Well, Thursday night was uniquely terrible across Philly sports.

The Phillies' season ended in heartbreaking fashion at around 9:30 p.m. The Flyers lost their season opener around the same time.

If you were watching either of those two games, you probably changed channels and tuned in to watch the defending Super Bowl champions play the 1-4 New York Giants. You were probably hoping that the Philadelphia Eagles would alleviate some of that pain.

They did not.

Instead, Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo handed the Eagles a thorough beatdown to the tune of a 34-17 final score. Absolutely nothing went right for the Birds. 

Here are a few takeaways from Thursday's loss:

The Eagles were sloppy

The Eagles displayed something Thursday night they hardly ever displayed in 2024: sloppiness.

In a game the Birds were heavily favored to win, they didn't just look bad, they looked ugly. They looked disjointed. The offense struggled to break out of the huddle with enough time to get to the line of scrimmage. Special teams could not field a kickoff to save their lives. The defense couldn't stop two rookies from running down their throats.

Motivation was nowhere to be found. Body language could not have been worse. With the Giants driving in the fourth quarter, Amazon Prime color commentator Kirk Herbstreit described the Eagles defense as "completely disengaged."

Is that on coaching? Maybe. The team didn't look prepared for the Giants whatsoever. One could argue the Eagles had a short week to prepare, but then again, so did the Giants, and they looked excellent.

If someone watched that game with no context, and you told them one of the teams was 1-4 coming into the game, they would have probably assumed it was the Eagles, not the Giants.

The secondary is a huge problem

This was not a good showing across the board for the Eagles defense, but the secondary in particular is a huge concern.

Quinyon Mitchell exited the game in the second quarter with a hamstring injury, and while that definitely affected things, it doesn't excuse the horrific individual performance from Kelee Ringo. 

Ringo's name was mentioned far too many times throughout this game. On the Giants' first drive, he gave up a 3rd & 12 conversion to Lil'Jordan Humphrey. On the next drive, he allowed a long completion to Wan'Dale Robinson, who then got up and ran for a few more yards because Ringo failed to touch him. 

Ringo was benched for the third drive, and Adoree' Jackson entered the game. Ringo later re-entered due to Mitchell's injury. He was flagged for holding in the third quarter, and then for pass interference in the end zone on the Giants' final drive. Skattebo punched it in from the one-yard line with ease.

It wasn't just Ringo. Jackson allowed quite a few completions, and Andrew Mukuba whiffed on a tackle after blowing the initial coverage on a catch that eventually led to a Giants touchdown.

The NFL Trade Deadline is Nov. 4. Howie Roseman should start looking for secondary reinforcements yesterday.

Problems across all three phases

The offense's only successful play is the Tush Push, and that's probably going to get banned soon, so they're about to be down to zero successful plays. Jalen Hurts threw his first interception in 305 regular-season pass attempts, and it was returned for 68 yards by the Giants. He also had numerous mistakes. Saquon Barkley continues to be held under 100 rushing yards, registering just 58 on the night. 

The defense allowed Skattebo to rush for three touchdowns and a career-high 98 yards. Dart added 58 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown of his own. He evaded and spun away from Eagles defenders with ease.

The special teams had multiple miscues. AJ Dillon muffed a kickoff out of bounds in the fourth quarter that pinned the Eagles at their own five-yard line. An earlier drive started from the Eagles' seven-yard line after Sydney Brown was flagged for unnecessary roughness.

In short, I don't envy Nick Sirianni. Not only does he have much to fix, but if he doesn't fix it, he could find himself on the hot seat in the same calendar year as his first Super Bowl victory.

What's next?

The Eagles don't play again until Oct. 19, which should hopefully give them time to stop at least some of the bleeding.

Putting a band-aid on a bullet wound only does so much, though.

Anyway, the Eagles will face the Minnesota Vikings, who are currently 3-2, at 1 p.m. on Oct. 19.  

Sirianni said after the Week 5 loss to Denver that he was glad they had a short week coming up, so they wouldn't have to dwell on their loss for long. Now the listless Eagles have a much worse loss to dwell on, and much more time to dwell on it.