What We Saw: Week 8

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New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles

Final Score: Eagles 38, Giants 20

Writer: Kevan Downs (kdsportsnet on Instagram)

The injuries continue to pile up for the G-Men, claiming Cam Skattebo in this game. Daniel Bellinger was also forced to leave the game early. For the Eagles, Saquon Barkley did not play the fourth quarter after coming up limping following a run at the end of the third. He was up walking around on the sideline afterwards, so there is hope that was just a precautionary measure considering the lead the Eagles had at that point in the game. To that point, Saquon was rolling like he was last season. The tush push continues to cause controversy, in a new way seemingly every week, this time being a forward progress call after the ball was stripped from Jalen Hurts while still being pushed forward.

Three Up

Saquon Barkley — Looking like the Saquon of 2024 in this one right from the start, breaking off a 65-yard touchdown run on the his carry of the game.
Jalen Hurts — Hurts didn’t have a problem connecting with his receivers sans A.J. Brown in this one, ending his day with four touchdown passes to three receivers.
Tyrone Tracy Jr. — By default following the injury to Cam Skattebo. Tracy looked alright in his opportunities the rest of the game.

Three Down

Theo Johnson — Only four targets and not utilized in the red zone as we have seen in weeks prior. Johnson looks to be an inconsistent start week to week.
Wan’Dale Robinson — Similar to Johnson, just wasn’t able to get much going this week. With Quinyon Mitchell occupying Darius Slayton, it was a disappointing week for Robinson who could have taken advantage of the corner matchups, but the Eagles’ pass rush made it tough for Jaxson Dart to get into rhythm with any of his receivers.
Jahan Dotson — Only targeted twice in a game without Brown. Made about the most of it possible bringing in a 40-yard touchdown, but it’s not looking like Dotson will be seeing many extra opportunities while Brown is out.

New York Giants

Quarterback

Jaxson Dart: 14/24, 193 Yards, 1 TD | 6 Carries, 17 Yards, TD

A tough day for Jaxson Dart. It began with watching Cam Skattebo get injured and carted off, then Daniel Bellinger was forced to leave in the second half, and the offensive line left him scrambling much of the day. His elusiveness in the pocket keeps broken plays alive and gives the offense a chance every play, but the injuries are mounting for Dart and this Giants offense that already lost star wideout Malik Nabers.

Notes

Dart navigated his way out of pressure so well for a young quarterback. His ability to extend plays and keep his eyes downfield or scramble for yards kept the offense alive despite their offensive line issues, which were very abundant in this game
Dart can make every throw on the field. In escaping pressure, he threw a dart, pun intended, to connect with Wan’Dale Robinson on the sideline for a first down. On another rollout, he flipped it softly, and high enough over the linebacker to get it to Theo Johnson for the first. He connected with Darius Slayton deep, a play that was overturned by OPI
There are times Dart just doesn’t need to take the hit. He does well to escape pressure, but when there’s next to no hope of the first down or extra yards, you’d like to see him protect himself better.

Missed Opportunities

Dart had a 68-yard touchdown to Darius Slayton called back to an offensive pass interference penalty.

Running Back

Tyrone Tracy Jr.: 10 Carries, 39 Yards | 3 Targets, 2 Receptions, 14 Yards

Tyrone Tracy Jr. will be the RB1 for the Giants with Skattebo set to miss time.

Notes

Tracy filled in fine for the injured Skattebo. Seeing how quickly Skattebo became RB1 even with a healthy Tracy, it should be expected that the run game isn’t quite as productive, but being a team’s RB1 will always present opportunities

Cam Skattebo: 3 Carries, 12 Yards | 2 Targets, 1 Reception, 18 Yards, TD

Dart’s reaction to seeing Cam Skattebo go down was a tough watch. At this point in the season, it seems likely that Skattebo won’t be returning before the end.

Devin Singletary: 2 Carries, 0 Yards | 1 Target, 1 Reception, 28 Yards

Will likely see increased usage in the RB2 role with Skattebo out.

Wide Receiver/Tight End

Wan’Dale Robinson: 4 Targets, 3 Receptions, 48 Yards

A quiet day for Wan’Dale Robinson only seeing four targets. With Dart being pressured as much as he was, it was surprising to not see more targets his way on quick routes. Still looks to be a low-ceiling play moving forward with hopes of seeing closer to the 12 targets he saw last week against the Broncos.

Notes

The quick reads have been dispersed amongst the collection of Robinson, Johnson, Daniel Bellinger, and Skattebo in the offense. This leads to week-to-week inconsistency between the bunch. With Robinson coming off weeks of seven, seven and 12 targets, this week looks to be closer to Robinson’s floor. With Skattebo down for a while, the pass game may need to be leaned on more now than in prior weeks giving more opportunities for targets.

Darius Slayton: 5 Targets, 2 Receptions, 26 Yards

With Darius Slayton only receiving around five targets per game, it will be difficult to have productive days, especially having to face opposing defenses’ best cornerback. Sunday, Slayton was faced with Quinyon Mitchell, who was in coverage on both of Slayton’s deep targets in the game.

Notes

Slayton hasn’t seen a ton of targets per week, but he does see some hig- value targets. However, with how high his average depth of target is, Slayton is seeing targets that have a lower percentage of being caught, leaving him inconsistent, with a low floor week to week.

Missed Opportunities

Wasn’t able to connect on two deep balls in the game. Slayton was covered on both by Mitchell, so he had a tough matchup. His touchdown was called back for a questionable OPI call as both players were hand-fighting on the way down the field.

