The Philadelphia Eagles won on Monday night against the Giants despite Sam Bradford struggling and now the team is in first place in the NFC East heading into Week 7. Chip Kelly's offense was sloppy with interceptions from Bradford, but DeMarco Murray made an impact with a big game alongside Ryan Mathews, who played after being listed as questionable with a hamstring injury.
The Eagles have dominated the Giants as of late and now the team is in first place in the NFC East with a 3-3 record after opening the season 1-3. Bradford has continued to be up and down for Kelly and on Monday he threw for 280 yards and a touchdown, but he also had three interceptions. Bradford has nine touchdowns and nine interceptions this season and he has struggled with interceptions in the redzone.
Bradford said after the game to Corey Seidman of CSNPhilly.com that he is "goanna get it fixed" and that it's "something that I've never had a problem with in my career," referring to the redzone picks. Bradford and Riley Cooper got mixed up on a route and that led to an interception and despite turning the ball over multiple times, the Giants could not take advantage. Bradford now has four interceptions in the redzone this season and he added that it's something that he will work on with Kelly and the offense moving forward.
DeMarco Murray nearly matched his total rushing yards for the season in this game, going for 109 yards on 22 carries against the Giants. Murray had just 120 yards in his first four games and now he has had two straight games with over 20 total touches and at least 20 carries, which comes after Murray publically complained about his lack of touches through his first three games. Murray had a touchdown for the second straight game and he now has performed two weeks in a row like fantasy owners and the Eagles expected him to perform when he signed this offseason.
Ryan Mathews still contributed with nine rushes for 40 yards in the game after coming in questionable with a hamstring injury. Mathews has been solid this season and leads the Eagles in rushing, but with Murray coming along, it's likely that he will be in a secondary role unless Murray gets injured. Nelson Agholor missed the game with an injury and that opened things up for receiver Jordan Mathews. Bradford connected with Matthews on six balls for 59 yards and the wideout was targeted 11 times in the game.
The Giants had won three straight games coming in after starting the season 0-2 and now they are also 3-3, but they have lost head to head to the Eagles, leaving them in second place. Eli Manning opened up the game strong, going 10-for-10 and getting Odell Beckham for a touchdown, but after that the Giants could not score again and lost 27-7.
