Philadelphia – – Jalen Hurts raised his shoulders on a TD celebration and did his best to be like Mike.
Through the pin and the rain, a ceremony and a reverse, Hurts and the Super Bowl champion resisted the storm and showed why they are again a favorite to hoist a second consecutive Lombardi trophy.
Hurts rushed to two affected for the Eagles, who lost the star defender with hot temperament Jalen Carter early for spitting on Dak Prescott, then resisted a rare delay in time and needed a late stop to beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-20 early Friday in the start of the NFL season.
With a last chance to return, Prescott launched an incomplete pass in fourth and 3 years with 1:54 to play to send what remained of a crowd of eagles lightened in a frenzy.
The game ended at 12:18 p.m.
He was delayed by 65 minutes due to lightning in the region. The Eagles led 24-20 with 4:44 to do in the third quarter when the match was arrested – and that’s how it ended.
“Strange circumstances tonight,” said Eagles coach Nick Sirianni.
Business as usual for the offense.
Hurts has exhausted a defense by playing without Micah Parsons for the first time since he was exchanged in Green Bay on TD races of 4 and 8 yards – No legal push of Tash required. Saquon Barkley also ran for a score of 10 yards, even if its final total of 60 meters was tiny compared to last season when he exceeded 2,000 yards.
Houte punctuated a score by throwing the ball into the stands and raising his shoulders a bit like his friend and mentor, Michael Jordan, who received a nice ovation when he was shown on the big screen.
“Yes, you have a special guest, a special friend present, there is only one thing you can do and that’s victory,” said Hurts.
Hurts, Barkley and the rest of the Eagles passed a pre-match ceremony inside the locker room when the team revealed their championship banner in 2024, according to Sirianni’s wishes.
“I am proud of everyone who goes up the different adversities who came to meet us today,” said Hurts. “It’s always good to get a victory.”
Even victory came with a major headache. Carter returned directly inside to the locker room when it was only launched a few moments after the banner unveiling.
Prescott and Carter exchanged words after the start of opening, and Carter spit on the Prescott jersey before backing down. Prescott quickly signaled to a neighboring official who threw the flag and sent a Carter packaging. The fans have hooked while Carter was slowly walking away, the defensive tackle off -contest holding his helmet in his hands behind his back.
Carter could go towards a heavy financial penalty, if not worse, in the first major test of the increased accent of the NFL this season on the sporting spirit.
Carter apologized after the match – Hurts said that he had spoken to the attacker about his conduct – and said: “It won’t happen again.”
Prescott said he was simply spitting right as he usually did, only for saliva to land in the region near Carter, which raised the defender’s anger.
“I didn’t spat someone.” Prescott said.
Always one of the most nasty division rivalries in the NFL, the game was full of skirmishes and an almost greater roughness penalty at the end of the third against the Eagles who put the cowboys in a position to take the lead.
However, Dallas, the Miles Sanders, escaped the ball at 10 and the Super Bowl champions recovered. Prescott produced a touched economy diving plate on the Quinon Mitchell corner half on the game.
It would take a while until the Eagles have recovered the ball, thanks to the delay.
The scores of Hurts and Barkley made Eagles the first defending champions of the Super Bowl to mark a touch on the first three records of the season from Green Bay in 2011. Jake Elliott put the final touch with a goal on the field of 58 yards.
Javonte Williams achieved a pair of 1 -rod points – the first to open the driving after Carter was ejected – and Brandon Aubrey launched goals on the field of 41 and 53 yards.
The offensive line of Eagles Landon Dickerson left with a back injury.
Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer lost his head coach debut. It was promoted to the attacking coordinator to be the 10th coach in the history of the franchise.
“I still think we can win a super bowl,” he said. “It will not change. I mean, we have the right guy. We have good players. “
The cowboys recipient, Ceedee Lamb, managed seven catches for 110 yards, but failed to trigger in a pivotal plug in the second half. The star receiver of the Eagles, AJ Brown, was only targeted once and had a catch for eight yards. Devonta Smith, a double receiver of 1,000 yards, had only three catches for 16 yards for the Eagles.
“AJ Brown and Devonta Smith,” said Syrian, “are altruistic.”
Dallas plays his home opening match against the Giants.
Has anyone say the revenge of the Super Bowl? The Eagles go to Kansas City seven months after a game of 40-22 in New Orleans.
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