NEW YORK — Big East commissioner Val Ackerman was finished with her introductory remarks Tuesday morning, and it was time to take a photo. She invited the 11 men’s basketball coaches onto the Madison Square Garden court, and there was new Villanova coach Kevin Willard, hugging St. John’s coach Rick Pitino, whom he has known for years and worked under at Louisville.
Willard made the rounds. There was Ed Cooley, whom Willard later called one of the best tactical offensive coaches in the sport.
Villanova freshman point guard Acaden Lewis said he hasn’t seen Willard smiling quite like he has over the last two days in New York.
“It feels good to be back home, especially back in the Garden,” said Willard, who played at Pittsburgh when the school was a Big East member and coached 12 seasons at Seton Hall. “I missed the Big East tournament. I missed the battles that we had in here.”
Media day means preseason poll day, and if the other programs are onto something, Willard’s Wildcats will need to make some kind of run at that conference tournament in March to avoid Villanova missing the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive season. The Wildcats were picked to finish seventh in the preseason poll of the league’s 11 head coaches. It’s a two-horse race at the top, with Pitino’s Red Storm getting seven first-place votes, three more than Connecticut.
“To be honest with you, I don’t even know who’s on anyone’s team,” Willard said when asked about his team’s preseason ranking.
That has to make voting hard, right?
“I didn’t vote,” Willard said. “I don’t know who voted for us. I think someone did.”
Someone must have, but Willard’s response — and his abstaining from the voting process — speaks to the meaningless nature of these preseason exercises that have become even more useless in the transient world of college basketball. Villanova brought with Willard a freshman point guard, Lewis, and junior guard Tyler Perkins, one of its two returning scholarship players from last season’s roster.
Villanova’s new coach, Kevin Willard, watches his team during an open practice at the Finneran Pavilion on July 28.
The rest of the Wildcats mostly are unknown to Villanova season ticket-holders, let alone opposing programs that haven’t had any need to dig into rival rosters at this part of the calendar. No Villanova players made it onto the three preseason all-conference teams.
Willard was asked what he thought about the two-headed race at the top of the conference and mentioned, again, that he didn’t really know who was on either team. He was also asked what he thought those St. John’s-UConn games might be like later this season.
“I don’t care,” he said jokingly to a reporter. “I don’t. I’m not playing in them, why do I care what they’re like?
“I didn’t know this was St. John’s-UConn. It’s the V,” he said, pointing to the Villanova banner behind him.
While the event was “like riding a bike” to Willard, representing Villanova on the annual preseason stage was new. His first look at his roster against real competition came Sunday in an exhibition against Virginia Commonwealth, and the Wildcats won, 70-51. They play again Friday in an exhibition at Virginia before opening the season for real Nov. 3 against No. 8 BYU in Las Vegas.
Villanova will play 11 nonconference games before it opens Big East play on Dec. 23, when Willard will make his first trip as Wildcats coach to his old stomping grounds at Seton Hall, which was picked last in Tuesday’s poll.
By then, a lot more will be known about his new-look team — and the rest of the Big East, for that matter.
“I actually watched a podcast yesterday while I was waiting for dinner, and it’s kind of comical,” Willard said. “Preseason polls now, I don’t know how anyone ranks anybody. No one literally has any idea how these kids are all going to fit together, play together. No one’s really dove through people’s schedules to see what’s going on. There’s so much that goes into this. Like, KenPom, how can you have KenPom rankings? It doesn’t make any sense.
“I just don’t get it. This time of year, I just think you have to play basketball and see how everybody is.”
The Villanova women’s basketball team was picked to finish fourth in its preseason poll Tuesday morning.
The Wildcats trail defending national champion UConn, Marquette, and Seton Hall.
Villanova’s Jasmine Bascoe, a first-team all-conference selection last season after collecting 16.2 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, was named a preseason first-team selection.
Seven months after he gave a tear-filled speech announcing his retirement following 15 seasons with the Eagles, Brandon Graham is set rejoin the team, league sources told The Inquirer.
Graham, 37, is the Eagles’ all-time leader in games played with 206, a number he will add to, and his 76½ sacks rank third in team history. He returns to the Eagles at a time when they desperately need help at his position.
An already thin group of edge rushers took a hit last week when Za’Darius Smith abruptly retired from football. Then Azeez Ojulari went down with a hamstring injury during the first quarter Sunday in Minneapolis. Nolan Smith and Ogbo Okoronkwo are both on injured reserve with triceps injuries. Smith is due back, likely after the Week 9 bye week, but Okoronkwo’s season is over.
