PHILADELPHIA — Playing the Giants for the second time in three weeks offers the Eagles a chance to quickly right the wrong that was an embarrassing, stunning loss.

But for offensive tackle Jordan Mailata, Sunday’s NFC East clash goes even beyond that.

Mailata, one of the best left tackles in the NFL, said on Wednesday he’s “personally” motivated to not only beat the Giants, but individually put together a performance he can be proud of.

Because the always-honest All-Pro was not proud of his recent performance vs. the Giants.

“I feel like I played the worst game of my career two weeks ago,” Mailata said. “I wasn’t happy with that. So for me, I have to go out and do my job. Do a better job than I did last time.”

Mailata didn’t play up to that standard in the Eagles’ 34-17 loss to the Giants on Oct. 9. He allowed four quarterback pressures, which is nowhere close to a career high. But Mailata was valid in acknowledging it was far from his best game.

Mailata was a part of an o-line that struggled to protect Jalen Hurts and open lanes for Saquon Barkley. Barkley rushed for only 58 yards while Hurts was pressured 16 times with three sacks. The Giants racked up seven tackles for loss.

At least one of those sacks and one of those TFLs were Mailata’s fault.

Mailata’s Pro Football Focus grade from the Week 6 loss was a 57.9 out of 100. By that metric, the Eagles’ “Thursday Night Football” defeat was one of the worst games of his career.

Since the start of the 2022 season, Mailata has had a lower single-game PFF grade only three times. He posted a 57.8 against the Rams in Week 3, and he was graded at a 49.5 and a 52.0 against the Cowboys and Patriots, respectively, in 2023.

But the common denominator in those three other performances? The Eagles won. So that might have taken the sting out of those disappointing outings. Reckoning with a surprising loss to a divisional rival, after losing five days earlier to the Broncos, had to hurt.

Mailata said he thought he was “passive” against the Giants a couple weeks ago. Asked what he learned from facing New York’s pass rush, which features Brian Burns, Abdul Carter and Kayvon Thibodeaux, among others, Mailata said: “Can’t be passive,” and left it at that.

Asked why he thinks he was “passive” against New York, Mailata shrugged his shoulders.

“Sometimes it’s like that. Can’t explain it,” Mailata said. “I was asking myself that question, too. At the end of the day, it’s like, ‘Alright, let’s make sure that (expletive) doesn’t happen again.’”

“I’m just looking at the next opportunity to go out there and lay someone out.”

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