Week 16 Eagles grades by position after tight Christmas win over Giants originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Eagles snapped their three-game losing streak with a 33-25 win over the Giants on Christmas Day at the Linc.
But after building a 20-3 lead at halftime, the Eagles weren’t able to put the Giants away and let this game get way too close for comfort in the fourth quarter.
They won the game to improve to 11-4 on the season but this team still has plenty to improve on with just two weeks left in the regular season.
Quarterback
Jalen Hurts: 24/38, 301 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 8 rushes, 34 yards, 1 TD
While Hurts was much, much better this week than he was last week in Seattle, it was still a mixed bag for the Eagles’ quarterback. He made some great plays like that 3rd-and-20 dart to A.J. Brown to extend a huge second-half scoring drive. But Hurts made what could have been a costly mistake late in the second quarter when he failed to get out of bounds on a run, which would have given the Eagles a chance to get in the end zone. And while it’s unfair to pin that pick-6 on Hurts — Dallas Goedert simply slipped — the play before that was a dangerous throw that very well could have been picked off too. As we expected coming into this game, Wink Martindale tried to heat up Hurts with the blitz. Sometimes, Hurts was able to deal with it but sometimes he wasn’t.
Grade: B
Running back
D’Andre Swift: 20 attempts, 92 yards, 1 TD
Swift had 20 carries for the first time since his monster 175-yard game back in Week 2 and he made the most of them, especially in the fourth quarter. The Eagles were able to drain time off the clock because of how effective Swift was on their final field goal drive. Two plays in particular stood out: On one, Swift hurdled the defender. On the other, Swift reversed field and had the presence of mind to slide in bounds to keep the clock running. While Boston Scott was unable to be the Giant Killer on Monday, Swift played well and so…
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Publish date : 2023-12-26 12:00:00
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