Theo Johnson: 4 Targets, 3 Receptions, 20 Yards

Theo Johnson didn’t see the same red zone usage that he had in some weeks prior. With seeing around five to six targets per game, he’ll need those red-zone looks to have a productive week.

Notes

Johnson does the little things well that will keep opportunities coming. On on scramble, he knew Dart was going to keep it himself and laid a great block for him to run behind. On another broken play that left Dart rolling away from pressure, he was able to flip the ball to Johnson cutting in front of him, which he turned into a first down

Daniel Bellinger: 1 Target, 1 Reception, 21 Yards

Daniel Bellinger was forced to leave the game early. He was seeing an uptick in targets in the last couple weeks with Malik Nabers out. If he misses time, Johnson and Robinson could see a small bump in usage.

Beaux Collins: 2 Targets, 1 Reception, 18 Yards

Saw the field once Bellinger was forced to leave late in the game.

Missed Opportunities

Collins was targeted once in the end zone in the fourth quarter.

Philadelphia Eagles

Quarterback

Jalen Hurts: 15/20, 179 Yards, 4 TDs | 4 Carries, 22 Yards

Jalen Hurts maintained an efficient day despite the Giants’ pass rush being able to get to him much of the day. Off the back of four touchdown completions, Hurts had a very productive day in fantasy despite low passing volume and fewer rushing attempts than we’re used to seeing.

Notes

Hurts was still efficient in the pass game despite A.J. Brown‘s absense targeting DeVonta Smith between the 20s, then finding Dallas Goedert twice in the red zone for touchdowns.
Along with the Giants having a quality pass rush, at times it felt like Hurts was holding on too long, or trying too much to make a play, resulting in a sack rather than a throwaway.

Missed Opportunities

An change to the Missed Opportunites section, I’m going to call this one Added Opportunities. While attempting a tush push, Hurts reached the ball out in an effort to cross the first-down marker. While reaching, the ball appeared to be taken away from him by Kayvon Thibodeaux. The officials, however, blew the whistle after the fumble, and declared that forward progress had been stopped, thus keeping the ball with Philly. Hurts would go on to throw a touchdown pass to Saquon Barkley a few plays after.

Officials rule that Jalen Hurts’ progress was stopped before the ball was ripped from his hands

Right call or fumble? pic.twitter.com/AK5tkTW8fx

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) October 26, 2025

Running Back

Saquon Barkley: 14 Carries, 150 Yards, 1 TD | 5 Targets, 4 Receptions, 24 Yards, 1 TD

Looking like the Saquon Barkley fantasy managers expected when they drafted him. Right from the start, he set the tone for the game, ripping off a touchdown run on his first touch of the game. He would leave the game following a big run at the end of the third quarter and did not come back in. Given the lead the Eagles had early in the fourth, coupled with Tank Bigsby running well, it may have just been precautionary, but still something to monitor moving forward.

See ya, @saquon 👋 pic.twitter.com/9bjActkYiR

— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) October 26, 2025

Notes

Every run felt like a positive play for Barkley. He was patient behind his offensive line and took what they gave him, often bouncing to an outside gap off the inside-zone read, but didn’t try to do too much and force it the entire way outside.

Missed Opportunities

Not a missed opportunity, rather an added one. on the tush-push play where Hurts appeared to have the ball stripped from him, the refs ultimately blew the play dead, declaring that his forward progress had been stopped. In the ensuing plays, Hurts connected with Barkley for a receiving touchdown.

Tank Bigsby: 9 Carries, 104 Yards

Tank Bigsby looked very good in his backup role and his one of the best handcuffs to be holding at the moment while we wait for updates regarding Barkley’s injury that forced him out of the fourth quarter.

Notes

Similar to Barkley, every run seemed to be for positive yardage. He looked dominant out there like Barkley had all day, including breaking free around the edge for a 29-yard rush following a sack of Hurts which pushed the offense back to second-and-26.

Wide Receiver/Tight End

DeVonta Smith: 9 Targets, 6 Receptions, 84 Yards

The targets will be there for DeVonta Smith even on low volume days out of Hurts. He is great at getting open, especially across the middle of the field, and turning those into bigger gains after the catch. Dallas Goedert will still dominate the red-zone targets, and Brown when he’s back healthy, but with averaging nearly nine targets per game over his last four games, Smith will be a solid start week in and week out.

Notes

On broken plays, Hurts looked to Smith when rolling out away from the pressure. He targeted Smith multiple times on the sideline looking for the toe-tap catch.

Missed Opportunities

Smith was overthrown on an end-zone target early in the game.

Dallas Goedert: 3 Targets, 3 Receptions, 28 Yards, 2 TDs

Dallas Goedert continues to dominate the end-zone targets. Hurts took advantage of a size mismatch near the goal line and connected with Goedert on an easy slant for the touchdown.

Notes

Being a good run blocker for Saquon helps Goedert get open. Pulling across the formation, he got Abdul Carter to bite thinking he was coming across to block for a Barkley run. Goedert slipped past him, Hurts rolled out, and found him for an easy completion that was taken in for the touchdown.
Now with six touchdowns in seven games, Goedert is proving to have one of the highest ceilings amongst tight ends
With one of the league’s highest red zone target shares, Goedert should maintain a steady role in the offense week-to-week regardless of Brown’s absence.

Jahan Dotson: 2 Targets, 1 Reception, 40 Yards, TD

It wasn’t unreasonable to expect Jahan Dotson to see more than just two targets with Brown out. It would have been a disappointing day for managers without hauling in his deep target, winning the contested catch over his defender, the type of catch that got him a lot of praise when at Penn State.