Grading the Giants’ 31-7 divisional round playoff loss to the Eagles on Saturday.

Offense

This looks a whole lot different when it is the rugged Eagles and not the lame Vikings out there trying to stop you. There was nothing going on all night. Daniel Jones (15 of 27, 135 yards, 1 INT) never had a chance. Jones was sacked five times and was baited and beaten by CB James Bradberry for a second-quarter interception. He ran six times for 24 yards. Saquon Barkley (9-61) was no factor — he had 7 rushing yards at halftime. Total of 227 yards was uninspiring. Richie James (7-51) ran free late in the fourth quarter and dropped what should have been a 77-yard touchdown hookup. Ugly. Isaiah Hodgins (1-3) was blanketed all game, as was Darius Slayton (1-4). Bad ending.

Grade: F

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Hero, zeros and full blitz from the Giants’ 38-7 loss to the Eagles in Saturday night’s NFC divisional round game.

Hero

Jalen Hurts sure looked healthy when he completed 12 of 17 passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns in the first half alone, compiling a 129 quarterback rating on the way to a 27-0 lead.

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PHILADELPHIA — The Big Three made no difference for the Giants.

All the optimism created by the trio of cornerback Adoree’ Jackson, safety Xavier McKinney and defensive tackle Leonard Williams (all of whom missed time to injury) playing against the Eagles on Saturday for the first time in three meetings this season disappeared on Philadelphia’s first drive. Jackson and McKinney were no match for tight end Dallas Goedert as the Eagles marched down the field for a touchdown that set the tone for a 38-7 blowout at Lincoln Financial Field.

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PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts’ shoulder looked just fine on Saturday night.

The Eagles quarterback carved up the Giants in Philly’s 38-7 win over Big Blue in their NFC divisional-playoff game.

Hurts injured his right shoulder in December and he missed two weeks before returning to face the Giants in their Week 18 game. Hurts was clearly not 100 percent in that game, but on Saturday night he was back to the form he showed this season that made him an MVP candidate.

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PHILADELPHIA — The finality is what is so cruel. The blood kinship among them will last forever, and warm their hearts with time.

Just not in the minutes before midnight Saturday night and just not after midnight as their bus left Heartbreak Hotel and rolled north up the Turnpike, undoubtedly in silence, back to 1925 Giants Drive.

Just not next Sunday when the NFC Championship is played, and just not on Super Bowl Sunday, when the Giants will watch the Eagles, or somebody else, hoist the Lombardi Trophy. If they can bear to watch.

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PHILADELPHIA — There was plenty of beautiful noise from the Giants this season, but the end came with a dull thud.

The Giants on Saturday night were ushered out of the playoffs — rudely and decisively — to pull the curtain down on a season of rebirth and revitalization. The time will come soon enough to look back and assess the progress the franchise made in Brian Daboll’s first year as a coach, but for now, the sting of getting blown out by the rival Eagles 38-7 at raucous Lincoln Financial Field is the immediate irritation after a game that was never close.

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A Giants campaign that wasn't supposed to stretch this far into the postseason came to an end with a 38-7 loss to Philadelphia, the NFC's No. 1 seed, on Saturday night.

The Eagles rushed for 268 yards, while Jalen Hurts threw a pair of first-quarter touchdowns to Dallas Goedert and DeVonta Smith. The Giants couldn't score in the first half — only managing a third-quarter touchdown from Matt Breida against a Philadelphia defense that sacked Daniel Jones five times.

Kenneth Gainwell's 35-yard touchdown run gave the Eagles a 38-7 lead late in the fourth quarter, put the running back over 100 yards for the night and boosted Philadelphia's rushing total against New York to 268 yards.

Gainwell cut around the left edge of the offensive line and sprinted virtually untouched toward the end zone, until Julian Love and Nick McCloud tried to shove him out of bounds near the goal-line.

Richie James tilted his head upward in frustration. He was open. Wide open. The Giants' wide receiver had streaked toward the left sideline, but Daniel Jones' throw bounced off his hands.

If James collected the ball, the completion could've turned into a touchdown. Instead, New York's drive stalled a few plays later.

Julian Love broke up a third-down pass intended for DeVonta Smith in the end zone, but a 30-yard field goal from Jake Elliott still extended the Eagles' lead to 24 points.

Kenneth Gainwell rushed for 49 of his 71 yards on that drive, including key third-down conversions that kept Philadelphia driving into Elliott's field-goal range. The Giants are still within three possessions — though that hinges on making each two-point conversion — but they only have one timeout remaining. Head coach Brian Daboll chose to stop the clock twice on their last defensive possession.

Needing a stop to get the ball back, the Giants forced the Eagles into three third-down situations on their current drive — and failed to get to fourth down on all of them.

The most glaring blemish: A 12-yard rush by Kenneth Gainwell on third-and-12, when he plowed through Jason Pinnock and a cluster of other New York defenders to stretch for the final few yards.

The Giants drove for 88 yards on their last possession — which also doubled as their first scoring drive — after totaling just 64 yards total in the first half. Matt Breida has scored their lone touchdown.

Defensively, New York also forced Philadelphia into two punts after punter Brett Kern was needed just once in the entire first half.