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Jalen Hurts tossed four touchdown passes in Philadelphia's 38-20 victory over the Giants as the Eagles head into the bye week with a 6-2 record.
The Philadelphia Eagles enter the bye week 6-2 with QB Jalen Hurts clearly in the NFL MVP picture after another near-perfect performance. The Eagles once again look like the best teams in the NFL after a dominating 38-20 win over the New York Giants at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday.
Barkley and backup Tank Bigsby are the first Eagles running back duo to each run for 100 yards in a game since 2013. The Eagles' defense sacked Jaxson Dart five times, a season-high.
New York Giants rookie QB Jaxson Dart and Philadelphia Eagles superstar Saquon Barkley swapped jerseys after a Week 8 game.
On the first day of training camp, Dexter Lawrence made it clear a pass rush that looked fearsome on paper would not matter much if the New York Giants could not stop the run. Allowing 276 yards rushing in a 38-20 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday that dropped them to 2-6 certainly proved that sentiment to be correct.