A reunion with the Eagles became more of a possibility as the injuries mounted, and Graham is a low-cost addition who adds depth and leadership to the defense. They still might make a move for another pass rusher. The rush had a stronger performance Sunday, with Joshua Uche earning his first sack of the season, but the edge rushers have not consistently gotten to quarterbacks for impact plays.
The Eagles had an open spot on the 53-man roster and do not have to make a corresponding move after adding Graham.
It’s unclear how much ramp-up time Graham will need before he sees the field. The Eagles play Sunday at home vs. the New York Giants before hitting their bye week. They come out of the bye with a Nov. 10 Monday Night Football game in Green Bay.
Graham admitted he played better than he even expected last year during what was supposed to be his farewell tour of sorts. But his regular season ended when he suffered a torn triceps in a Week 12 win over the Los Angeles Rams, against whom he picked up his fourth sack of the season. It was possible at the time that Graham’s NFL playing career ended on the SoFi Stadium field, but he made a remarkable comeback to play in Super Bowl LIX.
Brandon Graham got his fourth sack of the season against the Rams in Week 12, but he also suffered a torn triceps that kept him out until the Super Bowl.
Graham logged 13 snaps during the Eagles’ blowout win in New Orleans in February, but he also suffered a second torn triceps. His retirement life has featured his own podcast, Brandon Graham Unblocked, and public appearances.
How impactful will he be on the field? That question doesn’t have a clear answer. The Eagles entered Sunday with just nine sacks, and only six teams had fewer. They got two more Sunday, one from an edge rusher, but lost another in the process. Graham might be more useful at the start against the run, helping to set the edge.
Graham would bring “the juice, the energy, the vibe,” linebacker Zack Baun said. “He just lives his life with so much to give. Obviously his play as well. I thought last year, him retiring, he was at the point where he could still do a lot and still go out there and play and play well. But I think we miss his vibe in the locker room.”
Edge rusher Patrick Johnson, who has been with the Eagles since 2021, with a brief stop with the Giants last season, said he’d seen the rumors on social media. If Graham was to return, Johnson said he’d be a welcomed presence to his position group.
“He’s going to bring that spark that we need for sure and that leadership,” Johnson said.
Graham’s former locker stall was given to Za’Darius Smith, whose role with the Eagles was to include a veteran presence for a position group in transition. Smith was logging 26-plus snaps per game with the Eagles, and while the team probably won’t ask Graham to step into that kind of workload, at least not right away, they will ask him to step back into that stall and assume his typical off-field duties.
“BG is BG, man,” said defensive tackle Moro Ojomo, who leads the Eagles with three sacks. “He’s just an amazing guy. I love to be around that guy.
“Jeffrey Lurie said it last year, said it perfectly, that there are people that are energy takers and energy givers and BG is an energy giver, and I think we all feel that.”
“You’re always going to feel like you can do something,” he said. “You want people to grow, too, and right now it’s hard for some people. It’s hard, especially for the young guys.
“They got some battles that they got to fight, but if they do it together, they’ll be in a good spot.”
Now, he’ll be part of helping that happen.
Staff writer Jeff McLane contributed to this story.
Brandon Graham set to come out of retirement to rejoin Eagles
Brandon Graham appears ready to come back to the Birds.
Seven months after he gave a tear-filled speech announcing his retirement following 15 seasons with the Eagles, Brandon Graham is set rejoin the team, league sources told The Inquirer.
Graham, 37, is the Eagles’ all-time leader in games played with 206, a number he will add to, and is third with 76½ sacks. He returns to the Eagles at a time when they desperately need help at his position.
An already thin group of edge rushers took a hit last week when Za’Darius Smith abruptly retired from football. Then Azeez Ojulari went down with a hamstring injury during the first quarter Sunday in Minneapolis. Nolan Smith and Ogbo Okoronkwo are both on injured reserve with triceps injuries. Smith is due back, likely after the Week 9 bye week, but Okoronkwo’s season is over.
A reunion with the Eagles became more of a possibility as the injuries mounted, and Graham is a low-cost addition that adds depth and leadership to the defense. They still might need to make a move for another pass rusher. The rush had a stronger performance Sunday, with Joshua Uche earning his first sack of the season, but they have not consistently gotten to quarterbacks for impact plays.
