The Eagles smoked the Giants in Week 6 and brought an end to the streak of exciting games on Thursday Night Football. Though, Giants running back Saquon Barkley was reason enough to watch a blowout. The Eagles won 34-13, but Barkley recorded 229 yards from scrimmage.
By the numbers: Saquon Barkley wowed in Giants’ loss to Eagles. Eli Manning really didn’t
Barkley was the star of the game, despite the Giants getting blown out by the Eagles.


Even as a member of the losing team, Barkley had an unbelievable game in which he became the seventh player in NFL history to record 10 yards per rush, 10 yards per catch, 90 rushing yards, and 90 receiving yards in a singular game, per Pro Football Reference.
Let’s take a by-the-numbers look at the game, which features quite a lot on Barkley’s big performance in the Giants’ losing effort.
3: The number of seconds in the game before the first reviewed play of the night. Jawill Davis nearly fumbled on the game-opening kickoff return, but upon review it was determined he had an elbow down before the ball slipped out. It wasn’t long before the Eagles did in fact get the ball as ...
2: It was on just the second pass of the game from Eli Manning that the Giants quarterback threw an interception. Eagles linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill returned the ball 24 yards, setting up the Eagles on the Giants’ 16-yard line. They would go on to score a touchdown three plays later to take an early 7-0 lead.
46: Yards on an awesome first-quarter Barkley run. The one play accounted for more yards than every other first-quarter play for the Giants combined. New York was only able to score three points on the drive on a 33-yard field goal from Aldrick Rosas.
55: Yards on another unbelievable catch and run from Barkley in which he basically made every Eagles defender miss a tackle.
2004: The last Giants player who had a 40-yard rush and 40-yard reception in the same game, as Barkley did on Thursday, was running back Tiki Barber in Week 5 of the 2004 season (h/t: ESPN Stats & Info).
74.6: The difference in passer rating for Wentz (124.1) and Manning (49.5) in the first half of the game. Wentz was 14 of 21 for 175 yards and two touchdowns while Manning was 10 of 23 for 162 yards and one interception at the half.
24: The Eagles scored more points against the Giants in the first half (24) than they totaled in any of their previous games this season. Their season high was scoring 23 points against the Titans in Week 4, and it took overtime to achieve.
0/8: Third-down conversions for the Giants in the first half of the game. They had a streak of 15 consecutive failed third-down attempts when including their Week 5 game against the Panthers. Odell Beckham Jr. ended the streak in the third quarter with a 9-yard catch on third-and-5. Barkley scored a touchdown on the next play on another unreal 50-yard touchdown run. The Giants finished the game 4 of 14 (29 percent) on third down and 0 of 1 on fourth down.
22: Barkley had 22 more rushing yards (130) than the Eagles rushers combined for (108) and more receiving yards (99) than any player for the Eagles.
12: Odell Beckham Jr.’s biggest play of the evening was a 12-yard catch in the first quarter. The star receiver seemed quite frustrated throughout the game, causing a stir when he left the field with seconds remaining on the clock before halftime. Pat Shurmur said his early exit was to receive an IV in the locker room. After the half, OBJ came back, played, and punched a literal (not human!) fan.
10-20: Manning has two times as many losses as he has wins against the Eagles in his career and boasts a 70-79 record since the 2009 season.
56.1: The difference between Wentz and Manning’s final passer rating. Wentz finished with nearly double the passer rating as Manning, 122.2 to 66.1
34-13: The final score. The Eagles are now 3-3 while the Giants are 1-5.











