OK with it, and we as a team can’t be OK with it. We have to figure this out.”

Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll have a 5-20 record since the start of the 2024 season. The Giants fell to 0-5 on the road in 2025.

Jalen Hurts threw four touchdown passes, including two to tight end Dallas Goedert. Barkley rushed for 150 yards and scored twice. And backup Eagles running back Tank Bigsby embarrassed the Giants defense with 104 rushing yards on just nine carries.

“With football, it’s like 80 percent mindset, 20 percent physical skill and ability,” edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux. “But at some point, mindset isn’t enough, and you gotta go make the plays.”

The Eagles (6-2) beat the Giants for a 13th straight time in South Philadelphia dating back to 2013. Even Eagles receiver Jahan Dotson got in on the action late with a 40-yard touchdown catch playing in place of injured star A.J. Brown (hamstring).

The Giants’ 34-17 Week 6 win over the Eagles at MetLife Stadium now feels like a distant memory. They still have not swept a season series with the Eagles since 2007.

Dart noted that he was especially ticked off because the Giants laid this egg rather than bouncing back from last week’s catastrophic 33-32 loss in Denver.

“It’s frustrating because I felt confident coming into this game,” he said. “I felt obviously extra motivated because of how things happened last week, and I really didn’t want one to lead to another. I’m just disappointed that we lost.”

Now the Giants are staring down the barrel of a grueling schedule and no bye until Week 14 in early December. Their next games are against the 49ers, at the Bears, against the Packers, at the Lions and at the Patriots before they get a break.

Dart managed a 2-yard rushing touchdown late in garbage time as the Giants tried to finish strong despite the circumstances. But their efforts at climbing back into the game already had been neutralized midway through the fourth quarter.

Referees had given the Giants new life by overturning a Dart fumble to an incomplete pass. But then they took away a deep Dart touchdown pass to Darius Slayton with an offensive pass interference call on the Giants’ receiver.

Daboll was apoplectic on the sideline but declined to speak about the officials in any way.

That was the second questionable call that went against the Giants in the game. Thibodeaux had forced a Hurts fumble on an Eagles fourth down ‘Tush Push’ in the second quarter, but the referees ruled forward progress had been stopped and upheld their call on review.

“Sounds like some (expletive) to me,” Thibodeaux said of how the defense can’t win based on how the play is officiated.

Teammate Brian Burns then reminded Thibodeaux he could be fined for ripping the referees.

“Sorry,” Thibodeaux said with a smile. “That was a great call by the refs.”

As Dart and Thibodeaux pointed out, however, the Eagles were still by far the better team on the field from wire to wire.

Philly’s offense ran the ball 33 times for 276 yards at 8.4 yards per carry. That included running backs Barkley, Bigsby and Will Shipley averaging 9.8 yards per carry on their 26 totes for 256 yards and one of Barkley’s TDs.

The Eagles especially attacked the edges in the run game. Defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence pointed that out.

“It’s really frustrating, but we just gotta do better as a whole, as a unit,” he said. “And it’s not just the front guys who stop the run. It’s everybody. It’s the collective whole who stops the run. And we didn’t get the job done.”

Still, the Giants’ interior line isn’t getting the job done either. Lawrence hasn’t made enough plays this season. He isn’t playing up to his standard, and anytime a running back gets to the second level at his top speed, it’s because Andre Patterson’s front didn’t slow them down.

That’s exactly how Barkley got the Eagles on the board on the game’s second play from scrimmage.

The reigning NFL Offensive Player of the Year shot out of a cannon through a gaping hole on the left side of the Giants’ defensive line for a 65-yard touchdown and a 7-0 Eagles lead 17 seconds in.

Eagles kicker Jake Elliott doinked a 58-yard field goal attempt off the right upright when Philly had a chance to go up, 10-0, on its next possession.

So Dart promptly drove the Giants 52 yards in six plays for a game-tying 18-yard touchdown pass to Skattebo to knot the game at 7-7 with 2:56 left in the opening quarter.

Dart converted a third down with a quarterback scramble. He hit Slayton for a chunk gain. Then Skattebo embarrassed Eagles linebacker Patrick Johnson on his route with a walk-in TD.

And punter Jamie Gillan made a touchdown saving tackle on Will Shipley’s ensuing kickoff return for the Eagles to keep the Giants in it.

But the Eagles answered with Barkley’s second touchdown of the day on a 9-yard reception to take a 14-7 lead with 11:38 to play in the half.

Daboll frantically tried twice to challenge Hurts’ fourth down conversion because the Eagles quarterback had fumbled. But referees ruled he couldn’t challenge the play initially and then upheld the call on review.

New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo (44) leaves the field after an injury during the first half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

Skattebo’s horrific scene with 8:07 remaining in the quarter added injury to insult on the Giants’ next possession.

And although Graham Gano sank a 47-yard field goal to draw within 14-10 at the 2:53 mark, Hurts answered with his second touchdown pass of the day — a 6-yard pass to tight end Dallas Goedert with 21 seconds to play.

That gave the Eagles a 21-10 lead that they took into halftime, and they never looked back.

Fast forward to late in the fourth quarter, and even after Skattebo’s injury, Daboll and offensive coordinator Mike Kafka were calling designed runs for Dart.

The Eagles defense was teeing off on the young quarterback.

“I hate losing,” Dart said. “Everybody here hates losing, and we gotta figure out how to start winning.”

Good luck. Malik Nabers (torn ACL, meniscus) is done for the year. Skattebo is now out.

And this season, unmercifully so, isn’t anywhere close to over.

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