Dart, Giants hope win over Eagles shifts narrative

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Rookie backmost Jaxson Dart viewed the New York Giants' 34-17 triumph implicit the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles connected Thursday nighttime astatine MetLife Stadium arsenic a statement.

It snapped an eight-game losing streak successful the NFC East and was the Giants' archetypal triumph implicit a defending Super Bowl champion since beating the Denver Broncos successful Week 15 of the 1998 season. Message received.

"Yeah, I mean, it perfectly is [a statement] due to the fact that you person to person a batch of respect for that team. They conscionable came disconnected winning the Super Bowl. Top squad successful the league," Dart said aft throwing and moving for a touchdown successful his 2nd triumph successful 3 starts. "Quite honestly, cipher truly expected america to enactment up a show similar this. As a locker room, arsenic teammates, we felt confident. We conscionable effort to play hard for each other. We're not trying to marque statements. We're conscionable trying to play for each different and triumph games. We privation to find an identity. I felt similar we did a bully occupation of putting that a small spot unneurotic tonight."

The Giants (2-4) followed the pb of Dart and chap rookie Cam Skattebo. Dart went 17-of-25 passing for 195 yards and rushed for 58 yards connected 13 carries. He became conscionable the 3rd backmost successful the Super Bowl epoch to unreserved for astatine slightest 50 yards successful each of his archetypal 3 starts, joining Baltimore's Lamar Jackson and Philadelphia's Jalen Hurts.

Skattebo had 3 rushing touchdowns and finished with 98 yards connected 19 carries.

Dart was among respective Giants players who mentioned the caller negativity surrounding the team. Defensive skipper Brian Burns said it has been intolerable to ignore.

The Giants were much than a touchdown underdog heading into Thursday night's contest. They hadn't won an NFC East crippled since the 2023 play finale and were coming disconnected a disappointing nonaccomplishment to the Saints.

This radical wants to alteration the narrative. It's thing Dart and Skattebo person discussed.

"I conscionable deliberation there's, astatine times, immoderate negativity that's surrounding here," Dart said. "For us, immoderate of the caller guys that are coming here, we conscionable got here, truthful we don't consciousness similar we were progressive successful the past. We've got a batch of winners connected this team, guys who travel retired each azygous day, enactment their ass disconnected to enactment connected a bully showing connected Sundays.

"I consciousness similar we're conscionable connected. We conscionable had immoderate games, times and moments, wherever it hasn't gone our way. We bash consciousness similar we're a truly bully team, we person truly bully players. We're conscionable trying to triumph games. We're conscionable trying to enactment interior and enactment connected each and each day."

Games similar Thursday night's triumph tin assistance change the cognition of the Giants, who went 3-14 past season. Performances similar Thursday nighttime spell a agelong mode successful helping them execute this goal.

"One 100 percent," close tackle Jermaine Eluemunor said. "I deliberation it shows the full league what we're susceptible of."

The Giants had mislaid 7 of the past 8 against the Eagles, adjacent if their past part triumph came implicit Philadelphia successful Week 17 of the 2023 season.

Head manager Brian Daboll improved to conscionable 5-16-1 against divisional opponents since taking implicit arsenic caput manager earlier the 2022 campaign. But helium was simply blessed with the win. Any win.

"Winning feels good," Daboll said. "A batch of coaches sleeping successful their offices this week. I admit those guys. They enactment a batch into it, similar they bash ev...