The Eagles are 2-0 after hard-fought wins towards the Chiefs and Cowboys.
The Eagles defeated the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs 20-17 Sunday, although the victory wasn’t pretty at times.
Rookie Drew Mukuba played a huge role within the Eagles’ win, and veteran defender Za’Darius Smith made his Birds’ debut.
Jeff McLane’s Eagles grades: Line of defense got here up massive and the particular groups sport by.
Columnist Marcus Hayes thinks the Eagles proved they are the best team in the NFL with Sunday’s win.
The Eagles will face the Los Angeles Rams (2-0) at the Linc Sunday, a rematch of final 12 months’s NFC divisional playoffs.
It appears just like the Eagles are leaving Kansas Metropolis comparatively unscathed.
Within the fourth quarter, defensive sort out Jordan Davis chased Patrick Mahomes out of bounds and pulled up lame with a cramp. He jogged off the sphere and went again to the locker room.
DeVonta Smith left the sport within the third quarter after touchdown exhausting on his again. He returned and made a clutch third-down catch within the fourth quarter, however was seen strolling very gingerly following the sport.
After a 20-17 victory over the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, the Eagles will now flip their consideration to their next opponent: the Los Angeles Rams. The final time each groups met, a visit to the NFC Championship sport was on the road.
Throughout final 12 months’s NFC divisional spherical playoff sport, the Rams traveled to Lincoln Monetary Area to lose 28-22 within the largest snow sport in Philadelphia since 2013. Now, the Eagles and Rams will meet again within the Metropolis of Brotherly Love for Week 3 — however this time in significantly better suited climate for the West Coast group.
The Rams are coming off a 33-19 win over the Tennessee Titans. In the meantime the Eagles have continued their success from final season, defeating Kansas Metropolis in a Tremendous Bowl rematch. With each groups sitting at 2-0, the sportsbooks are favoring Philadelphia going into Week 3 as they open as 4.5-point favorites.
RIP tush push?
The Eagles’ signature play confronted critical scrutiny Sunday on social media after officers appeared to overlook a pair false begin penalties on the Birds.
“I’m completed with the Tush Push, guys,” Fox Sports rules expert Dean Blandino said during Sunday’s broadcast. “It’s a tough play to officiate.”
The Eagles launched the snap counts from the Eagles’ 20-17 victory in Kansas Metropolis Monday morning, and listed below are a number of notes:
Jordan Davis noticed one other heavy workload — although not fairly as heavy as Week 1 after Jalen Carter’s ejection. Davis was on the sphere for 53% of the defensive performs and doubtless would’ve been on for much more if he didn’t cramp up. He was impactful, too, with two move breakups. The Eagles and Davis mentioned repeatedly over the summer season that Davis’ weight reduction and conditioning had him in a spot to play loads and tackle an even bigger position. Thus far, so good.
Rookie undrafted free agent Darius Cooper noticed simply two snaps final week. On Sunday, he was on the sphere for 12 of the 60 offensive performs. Why? The Eagles like his blocking skill over Jahan Dotson’s.
How prepared was Za’Darius Smith going to be after signing the day after the Eagles’ Week 1 victory? Smith noticed 20 snaps and made his mark straight away with a partial sack that he shared with Drew Mukuba.
New operating again Tank Bigsby didn’t see any work with the offense, even with Will Shipley out along with his indirect harm. The 60 offensive snaps had been divided between Saquon Barkley (50) and AJ Dillon (10). Bigsby was on the sphere for 4 kick returns, although. The Chiefs, nevertheless, opted to kick the ball to John Metchie over Bigsby.
Whereas the Eagles had been profitable in Kansas Metropolis, the Birds had been throughout Sunday night time’s Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
Probably the most notable Eagles fan was Hacks’ star Hannah Einbinder, who gained the Emmy for greatest supporting actress in a comedy sequence. Einbinder grew up in Los Angeles however picked up her Eagles fandom from her Doylestown-born father, main her to supply a “Go Birds!” shoutout throughout her acceptance speech (amongst different extra controversial subjects).
Philly native Quinta Brunson additionally had the Birds on her thoughts forward of the ceremony, telling Gayle King, “You noticed they only gained, proper?”