The Eagles had an open spot on the 53-man roster and do not have to make a corresponding move after adding Graham.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts lines up for a Tush Push during the first quarter against the Minnesota Vikings.
When the Eagles lined up for their first Tush Push Sunday, the Vikings showed a new wrinkle the Eagles hadn’t yet seen as NFL teams try to stop the play the Eagles are so good at.
The Vikings had linebacker Tyler Batty lie down in front of Cam Jurgens.
The Eagles’ first attempt was a successful push, though it was close. They lined up to run the play once more, and the Vikings did the same thing, but A.J. Brown jumped offsides and the Eagles were forced to back up.
“We ran it one time and we got it one time,” Sirianni said.
“We’re always going to see new and unique ways. That’s not new to us. When you run something the amount of times that we’ve ran that play, you’re going to see everything. You’re going to see unique ways. You’re going to see teams working on that all offseason to try to figure out how to stop it. We’ve seen a ton, but then they threw something a little bit different at us.
“We’re ready for that. We’re ready to account for that and we’re expecting those different things. We’ll have little wrinkles based on how they’re lining up to counter some of those things.”
New York Giants cornerback Cordale Flott intercepts a pass intended for Eagles wide receiver Jahan Dotson during their Week 6 matchup on “Thursday Night Football.”
Nick Sirianni said the Eagles will treat this game week like it’s any other game, though he did say it was a “unique” game week for the Eagles considering they played the Giants 12 days before game planning for them was again due to begin.
“It’s a unique game in that you play a team a second time, and it’s even more unique that it’s been one game of games since then,” Sirianni said.
“You have things that you look at because it’s slightly different, but nothing changes in respect to your process. You still have a week to prepare. All the things, business as usual. But we’ll have some things that we look at as coaches knowing that we just played them and we know they will as well.”
The Eagles will have plenty to study from their 34-17 loss at MetLife Stadium in Week 6, but they’ve already poured over that film plenty during the mini-bye that followed that Thursday night game.
The Giants, meanwhile, suffered a heartbreaking defeat and blew a late lead Sunday in Denver.
Eagles center Cam Jurgens was injured on the first play against the Vikings.
Nick Sirianni said he hadn’t yet met with the Eagles’ medical team when he spoke via Zoom with reporters late Monday afternoon but planned to later in the day — not that the Eagles’ head coach would have revealed much about the status of center Cam Jurgens a day after Jurgens left the Eagles’ 28-22 win in Minneapolis with a right knee injury.
Jurgens appeared to suffer the injury on the first play of the game and wore a brace during the team’s second offensive possession. By the third drive, Brett Toth was in at center.
Toth said after the game that Jurgens would have an MRI.
Jurgens had back surgery after the Super Bowl and has not played like the Jurgens of last season at times through seven games this season.
The Eagles play the Giants Sunday and then have their bye week, which will be welcomed timing for an offensive line that has been banged up.
“We’ll see,” Sirianni said when asked about Jurgens’ status. “I know he’ll do everything he can do to be ready as soon as he possibly can.”
A first for Andy Reid, and other NFL odds and ends
The Chiefs’ win against the Raiders was a first for Andy Reid.
Before Sunday, former Eagles coach Andy Reid had 304 NFL wins, including playoffs. He’d won three Super Bowls and he’d coached in three more.
But he’d never had a shutout.
Then on Sunday he faced Pete Carroll and the injury-depleted Raiders in Kansas City and won, 31-0.
This is remarkable, considering the four coaches near Reid’s win total — Don Shula, George Halas, Bill Belichick, who are ahead of him, and Tom Landry, whom he passed two years ago — all have at least a dozen shutouts.
Granted, Shula, Halas, and Landry coached in an era in which scoring was less prolific, but Belichick is a contemporary. And anyway, when you coach teams as successful as the Eagles and Chiefs, you’d expect more than one shutout among 305 wins.
More from across the NFL
Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons.
Packers edge Micah Parsons, the biggest offseason name to change teams, finally went off Sunday. He delivered the last of his career-high three sacks with 27 seconds to play in Arizona. He’d had just 2½ sacks in his first five games since being traded by the Cowboys just after preseason, then signing a four-year, $186 million extension.
At this point, Shane Steichen is the runaway leader in the Coach of the Year race. The Colts are 6-1, and while all of their wins aren’t impressive — Titans, Raiders, Cardinals, Dolphins — they beat Justin Herbert’s 420-yard effort on the road Sunday against the L.A. Chargers. Steichen also has turned Giants bust Daniel Jones into an MVP candidate.
