Eagles DB Brandon Boykin stands over Giants receiver Victor Cruz during Sunday night’s game against the Eagles who won 27-0. Cruz is out for the year with a the leg injury. Photo byTodd Bauders/ contrastphotography.com

The New York Football Giants knew this was going to be a tough business trip to Lincoln Financial Field in South Philadelphia.

Big Blue knew the atmosphere would be hostile.

It was.

The Giants knew the Eagles pass rush would be primed to get to Eli Manning early and often.

The Eagles sacked Manning three times in the first quarter, six for the game. Sub Ryan Nassib was sacked an additional two times. It was a long night for the Giants o­-line as Big Blue lost a 27­-0 verdict to the Eagles.

All week, Giants defenders said they expected the LeSean McCoy from last year when he led the NFL in rushing.

They got the 2013 version of Shady as McCoy rushed 22 times for 149 yards, good fora 6.8 yards per carry.

The Eagles NFC East rival also knew Nick Foles would snap out of his funk eventually and said they were expecting his best.

The Giants got a little bit of both Foles. The third-­year pro was 21 of 34 for 248 yards and two touchdown passes. Foles threw two interceptions but was only sacked once.

Manning was under siege all night hitting on just 13 of 23 passes for 151 yards. As a team, Big Blue rushed for just 85 yards on 23 carries. Obviously missing Rashad Jennings had an impact on the Giants offense.

The Giants knew Darren Sproles could hurt them on punt returns if they let him get past that first defender.

On a second­-quarter punt return, the tiny back zig-­zagged his way for 43 yards and a first and 10 at the Giants 43. The Eagles turned the run back into a 45­-yard Cody Parkey field goal to take a 20-­0 lead with 4:25 left in the first half.

The Eagles scored on their first drive with Parkey hitting a 31-­yard field goal.

Sproles injured his knee late in the third quarter and did not return.

Later in the quarter the Birds made it 10­-0 when Foles connected with Zach Ertz on a high degree of difficulty 15­-yard scoring strike.

The Eagles second touchdown came with 9:10 left in the second quarter when Foles threw a perfectly placed and timed 26­yard pass to tight end James Casey who caught the ball in stride and streaked untouched to the end zone. It was 17-0 now and the wind was clearly out of the Giants sails.

The Birds are now 5-­1 entering the bye week and 2-­0 in NFC East play.

“It’s a great position to be in,” Foles said. “We still have a lot of season left to go and I still have a lot of things to improve on, which excites me. You all know how I am. It will be great to have this bye week to get healthy, get some rest, recoup, and get ready to go.”

The Giants (3­-3) had a touchdown called back in the third quarter after Will Beatty was called for holding. Manning had hit Larry Donnell, who made a juggling catch for what may have been a turning point for New York.

The Giants though ended up with nothing. Adding insult to injury, wide receiver Victor Cruz tore his patella tendon in his right knee while lunging for a pass in the end zone on a fourth down play from the three. He is out  for the season.

Giants head coach Tom Coughlin was asked on the impact losing Cruz will have on the team.

“Oh, it’s incredible…a huge loss,” Coughlin said. “Victor is certainly extremely popular…The respect a lot of players have for him is tremendous and when something like this happens, everyone is grieved. You know, everyone feels badly for him, even the players on the other team.

But we’re expected to go on and we tried and as I said, didn’t have a lot to show for it.”

The Eagles defense was superb in virtually every area of the game.

Eight sacks, a complete shutdown of the Giants running game, three forced fumbles (one recovered) and 10 tackles for loss.

Connor Barwin had perhaps his best day as an Eagle: Five tackles, three sacks, two tackles for loss, two quarterback hurries and a forced fumble.

Barwin deferred all praises to his the defensive coordinator.

“I think Billy Davis called a great game,” Barwin said. “He (Manning) was obviously confused. Our secondary did a tremendous job jamming the receivers and giving [Manning] different looks. The last three weeks we’ve seen on film of Eli catching the ball (from center) and throwing it (right away). Today he was catching the ball and getting to his second and third read. That’s how we were able to get pressure on him.”

The Eagles head to the bye week feeling good about themselves and for good reason.

Was this a good time for the bye week?

“I don’t think it really matters,” Cornerback Brandon Boykin said. “We’ve established the momentum we wanted to. “We’re all professionals and we’re all grown men. We’ve got to come back from this bye and work and capitalize on this week that we had.”