Saquon Barkley made Daniel Jones look foolish before Giants QB was pulled from game

The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the New York Giants astatine MetLife Stadium connected Sunday arsenic Saquon Barkley made Daniel Jones look foolish successful the backfield

Daniel Jones was benched successful favour of Drew Lock arsenic Saquon Barkley's Philadelphia Eagles trounced the New York Giants.

At MetLife Stadium connected Sunday, Barkley shone arsenic the Eagles soared to a commanding 25-point pb successful the last quarter. After Jalen Hurts' 2nd touchdown via the 'Brotherly Shove', the Giants opted for a backmost switch.

It was a woeful time for Jones. The sixth wide prime successful the 2019 NFL Draft, Jones managed conscionable 14 completions from 21 passes for a specified 99 yards - little than what Barkley achieved connected the crushed - portion being sacked 7 times.

In contrast, Barkley converted 17 carries into 177 yards and a touchdown, averaging an awesome 10.4 yards per carry. It was a triumphant instrumentality to his aged squad for Barkley, who was met with boos passim and adjacent had his jersey acceptable alight arsenic helium arrived successful East Rutherford earlier that day.

Barkley present boasts much touchdowns astatine MetLife Stadium this play than Jones, a statistic that paints a bleak representation for the quarterback. The Giants coaching unit decided they'd seen enough; Jones was replaced by Lock for the last quarter.

Lock had a challenging start, completing conscionable 1 of his 3 walk attempts for antagonistic yardage. The backup past connected with Wan'Dale Robinson to yet marque progress, portion besides utilizing his legs to beforehand the chains.

Lock got his archetypal sensation of the formidable Eagles defence erstwhile helium was sacked by Jalyx Hunt, who forced a fumble. The shot was scooped up by the Giants, redeeming them from the embarrassment of a turnover, but it led to a punt.

The Eagles besides switched their quarterback, albeit nether precise antithetic circumstances. Hurts had completed 10 retired of 14 walk attempts for 114 yards and a touchdown, arsenic good arsenic adding 2 touchdowns and 22 yards connected the crushed earlier being replaced by erstwhile Pittsburgh Steelers first-round prime Kenny Pickett.

The crushing nonaccomplishment to the Eagles leaves the Giants floundering astatine 2-5 astatine the bottommost of the NFC East. The squad is presently past successful the division, trailing down the 3-3 Dallas Cowboys and some the 4-2 Washington Commanders and Eagles.

The Giants are acceptable to look disconnected against the 4-2 Steelers astatine Acrisure Stadium connected Monday Night Football connected Monday, Oct. 28.