Another week, another Eagles loss.

The 19-11 loss to the New York Giants is the Eagles seventh consecutive defeat and gives way to a bye week where essentially everything should be on the table in an effort to salvage whatever’s salvageable for this lost season.

Here are five takeaways from the ugly loss at The Linc:

Three and doubt

The more things change, the more they stay the same for the Eagles offense.

Turning to Joe Milton did change the complexion of the offense some. Eagles offensive coordinator Sean Mannion called more quarterback-inclusive runs, more rollouts, and a couple deep shots that leveraged Milton’s strong arm.

What didn’t change were the results. The Eagles mustered just one touchdown drive in 13 attempts. They went three-and-out on seven of those. Against a defense that ranked 27th in yards per rush allowed, Saquon Barkley had just 22 rushing yards on 13 attempts as the run game stagnated for most of the game and the constant threat of unblocked pressures sank the passing game in key moments.

According to TruMedia, this was the Eagles’ worst offensive performance of the season in terms of EPA/drive and success rate. By some margin, even. Of the 260 offensive performances in the NFL this season, Sunday’s showing from the Eagles ranked 245th in EPA/drive and 25oth in EPA/play. It’s the fourth-worst offensive performance the team has mustered since Nick Sirianni took over as head coach in 2021.

Turning to Milton was supposed to give the offense a spark, but Sunday showed there’s little left to ignite for this group across the board.

Unsurprisingly unblocked

One of the biggest limiting factors for Miltons first career start was, unsurprisingly, unblocked pressures.

Giants linebacker Arvell Reese sacked Milton three times, the first of which was a strip sack after coming off the edge unblocked and unnoticed by Milton. It’s unclear whether Eagles running back Elijah Mitchell was responsible for the first-round rookie, but the Giants showed pressure pre-snap that drew Mitchell toward the A-gap and left Milton completely exposed.

That was a theme for most of Sunday. Milton’s athleticism came in handy on a few instances when he faced quick pressure, but the 26-year-old was stilled sacked seven times as the Eagles inability to sort out pressure looks pre-snap persists through a third quarterback shift.

Sacks in bunches

After two weeks of porous run defense and a somehow an even more hapless pass rush, Sunday did feature a resurgent performance for the Eagles defensive front albeit in a loss.

The proverbial sacks came in proverbial bunches for the group, finishing with six, tied for the third-most by a team in a game this season. Not bad for a defense that came into the game ranked 29th in total sacks having only managed two sacks in any other game this season.

Zack Baun had two sacks in the first half alone. Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis, Nolan Smith, and Jonathan Greenard had one apiece as well (Greenard’s first as an Eagle).

The Giants run game was also held in check compared to recent weeks. After allowing 204 rushing yards to the Dallas Cowboys two weeks ago and 135 last Sunday against Washington, the Giants had just

The greatest punt of a generation

Given where the Eagles are at in the season, it’s important to appreciate the memorable moments that may one day become obscure part of the team’s lore. Braden Mann’s 86-yard punt is exactly that, the type of thing that will be in a set of Eagles trivia questions one day.

Mann’s massive punt came at the end of the first half, with the Eagles having just fought tooth and nail for some breathing room with three consecutive rushing attempts deep in their own territory and trying to keep the Giants from getting in range to end the second quarter with points. Mann obliged with the longest punt anyone in the NFL has managed since 2001(!)

It’s the 10th longest punt in NFL history, although only the second-longest in Eagles franchise history behind Randall Cunningham’s 91-yard punt in 1989.

Mitchell’s miscue

This was a small thing in the grand scheme of the game, but deserves at least a few sentences in what I always hope is a reasonably comprehensive review of the game.

What was Elijah Mitchell thinking on the Eagles’ final drive of the game, staying down after a diving catch one yard shy of the first-down marker facing third-and-10? He had time to get up and fight for the extra yard and keep the drive alive. Instead he was touched down and the Eagles settled for a field goal facing fourth-and-1 from the Giants’ 27-yard line.

In a season filled with mental miscues — sometimes bizarre ones — that still jumped out to me.