Giants’ Resilience Shows Again in Gritty Win Over Eagles

Sunday’s win wasn’t pretty, but they never seem to be for the 2026 New York Giants.

But the Giants faced another challenge and met it in their 19-11 win over the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field, for New York’s first win in Philadelphia in 13 years.

New York (5-2-1) maintained its two-game lead over the Dallas Cowboys and stretched its advantage over the Washington Commanders to three games. The Giants also boosted their divisional record to 2-0-1 with the Commanders coming to MetLife Stadium on Thursday night.

The Giants Keep Finding Ways to Win

Jameis Winston, who hadn’t thrown a pass in three weeks until Sunday, threw the Giants’ only touchdown. Kicker Dominic Zvada, who had been slumping with more missed field goals (5) than made ones (4) over the previous three games, nailed four field goals, three of which were from 49 yards or longer.

The Giants improved to 4-1-1 in one-score games, a season after going 1-7 in games decided by eight points or fewer. They sacked Eagles quarterback Joe Milton seven times and forced the game’s only turnover, while holding Philadelphia to just 220 total yards.

“Our guys met the challenge and never flinched and never blinked,” Giants coach John Harbaugh said. “We did play winning football, not perfect football, but winning football and found a way to win the game in all three phases, especially starting with the defense.”

The offense scuffled, but Philadelphia’s defense is still talented. Plus, when starting quarterback J.J. McCarthy went down with a hip injury, Winston stepped in and made enough plays to push the Giants into the end zone on a 5-yard touchdown throw to tight end Isaiah Likely.

“We did winning things, kept everything moving forward for the most part,” Harbaugh said. “We punted the ball, we tackled. All those things were really good.”

Their season has been more of a Picasso than a Rembrandt, but the Giants’ resilience has been astounding. They shook off injuries to Jaxson Dart and Brian Burns, and on Sunday they didn’t have starting running back Cam Skattebo, who was in street clothes due to a hamstring injury.

It’s still fair to wonder how good the Giants are. They don’t run the ball that well. They’ve beaten losing teams. Their division is a mess.

But the Giants continue to stack wins and are hanging onto the No. 3 seed in the NFC with just nine games to play.

“They have it. They have what it takes,” Harbaugh said. “I don’t know how to describe it other than that. I think they’ve had it all along and they found it in these games. Sometimes it’s one thing to have it and another thing to find it, and they’ve been able to find it in the way they play.”