Sometimes, “a win is a win” feels like a cope. In this case, though, the Philadelphia Eagles should feel legitimately happy after their Week 1 win over the Dallas Cowboys. Regardless of how they got it done, they did, and that’s what matters most this early in the season. Especially when it originally felt like things might spiral out of …
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The richer get rich. The Eagles have agreed to terms with linebacker Za’Darius Smith, according to NFL Media. It’s a one-year deal. The Browns traded Smith to the Lions during the 2024 season. In the offseason, the Lions terminated the balance of Smith’s contract. There had been periodic suggestions that a reunion was in the offing. That’s now off. Smith …
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The Cowboys had their first taste of life without Micah Parsons on Thursday against the Philadelphia Eagles. Dallas’ team owner, Jerry Jones, was encouraged by what he saw. While there were some hiccups, Jones believes the Cowboys can handle the storm and the difficulties of not having their star player on the team any longer. While he refrained from saying …
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PHILADELPHIA — Five hours after Jalen Carter was disqualified from the Eagles’ season-opening win over the Dallas Cowboys before he even played a down, the star defensive tackle remained in the locker room. He hugged defensive tackles Jordan Davis and Moro Ojomo, both of whom needed to take on almost every defensive snap in Carter’s absence. He vowed that an …
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“Man, that was terrible,” said the record-setting All-Pro receiver. “I can’t point fingers at anybody else. I take full accountability and everything else that comes with that. As a player, I’ve prayed for moments like that, and for the ball to come my way. To not come up with it, it stings a little bit.” On paper, Lamb had a …
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It was one slimy misunderstanding. Eagles star defensive tackle Jalen Carter was swiftly ejected from the first game of the NFL season, but there was more to the situation than initially believed. After the NBC broadcast eventually showed footage of Dak Prescott spitting first, former Cowboys coach and current NBC host Jason Garrett said on the postgame show that Carter …
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Philadelphia — Jalen Hurts rushed for two touchdowns for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, who lost their hot-tempered star defender for spitting on Dak Prescott, then withstood a rare weather delay and needed a late stop to beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-20 early Friday in a wild start to the NFL season. With one last chance at a comeback, …
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Todd ArcherSep 5, 2025, 03:00 AM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. PHILADELPHIA — Pro Bowl wide receiver CeeDee Lamb shouldered the blame for the Dallas Cowboys‘ season-opening, 24-20 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on …
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Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni wasn’t happy with defensive tackle Jalen Carter getting ejected for spitting on Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott before the first snap of the game on Thursday night. Bus Sirianni refused to say what the Eagles will do about it. “I’m going to keep all our conversations, and all my disciplinary things in-house, but we’ve got to …
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