Crossing Broad
That sucked almost as much as the Phillies loss. The Eagles got worked by a rookie QB and RB on a short week. The defense was trash, the offense was trash, and special teams was trash.
Other than that, it was a great performance!
Here are some observations. I’m just gonna publish with 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter, because whatever.
1) Jalen Carter was held out because of a heel injury. That is what it is, but here’s the infuriating part:
Bad stadium. If your surface factors into whether or not iffy players are going to give it a go, then you should install a new surface.
2) Saquon Barkley’s over/under for rushing yards was 84.5. He got more than a third of the way to that total on the game’s first two plays, then only ran for about 20 more yards before garbage time.
3) Can’t get used to Kirk Herbstreit calling NFL games. It’s not that he does a bad job, it’s that he’s been so synonymous with the college game over the years that it feels strange to hear him do anything else.
4) Al Michaels had a great bit of juice to start this game. Usually he’s just going through the motions, but in this case it sounded like he actually wanted to be there, which was a nice change of pace.
5) Gross opening series for the defense. Which was uglier – Kelee Ringo getting boxed out by Lil’Jordan Humphrey on 3rd and long, or Zack Baun getting worked by Jaxson Dart in the open field?
6) Second Eagles drive, Jordan Mailata abused on 2nd and 3rd down by Brian Burns. Not an easy assignment, but he was worked twice, leading to a punt.
7) Inexcusable is Ringo failing to touch Wan’Dale Robinson on the ground after that reception. It’s not the college game anymore, he can get up and run.
8) Andrew Mukuba – missed tackle leading to a Giants touchdown. Rookie stuff to work on.
Giants scored on this play pic.twitter.com/IdHV4M6RIY
— Kevin Kinkead (@Kevin_Kinkead) October 10, 2025
9) The Birds scored on the underhand toss again, that empty set look with Dallas Goedert running behind trips. Not as clean as the first time they ran it a few weeks ago, but it sure seemed like the Giants didn’t recognize it even though it would have shown up on the film. Herbstreit made it seem like he hadn’t seen it either.
10) Baun made up for the earlier cooking with a really nice third-down tackle to force a punt going into the 2nd quarter. Nice job there.
11) Four tush pushes in a row for a touchdown. Fuckin’ awesome! Shove it down their throats! If everybody could do it, everybody would do it.
(The Eagles false started on the 2nd one, but the refs didn’t throw the flag. So either they call the penalty or we rerack and run it again)
12) Adoree Jackson replaced Ringo for...
