Inside the Numbers: Dexter Lawrence knocking on door of exclusive club

*The Giants lead the NFL with 31 sacks, their highest total through seven games since they had 37 in 1985. A year ago, the Giants had 11 sacks through seven games and finished the season with 34.

*The Giants are the fifth team since 2000 with at least 31 sacks through seven games. The 2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and 2013 Kansas City Chiefs had 35, and the 2000 New Orleans Saints and 2017 Jacksonville Jaguars had 33.

*In Sunday’s loss to Philadelphia, the Giants had 43 net passing yards, while the Eagles finished with 70. It was the first Giants game in which neither team exceeded 70 yards through the air since Sept. 22, 1991, when the Giants had 52 and the Cleveland Browns had 67 in a 13-10 Giants victory.

*The Eagles’ 10 pass completions were the fewest by a Giants opponent since Washington had nine on Jan. 9, 2022.

*Saquon Barkley rushed for 176 yards on 17 carries, a 10.4-yard average that was the highest ever by a Giants opponent with at least that many attempts.

*Barkley’s 55-yard run was the longest against the Giants since Miami’s Da’Von Achane scored on a 76-yarder at Miami on Oct. 8, 2023.

*Philadelphia rushed for 269 yards on 45 carries, the most rushing attempts against the Giants since the Tennessee Titans had 45 on Dec. 16, 2018. The Eagles’ 6.0-yard average was the highest allowed by the Giants since the Seattle Seahawks averaged 7.8 yards (350 yards on 45 carries) on Nov. 9, 2014.

*Daniel Jones’ 99 passing yards Sunday increased his career total to 13,954. That moved him past Fran Tarkenton (13,905) and into fifth place on the Giants’ career list. Kerry Collins is fourth with 16,875

*Jones was sacked seven times Sunday, tying his third-highest one-game total. He has now been sacked exactly 200 times in his career for losses totaling 1,269 yards.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Jones is the 13^th active quarterback to have been sacked at least 200 times. The top three are Aaron Rodgers (548), Russell Wilson, whom the Giants will face Monday (528), and Matthew Stafford (491). Dallas’ DeMarcus Lawrence – no relation to Dexter – leads the players who have sacked Jones with 8.0. Former Cowboy Dorance Armstrong, now with Washington, is second with 5.0. Many players are tied for fourth with 4.0.

*A quarterback had the Giants’ longest run against Philadelphia. That’s not unusual; Jones has had the team’s longest run 19 times, including the previous week against Cincinnati and a tie with Devin Singletary vs. Dallas on Sept. 26. What was unexpected Sunday was the quarterback who had the longest run was Drew Lock, who relieved Jones in the fourth quarter. Lock’s only run of the game and Jones’ team-long run against the Bengals both gained 13 yards.

*The Giants held Philadelphia to just one successful third-down conversion, on 13 attempts. That was the fewest successes by a Giants opponent since Washington had one a year ago today. It was the first time the Giants allowed just one conversion in a loss since Oct. 12, 2003, in a 17-6 defeat in New England.

*The Giants’ longest play in their previous two games was 15 yards, the first time they’ve played consecutive games without one longer since Dec. 26, 2021-Jan 2, 2022, at Philadelphia and Chicago.

*Wan’Dale Robinson is fifth in the NFL with 43 receptions, the most by a Giants player through the first seven games since 2018, when Barkley had 53 and Odell Beckham, Jr. had 49. Robinson is tied with Tampa Bay’s Chris Godwin for the NFL lead with 16 third-down catches. Godwin was injured last night in a loss to Baltimore. Malik Nabers is tied for third with 13.

*Burns is the only NFL player with 4.0 sacks and six passes defensed.

*Safety Tyler Nubin leads the Giants and all NFL rookies with 48 tackles. Green Bay safety Javon Bullard is second with 40, and Pittsburgh linebacker Payton Wilson is third with 46.

*The Giants have intercepted just one pass this season, by rookie linebacker Darius Muasau in the season opener against the Vikings. This is the Giants’ first six-game streak without an interception since Jan. 9-Oct. 9, 2022, and their first in one season since Nov. 7-Dec. 14, 2004.

*The Giants had no takeaways against Philadelphia and have lost seven consecutive games in which they did not force a turnover. They last won without a takeaway on Sept. 17, 2023, in Arizona.

*Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts ran for two touchdowns – or, more accurately, was twice pushed into the end zone by his teammates – for a pair of scores Sunday. He was the first quarterback with two rushing touchdowns against the Giants since New Orleans’ Taysom Hill on Oct. 3, 2021, and the first with two one-yard scores since Tom Brady at New England on Oct. 10, 2019.

*When the Ravens won in Tampa Bay last night, Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson, the reigning NFL MVP, improved to 23-1 as a starter against NFC teams. His only loss was a 24-20 defeat to the Giants in MetLife Stadium on Oct. 16, 2022. The teams will meet again in MetLife Stadium on Dec. 15. Baltimore hosts Philadelphia on Dec. 1, so Jackson could arrive here with a 24-1 mark vs. the NFC.

*The Giants signed nose tackle Armon Watts to their active roster from the practice squad, which he joined a week ago.

Watts, 6-5 and 307 pounds, has played in 72 regular-season games with 22 starts for Minnesota, Chicago, and Pittsburgh. He also played in an AFC Wild Card Game last year for the Steelers. His career totals 140 tackles (63 solo), 8.5 sacks, seven tackles for loss, and 18 quarterback hits.

To create room on the roster, the Giants released linebacker Boogie Basham, who played 16 snaps vs. Cincinnati and had one tackle, and one pass defensed in his only action of the season.