The Giants' defense stumbled, as the Philadelphia Eagles rolled to a 38-20 win on Sunday afternoon.

Here are the key takeaways..

-- It was a scary scene in the second quarter, when Giants rookie sensation Cam Skattebo was carted off the field after suffering a gruesome ankle injury. Skattebo left his feet to try to corral a pass form Jaxson Dart, and he landed awkwardly.

Skattebo, who had already found the end zone on an 18-yard pass earlier in the game, was carted off the field after being surrounded by his teammates and coaching staff. He was later officially ruled out with an ankle injury, casting a major blow to the Giants' offense.

The Giants later announced Skattebo suffered a dislocated ankle and was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation.

-- A pivotal moment came in the second quarter. With the game tied 7-7, the Eagles deployed their patented Tush Push to pick up the first down. As Jalen Hurts extended the ball forward, Kayvon Thibodeaux ripped it out for what should have been a Giants fumble recovery. However, much to the chagrin of Brian Daboll, forward progress was called, stopping the play and making the fumble not challenge-able. Daboll challenged anyway, claiming the ball came out on the hit, but the Giants lost the challenge, and the Eagles scored a go-ahead touchdown on a Saquon Barkley catch just a few plays later.

-- Barkley hadn’t quite hit his stride with the Eagles this season, but that mini-slump ended on just one touch, as Barkley darted through the Giants’ defense for a 65-yard touchdown on his first touch of the game. Barkley hadn’t eclipsed 100 rushing yards in any game this season, and he passed that mark in the first half on Sunday.

Barkley, who also caught the aforementioned touchdown pass in the second quarter, rushed for 150 yards but came up limping after a big run at the very end of the third quarter, ending his day. But the Giants' run defense was poor all day, no matter who was in the backfield. On a second-and-26 on that same drive, Tank Bigsby picked up 29 yards, setting up Dallas Goedert's second touchdown of the game.

The Giants' defense allowed 277 yards on the ground on the day (Barkley and Bigsby both had 100+ yards), and Hurts threw for four touchdowns in an overall game to forget for Shane Bowen's group.

-- On a fourth-and-11 play with the Giants trailing 31-13, Dart hit Darius Slayton for a would-be 68-yard touchdown. However, Slayton was called for a highly questionable offensive pass interference penalty, taking seven points off the board and forcing a punt. The Giants committed seven penalties on the afternoon.

-- Dart didn't have a spectacular game, but he didn't make any costly mistakes either. The Eagles defense got to him for 5.0 sacks, and Dart ended up throwing for 193 yards and a touchdown, while adding another touchdown on the ground.

-- Graham Gano didn’t show ill effects of the groin injury that landed him on IR in Week 3. The veteran drilled a 47-yarder in the second quarter and was 2/2 on the afternoon.

Here are the key takeaways..

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