The Eagles’ 20-17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs wasn’t essentially the most lovely show of soccer, however wins are wins, and it’s the lone stat by which Jalen Hurts measures himself.
Talking of stats… Whereas the Eagles didn’t put up gaudy numbers, there have been some particular person performances and overarching numbers that stood out.
Listed here are a 5 notable numbers in a sequence of stats put collectively by Eagles PR throughout and after the sport:
Bear in mind Jake Elliott’s struggles final 12 months, when he went 1-for-7 on subject targets from 50-plus yards through the common season? He has three such kicks thus far in 2025 after including two Sunday, the primary time he related on two from 50-plus in a single sport since Sept. 10, 2023.
Whereas we’re speaking kicking the soccer, Braden Mann’s 70-yard punt within the first half was the longest by an Eagles punter since Donnie Jones’ 72-yard boot in September of 2016.
Andrew Mukuba’s interception modified the course of the sport. It was additionally the primary interception by an Eagles rookie inside their first two profession video games since Rasul Douglas in 2017.
The Eagles are 18-1 over their final 19 video games together with the playoffs. It’s the very best 19-game stretch in franchise historical past.
The Eagles have now gained 16 consecutive video games began and completed by Hurts.
— Jeff Neiburg
The Eagles offense had an up-and-down day throughout their 20-17 victory towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs Sunday, particularly within the passing sport.
Jalen Hurts completed with 15 completions on 22 makes an attempt (68.2%) for 101 yards. He didn’t have a passing landing for a second straight week. Hurts additionally had 9 carries for 15 yards, together with a Tush Push landing.
After gaining simply 9 yards by the primary 9 performs of the sport on two possessions, the Eagles lastly obtained on the board within the third. Late within the first quarter on first-and-10 from the Kansas Metropolis 13-yard line, Saquon Barkley took benefit of sound blocking up entrance and dashed into the tip zone untouched to place the Eagles up, 7-0.
Because the Eagles had been kneeling down to finish the sport Sunday, annoyed Kansas Metropolis Chiefs defender Chris Jones tried to trash speak Jalen Hurts, to disastrous penalties.
As Hurts lined up for the ultimate snap, Jones yelled, “You did not even have 100 yards!”
Hurts responded, “We gained the [expletive] sport so sit back with that [expletive].”
No relaxation for the undefeated.
Contemporary off their Tremendous Bowl rematch towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, the Eagles (2-0) will head again to South Philly to arrange for Week 3’s matchup towards the Los Angeles Rams (2-0).
The Rams are coming off a stable 33-19 win towards the Tennessee Titans (0-2).
Week 1: Eagles 24, Cowboys 20
Week 2: Eagles 20, Chiefs 17
Week 3: Rams at Eagles, Sunday, Sept. 21, 1 p.m. (Fox 29)
Week 4: Eagles at Buccaneers, Sunday, Sept. 28, 1 p.m. (Fox 29)
Week 5: Broncos at Eagles, Sunday, Oct. 5, 1 p.m. (CBS3)
Week 6: Eagles at Giants, Thursday, Oct. 9, 8:15 p.m. (Amazon Prime Video)
Week 7: Eagles at Vikings, Sunday, Oct. 19, 1 p.m. (Fox 29)
Week 8: Giants at Eagles, Sunday, Oct. 26, 1 p.m. (Fox 29)
Week 9: Bye week
Week 10: Eagles at Packers, Monday, Nov. 10, 8:15 p.m. (6ABC, ESPN)
Week 11: Lions at Eagles, Sunday, Nov. 16, 8:20 p.m. (NBC10)
Week 12: Eagles at Cowboys, Sunday, Nov. 23, 4:25 p.m. (Fox 29)
Week 13: Bears at Eagles, Friday, Nov. 28, 3 p.m. (Amazon Prime Video)
Week 14: Eagles at Chargers, Monday, Dec. 8, 8:15 p.m. (6ABC, ESPN)
Week 15: Raiders at Eagles, Sunday, Dec. 14, 1 p.m. (Fox 29)
Week 16: Eagles at Commanders, Saturday, Dec. 20, TBD (Fox 29)
Week 17: Eagles at Payments, Sunday, Dec. 28, 4:29 p.m. (Fox 29)
Week 18: Commanders at Eagles, TBD (TBD)
