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Only two teams this season have been held to under 50 net passing yards in a game, and both of them played the Eagles.
On Sunday, Cowboys quarterbacks Cooper Rush and Trey Lance went a combined 17-for-29 for 66 yards, while taking three sacks for -17 yards against the Eagles, a net of 49 yards passing.
That would be the worst performance in the NFL this season if not for what the Eagles did to the Giants in Week Seven, when quarterbacks Daniel Jones and Drew Lock also combined to go 17-for-29, with 105 yards passing but 62 yards lost on eight sacks. That’s a net of 43 passing yards.
Those are the only two times all season that an NFL offense has finished with fewer than 50 net passing yards. The combination of the Eagles’ stout defense and the Giants’ and Cowboys’ offensive incompetence led to stats that you just don’t see in the modern NFL.
In fact, they were numbers that no one has ever seen in NFL history: Only two teams ever have completed at least 17 passes but netted fewer than 50 passing yards, and those were the Cowboys and Giants against the Eagles this season.
When asked about the future of quarterback Daniel Jones, Schoen was anything but emphatic.
With a decision on Jones remaining the Giants’ starter looming over New York’s bye week, Schoen did say that any determination would be about the on-field product rather than financials, specifically the quarterback’s $23 million 2025 injury guarantee.
“We’re going to evaluate everything the rest of the week,” Schoen said Tuesday, “and the decisions we make will be football decisions.”
Schoen believes in the foundation being built despite the record
There will be some who think he is delusional, but New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen said on Tuesday he believes the 2-8 Giants are “not far off” from being a good team.
“I like the direction we’re going,” a somewhat defiant Schoen said during his bye week press conference. “I like my team. I like my strategy, the groups that help me in research and strategy, my scouting department, we’ve got a good coaching staff, and I truly believe we’re heading in the right direction.”
Schoen, of course, understands that it doesn’t look that way with the team at 2-8 and having lost five straight games. Especially on the heels of a 6-11 2023 season.
“Nobody’s happy that we’re 2-8,” Schoen said. “I believe in the process...