The craziest scene among the crazy scenes during the Giants’ mile-high collapse at Denver was, just before the New York’s last touchdown, the spectacle of coach Sean Payton losing his mind and running into the middle of the field at the goal line to protest a pass interference penalty on his defense. Like, all the way to the 2-yard line. Right in the middle of the action. It was like something out of an awful Oliver Stone football movie.
Broncos flagged for defensive pass interference near the goal line, and Sean Payton picks up a personal foul 🤯 pic.twitter.com/dea5mYPQo8
Really impressive first half especially from #Eagles EDGE Jalyx Hunt. His pick six is obviously the highlight but he did a nice job on the second defensive snap of the game by re-routing Vikings TE T.J. Hockenson on play action and forcing a difficult angle throw. pic.twitter.com/zifjacGHYf
#Eagles DB Cooper DeJean had quality reps matched up with Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison each in man coverage down in the redzone. Was underneath a corner route off play-action on the first play, then knocks the ball away from Jefferson's hands on a goalline fade. pic.twitter.com/vpJKhnhGlA
Former Eagles defender wants more ‘consistency’ after Birds’ win
While one former defensive end, Brandon Graham, mulls a comeback, another, Chris Long, is still hesitant about the Birds despite the win, after even an improved offense had to leg it out against a backup quarterback in Wentz.
“This is a definite step in the right direction when it comes to the big-play ability of the offense,” Long said. “You’d love to see them play with more rhythm. I’m not sitting up here hating on a win on the road, but I would like to see a little bit more consistency. If you play like that against a major league quarterback, it might not go that way.”
Wentz finished 313 yards and a pair of interceptions through the air, and another 28 yards on the ground.
Despite the too-close-for-comfort win, the offensive line was “fantastic” and Jalen Hurts was “perfect,” so it was still a big improvement over the Birds’ two previous losses, according to Long.
A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith celebrate during Sunday’s win against the Vikings.
The Eagles and the New York Giants have already met this season in a Week 6 matchup that resulted in a 34-17 loss for the Eagles.
Heading into their last matchup, the Birds were coming off of their first loss of the season to the Denver Broncos. Four days later, in a quick turnaround, they traveled to MetLife Stadium to compete against the Giants on Thursday Night Football.
After two consecutive losses, the Eagles have returned to the win column with a win over the Minnesota Vikings in a game that saw Hurts throw for 326 yards and three touchdowns in a fantastic performance with his two star receivers, who each exceeded 100 yards.
Meanwhile, the Giants are coming off an embarrassing 33-32 loss to the Broncos, giving up a 19-0 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Ahead of their Week 8 matchup, the sportsbooks are favoring Philadelphia as they open as 7-point favorites.
‘I think we miss his vibe in the locker room’: Eagles players on Brandon Graham’s potential return
Brandon Graham may pause his budding media career to rejoin the Eagles.
Jalyx Hunt was unaware, or at least acted like he was, that Brandon Graham may be nearing a return to the Eagles. Perhaps the edge rusher was locked in before the game and didn’t see the social media reports.
But after the Eagles won on Sunday — a victory Hunt had a big role in — Hunt was asked if he had seen the reports that “BG is considering a return to football, a return to the Eagles.”
“Brandon Graham?” Hunt replied. “Shout out BG. Shout out BG.”
What would Graham’s return mean?
“Appreciate the heads up … anything in the room is added. He’s got years of experience. … We’re just going to use him as a well and excited to have him back. That’s the guy.”
Zack Baun was similarly surprised.
“Oh, really? Oh, [expletive],” Baun said when asked about the topic.
What could Graham bring?
“The juice, the energy, the vibe,” Baun said. “He just lives his life with so much to give. Obviously his play as well. I thought last year, him retiring, he was at the point where he could still do a lot and still go out there and play and play well. But I think we miss his vibe in the locker room.”
Edge rusher Patrick Johnson said he’d seen the rumors on social media. If Graham does return, Johnson said he’d be a welcomed presence to his position group.
“He’s going to bring that spark that we need for sure and that leadership,” Johnson said.
Graham’s former locker stall was given to Za’Darius Smith, but now it’s open, a fact pointed out by Moro Ojomo.
