Jalen Hurts returned to the scene of his worst performance as a pro, and the third-year quarterback tossed two first-half touchdowns, and the Philadelphia defense sacked Daniel Jones three times to take a 24-7 lead into the break.
Haason Reddick recorded his tenth sack of the season, while Fletcher Cox has a sack in three straight games.
Here are ten takeaways from the first half of the action.
Jalen Hurts
Hurts has been outstanding during his return to MetLife Stadium, going 17-24 passing for 171 yards and two touchdowns.
Hurts has two carries for 17 yards as a rusher.
Miles Sanders
Sanders is nearing 1,000 yards rushing on the season after 8 rushes for 44 yards in the first half.
DeVonta Smith
The 2021 first round pick has 5 catches for 64 yards and another touchdown in back to back games.
A.J. Brown
Brown has two catches for 42 yards and a touchdown for the third straight game.
A.J. Brown is the 3rd player in Eagles history with 10 rec TD in his first season with the team, joining Terrell Owens and Irving Fryar.
— Tim McManus (@Tim_McManus) December 11, 2022
Tight End production
There was a Grant Calcaterra sighting, as the rookie has two catches for 24 yards. Jack Stoll has one catch as well.
Dominant defense
Philadelphia has three sacks on quarterback Daniel Jones while holding running back Saquon Barkley to 20 yards on six carries.
The Eagles have held the Giants to 93 total yards, and zero first downs.
Haason Reddick the weapon
Labeled a weapon upon his signing, Reddick has logged his 10th sack of the season, and its his third straight season accomplishing the feat on three different teams.
revived Fletcher Cox
The veteran defensive tackle has a sack in three straight games.
injury news
The Eagles were already without safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson and saw rookie safety Reed Blankenship carted off with a lower body injury.
Punter Arryn Siposs then suffered an injury of his own after trying to advance a punt.
Maybe the smoothest scoop by a punter ever
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Random notes
Boston Scott made an impact early on, returning a kickoff 66 yards to set up a great field position.
Seven different receivers logged a catch in the first half.
Marcus Epps led the Eagles with five first-half tackles.
