Man, the Giants needed this.

Their beloved co-owner, John Mara, who wears the losses like blood on his sleeve and is battling cancer, needed this.

Head coach Brian Daboll, who’s been a target of the social media mob, needed this.

Every player in the Giants locker room, especially those who’ve endured loss after loss after loss to the Eagles, needed this

The faithful fans, who were loud and made a difference Thursday night at MetLife Stadium, needed this.

Everyone needs some positive reinforcement at least once in a while.

And the Giants earned it in spades on this night, upsetting the reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles 34-17 in a commanding and complete result that must have tasted like expensive champagne even though it was a mere Week 6 game in the middle of October and it lifted the Giants’ record to just 2-4.

When the Giants most complete performance in recent memory was over, Daboll was handing the game ball over to Mara in the bowels of the stadium and later calling him, “One tough cookie.”

The Eagles had defeated the Giants in seven of the teams’ previous eight meetings, 16 of the past 20 dating back a decade. They’d lost eight consecutive NFC East games, the second-longest division drought in NFL history.

The Eagles have been the Giants’ daddy for too long. It was time for that to end.

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Jaxson Dart celebrates after he runs for a touchdown during the first quarter of the Giants’ 34-17 home win over the Eagles on Oct. 9, 2025.Corey Sipkin for the NY POST

There’ve been blowout losses (see the 38-7 Eagles divisional playoff win in 2023). There have been heartbreaking losses. And then there was the Saquon Barkley revenge game, the 176 rushing yards in a 28-3 Eagles laugher at MetLife last October.

“We’re 1-0 against them now,” Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence said. “We don’t care what they did to us in the past.”

Make no mistake: This was an exorcism for the Giants and their fans, starved for something to cheer about, for a winner.

The Giants were 11-of-16 on third down. Their defense created two game-changing turnovers, and the offense, four days after turning the ball over five times, didn’t turn it over. They were 3-for-3 in the red zone.

“Winning feels good,’’ Daboll said. “There are a lot of coaches sleeping in their offices this week and I appreciate that about those guys. They put a lot into it, like they do every week, the players put a lot into it. I’m just happy for those guys that put so much into it to try to get the outcome we all desire.’’

The Giants clearly have winners in the two rookies — quarterback Jaxson Dart, who completed 17 of 25 passes for 195 yards with one passing TD and one rushing TD, and running back Cam Skattebo, who rushed for 98 yards and three TDs.

Just four days earlier, in an inexcusable giveaway loss to the Saints in New Orleans, Dart turned the ball over three times and Skattebo lost a fumble that was returned 86 yards for a TD.

Thank goodness for youth and short memories.

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Cam Skattebo does a back flip after scoring a touchdown during the third quarter of the Giants’ home win over Eagles.Bill Kostroun/New York Post
“I like everything about Dart since we got him,” Daboll said. “He’s not perfect. It’s not going to be perfect. But he leads by his play, he leads by his words, he leads by his emotion, he leads by his loose plays. I have a tremendous amount of confidence in Jaxson Dart.”

Daboll paused to catch his breath.

“He’s a rookie, so as one of my mentors [Bill Parcells] once said, ‘Let’s not give him a [Hall of Fame] gold jacket right now,’ ” Daboll said.

The Giants took a 27-17 lead on a bull-rush 1-yard TD by the relentless Skattebo halfway through the third quarter. It was the second of his three TDs.

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Cam Skattebo (44) and Jaxson Dart celebrate after one of Skattebo’s three rushing touchdowns in the Giants’ home win over the Eagles.Bill Kostroun/New York Post

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Brian Burns celebrates after he sacks Jalen Hurts during the first quarter of the Giants’ home win over the Eagles.Bill Kostroun/New York Post
The Giants had a massive scare on their next offensive possession when Dart was sacked by Patrick Johnson and remained on the turf. After being tended to, he trotted off the field but was brought into the tent to be evaluated for a concussion.

He emerged from the tent several minutes later, cleared to play on.

The Giants put the game away on a Cor’Dale Flott interception of Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and a 68-yard return with 11:25 remaining in the fourth quarter.

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Wan’Dale Robinson is all smiles after he makes a touchdown catch in the first half of the Giants’ home win over the Eagles.Corey Sipkin for the NY POST

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Brian Burns sacks Jalen Hurts in the second half of the Giants’ home win over the Eagles.Corey Sipkin for the NY POST
The INT, the first of the year thrown by Hurts, led to Skattebo’s third TD of this magical night for a stunning 34-17 lead with 9:41 remaining.

For the second consecutive week, the Giants scored TDs on their first two possessions.

They took a 7-3 lead on a dynamic 20-yard scramble by Dart, who’d found no one open and just took off like a rocket. The Giants rookie quarterback blew a kiss to the crowd and shook his head.

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Jaxson Dart is forced out of the pocket by Victor Dimukeje during the Giants’ home victory over the Eagles.Bill Kostroun/New York Post
The Giants took a 13-3 lead on a 35-yard Dart scoring pass to receiver Wan’Dale Robinson, who deked out of a whiffed tackle by Eagles safety Andrew Mukuba with 5:37 remaining in the first quarter.

That TD marked the first time the Giants scored more than seven points in a first quarter in their past 81 games, the second-longest streak in NFL history.

Later, if there was any worry of an Eagles’ comeback, it was dashed when safety Dane Belton forced a Johan Dotson fumble that was recovered by cornerback Dru Phillips with 6:50 remaining.

“That’s a huge win,” Giants right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor said. “It’s a big enough win to kind of get us going. I think this just shows the entire world what we’re capable of.”