“BG is BG, man,” Ojomo said. “He’s just an amazing guy. I love to be around that guy.
“Jeffrey Lurie said it last year, said it perfectly, that there are people that are energy takers and energy givers and BG is an energy giver and I think we all feel that.”
Jalen Hurts had a perfect passer rating against the Vikings.
The Eagles wanted to run the ball. They wanted to emerge from the mini-bye — just like they had after breaks in previous seasons — with a ground-focused offensive attack.
They just couldn’t.
But it didn’t matter, ultimately, at least on this day. Jalen Hurts and the drop-back pass game delivered the kind of explosive performance that has mostly been lacking from the offense this season, the kind needed after a two-game losing streak had even the Eagles doubting themselves.
The Eagles quarterback confirmed his quote that was videoed and posted on social media by an NBC Sports reporter.
“That’s all I could think about throughout these last two weeks,” Hurts said. “Having opportunities to finish the game, to finish the fourth quarter. I really think this is the first time we’ve finished the fourth quarter and then finished in the second half. …
“There was some fire there, but within that fire you have to be the calm.”
Hurts sparked a dormant offense with a career-best statistical outing in which he completed 19 of 23 throws for 326 yards and three touchdowns. And he was a steely eyed presence against a Vikings pass defense that entered first in expected points added (EPA) per dropback.
Eagles snap counts: Jalen Carter back to being a workhorse
Jalen Carter pressures Carson Wentz during the Eagles win over the Vikings Sunday.
Here are some notes and thoughts from Sunday’s Eagles snap counts vs. the Minnesota Vikings:
With AJ Dillon as a healthy scratch, Tank Bigsby saw his first work of the season with the offense. He was on the field for four offensive snaps and carried once for 11 yards while hauling in one pass for a one-yard loss. Will Shipley, meanwhile, was on the field for eight snaps while Saquon Barkley (39 snaps) saw 78% of the action.
Cam Jurgens was on the field for 15 plays before Brett Toth (35 snaps) came on in relief. Jurgens’ injury will be one to monitor as the Eagles prepare for their final game before a Week 9 bye.
The Eagles used a heavy package a few times, bringing backup tackle Fred Jackson onto the field. They went heavy on DeVonta Smith’s 79-yard touchdown score. Jalen Hurts took an under-center snap, faked to Barkley, and hit Smith for the longest reception of Smith’s career.
The Eagles did not use a fourth wide receiver. John Metchie dressed but didn’t see the field.
Tight end EJ Jenkins dressed for the first time this season after being elevated from the practice squad. He saw five snaps.
On defense, the Eagles worked Nakobe Dean back into a role with the defense one week after he was activated from the PUP list to make his season debut vs. the Giants. Dean played 31 snaps. Jihaad Campbell’s workload didn’t decrease much, as he got plenty of work on the edge and finished with 60 snaps (87%).
Cooper DeJean played the entire game on defense (69 snaps) while also adding five special teams snaps and one on offense (he is the deep “safety” when the Eagles are in victory formation).
Azeez Ojulari was on the field for the Eagles’ first defensive play, but he only played four snaps before a hamstring injury knocked him from the contest. An already thin group of edge rushers took another hit. Patrick Johnson saw his largest workload of the season with 26 snaps. Jalyx Hunt, meanwhile, saw 52 snaps while Joshua Uche played 33.
A few weeks after Vic Fangio questioned his fitness level, Jalen Carter was back to being a workhorse once again. Carter was on the field for 67 of a possible 69 snaps.
Adoree’ Jackson got the start at cornerback opposite Quinyon Mitchell but ended up with nearly an equal share of snaps to Kelee Ringo (22 snaps), who came on for Jackson (23 snaps) after Jackson suffered a concussion.
Kick returner Xavier Gipson dressed for the first time. He was on the field for seven special teams plays. He returned five kicks for 128 yards (25.6 yards per return).
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. walks off the field at the end of the first quarter.
Three Eagles players exited the game due to injury in the first quarter — center Cam Jurgens (knee), edge rusher Azeez Ojulari (hamstring), and linebacker Jeremiah Trotter Jr. (ankle).
All three players were ruled out in the third quarter.
Adoree’ Jackson went down in the third quarter after he appeared to hit his head while colliding with T.J. Hockenson. He was quickly ruled out with a concussion.
Ojomo was also evaluated for a concussion in the fourth quarter when he collided head-first with Kelee Ringo, who had entered the game in relief of Jackson.
Eagles numbers: Sirianni remains perfect, Hurts matches Birds history
Nick Sirianni is a perfect 9-0 against NFC North teams.
The Eagles are 5-2 or better through seven games for the fourth consecutive season, which is tied for the longest stretch in franchise history, a record that dates back to the 1950 season. The last time the Eagles got off to 5-2 starts or better in consecutive seasons was a three-year stretch from 1979 to 81.
Here are some other historical numbers from Sunday courtesy of the Eagles:
King of the North: Nick Sirianni is 9-0 against NFC North teams. That’s the most wins without a loss by a team against any division since 2021.
Jalen Hurts is the third passer in Eagles history to have a perfect passer rating (158.3), joining Nick Foles (Nov. 3, 2013 at Oakland) and Donovan McNabb (Sept. 23, 2007 vs. Detroit). Hurts logged his most passing yards (326) since Dec. 4, 2022 vs. Tennessee (380).
DeVonta Smith posted a career-high 183 yards and A.J. Brown had a season-high 121. They combined for 304 yards and three touchdowns on 13 receptions Sunday. It was the first time both receivers had 100-plus yards in the same game since Dec. 12, 2024 vs. Pittsburgh.
Smith’s 183 yards are the most by a player so far during the 2025 season.
The Eagles held the Vikings to one touchdown and five field goals in the red zone. The 16.7% opponent red zone touchdown efficiency tied for the Eagles’ best mark since 2000 in games in which they faced 6-plus opponent red zone drives (Sept. 19, 2013 vs. Kansas City).
A.J. Brown’s comments after TD catch caught by Fox
A.J. Brown celebrates during Sunday’s win against the Vikings.
Comments made by A.J. Brown are making the rounds again, but this time they’re cloaked in an Eagles’ victory.
After Brown scored his second touchdown during Sunday’s win against the Minnesota Vikings, Fox’s camera picked up the star wide receiver venting a bit about his last of production in recent weeks.
“Just throw me the f— ball!” Brown shouted.
AJ Brown after his 2nd TD of the day (and after DeVonta Smith also just broke his career high for a game): “Just throw the fucking ball!” pic.twitter.com/qSMQG1mw3r
A lot has been written about the Eagles’ offensive struggles in recent weeks. None of that was apparent Sunday, with Hurts throwing for 326 yards and three touchdowns, ending the day with a perfect passer rating.
“Jalen Hurts was fantastic,” The Inquirer’s Jeff McLane wrote. “He seems to always play his best when doubt seeps in about his abilities.”
Brown hauled in four of those passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns, including a 45-yard catch late in the fourth quarter that sealed the win. It’s just the second time he’s eclipsed 100 receiving yards all season, and comes after the star let his frustrations with the offense go public.
Eagles to face the Giants in kelly green before heading into bye week
The Giants and rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart will be headed to Philly Sunday.
The Eagles (5-3) will face the New York Giants (2-5) for the second time in three weeks Sunday, this time at the Linc.
The Giants easily handled the Eagles in Week 6 on a Thursday night game (on the same night the Phillies were eliminated from the playoffs). This time around, New York is coming off a last-second loss to the Denver Broncos, who scored 33 points in the fourth quarter after being held scoreless through three quarters.
“This is going to haunt us for a long time,” Giants tight end Daniel Bellinger told reporters after the game.
The Eagles hope so. The Birds opened up as early favorites against a Giants defense that’s fourth-worst in the NFL in yards allowed (376 yards per game).
Saquon Barkley was wearing kelly green during his “reverse hurdle” against the Jaguars last season.
The Birds will be decked out in their kelly green uniforms for the first time this season. It’s the first of three games the Eagles will wear their classic, fan-favorite jerseys, which they’ll also don in Week 12 against the Dallas Cowboys and Week 18 against the Washington Commanders.
So far, the throwbacks have been good luck. Since bringing them back in 2023, the Birds are an undefeated 4-0 while wearing kelly green.
Jalen Hurts claps after the Eagles beat the Vikings Sunday.
The Eagles grew their lead in the NFC East Sunday, thanks to the Birds’ win against the Vikings and the Dallas Cowboys’ blowout of the Washington Commanders.
The Birds are one and a half games up on the Cowboys thanks to their tie against the Green Bay Packers in Week 4. Meanwhile, the New York Giants slid further down the standings with their wild loss against the Denver Broncos on Sunday.
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