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Handing out 10 awards from the Eagles-Rams game – PhillyVoice 1) The ‘Block Party’ Award: Jordan Davis. This will forever be known as the Jordan Davis game. You’ve already seen his blocked kick / scoop-and-score a dozen or so times already, but for the sake of posterity. Big man was moving! As a reminder, Davis ran a ridiculous 4.78 40 yard dash at the NFL Combine. The walk-off blocked kick aside, Davis had two other huge plays: He had a huge stop
on a Rams 4th down run play. He chased Matthew Stafford down for a sack on a 3rd down play that led to a Rams punt. The 4th down stop. Jordan Davis was an absolute beast in this game.
Eagles vs. Rams: 9 winners, 6 losers, and 3 IDKs – BGN
JORDAN DAVIS: The Jordan Davis game! It’s been a slow burn for the Eagles’ 2022 first-round pick but he finally has a signature game to his name. Davis obviously made the play of the day when he blocked the game-winning field goal attempt from Joshua Karty … and then took the ball to the end zone for his first NFL touchdown. […] The Eagles picking up his fifth-year option for the 2026 season hardly felt like a no-brainer at the time. But that move sure has aged well. At the very least, the Eagles will have Davis for one more season. But he’s very much playing his way into a long-term contract extension.
Jordan Davis put the ultimate exclamation point on Eagles’ comeback victory – SB Nation
When the Philadelphia Eagles left the field for halftime Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams, the boo birds were out at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles turned in a dreadful performance in the first half, netting -1 yards in the passing game and putting up just 34 total yards of offense as they trailed 19-7. Those same boo birds were more enraged early in the third quarter as Kyren Williams scampered into the end zone on a ten-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to stake the Rams to a 26-7 lead. Those boo birds were roaring when the clock reached zero. The Eagles came roaring back following the Williams touchdown, scoring 26 unanswered points to complete the comeback, stun the Rams, and give Philadelphia fans something to cheer about.
Eagles Shock the Rams – Iggles Blitz
Move over Body Bag game and Pickle Juice game. You now have some new company…The Jordan Davis game. Everyone has been waiting for Davis to play like the guy who was drafted 13th overall back in 2022. We finally saw that guy in the insane comeback win over the Rams. He stuffed a fourth down run. He had a sack. He was in on 5 total tackles. He saved the best for last, turning the final play of the game into an all-time Eagles moment. Blocking a FG to seal a win is off-the-charts rare. Running it back for a TD is even crazier. What makes the play even more special is that the Eagles had already blocked a FG just a few minutes before. Jalen Carter was credited with that block, but Davis was right there as well. Incredible performance by a DT. Amazing game.
The Early Bird | An inside look at Eagles DT Jordan Davis’ transformation, from a Peloton unboxing to trick-or-treaters – PHLY
Davis is hoping performances like Sunday’s solidify his status as more than just the high-upside player in a limited role due to conditioning. “I don’t want to be a flash-play player,” Davis said. “I want to be a, ‘He’s an every-down guy, he has the ability to stop the run, stop the pass, and then at the end of the day we let the chips fall where they lie.’ I just want to make sure that I’m available on the field. My role coming into this year on the field was higher, they asked more of me, and you have to work a little bit harder to answer the call.” Davis was nearly responsible for two blocked kicks in the game. He made second contact on Rams kicker Joshua Karty’s 36-yard attempt midway through the fourth quarter, which was initially swatted by Davis’ running mate Jalen Carter. After the game, Eagles coach Nick Sirianni commended Davis’ effort on the final play in a scenario that some players may take their foot off the gas for. “He’s worked so hard to get himself in great shape and be able to play the amount of snaps he played and have that last ‘oomph’ to get a blocked kick and to scoop and score to get in the end zone,” Sirianni said. “It’s pretty remarkable.”
The Winners and Losers of the NFL Week 3 – The Ringer
Winners: Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown. A minute into the third quarter of Sunday’s game against the Rams, it seemed some of the main characters of the Eagles offense—quarterback Jalen Hurts, star receiver A.J. Brown, and first-year offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo—were destined for another week of hard questions regarding the state of the unit. Philadelphia trailed the Rams by 19 points after the visitors turned a Hurts sack-fumble into a touchdown at the beginning of the second half. At that point in the game, Patullo’s offense was averaging just 1.6 yards per play, Hurts was averaging negative-1.05 EPA per dropback, and Brown hadn’t registered a catch. Forget about winning the game; simply putting together a long scoring drive felt impossible. But things change quickly in the NFL, and 29 minutes of football later, Philadelphia hadn’t just won the game: Its passing game was also back on track. Hurts threw three touchdowns to lead the comeback effort—and he got a major assist from the special teams unit. Perhaps I’m burying the lede by skipping over the blocked field goal attempt as time expired that clinched the game for Philadelphia, but the second-half resurgence of the passing game feels like the bigger story here for the team going forward.
Roob’s Instant Observations after Eagles’ biggest comeback ever at the Linc – NBCSP
Let’s talk about Jordan Davis. What a beast. What a player. Vic Fangio challenged him to get himself in shape and become the player we all knew he could be, and we started to see it at the end of last year, but he’s been on another level this year and Sunday was his best game ever – even before the clinching field goal block. Davis was everywhere. He had five tackles, a 4th-down stop, the Eagles’ only sack, a tackle for loss a quarterback hurry, a blocked field goal and that amazing 61-yard blocked field goal return as time ran out. He could be NFC Defensive Player of the Week AND NFC Special Teams Player of the Week … the same week. It’s interesting how Jalen Carter and Davis, best friends and teammates at Georgia, have changed places. Carter is playing well but Davis has been the best interior lineman on the team. Last year in the playoffs, it was Carter who made the game-winning play against the Rams in the final seconds. Sunday it was Davis. Incredible.
NFL Week 4 buy or sell: Trust 3-0 Eagles, 49ers? Plus, Daniel Jones enters MVP race – NFL.com
The Eagles needed two blocked field goals to hold off the Los Angeles Rams – one by defensive end Jalen Carter and the other by nose tackle Jordan Davis, who returned that last one 61 yards for the final points in Sunday’s 33-26 win – but they got the job done in a game they seemed likely to lose at one point. Philadelphia’s ability to overcome that 26-7 deficit is strong evidence that this team is a real threat to win a second consecutive Super Bowl. All we’ve heard in the previous two weeks were questions about this team’s feeble passing game. The Eagles had no problems flipping the switch and turning on the explosiveness when they needed to in this one. Philadelphia had 33 total yards in the first half of this contest. Jalen Hurts finished with 226 passing yards and three touchdowns, while A.J. Brown (six catches for 109 yards), DeVonta Smith and Dallas Goedert caught one scoring pass apiece. The Eagles have now won three games without looking anywhere near as impressive offensively as they did during their run to a championship last year. Some of that is likely a byproduct of acclimating to new offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo. However, it’s also fair to say the same thing about the Eagles that we’ve said about the team they trucked in last year’s Super Bowl, the Kansas City Chiefs. The Eagles clearly know how to win. They’re also quite comfortable doing it in whatever manner is necessary. DECISION: BUY.
How A.J. Brown helped Eagles shed ‘conservative’ offense: ‘I just got the ball’ – The Athletic
The Eagles’ victory will be remembered for Jordan Davis’ field goal block to maintain the undefeated record and punctuated a ferocious comeback from a 19-point deficit that proved the team’s mettle. But if the Eagles can fulfill their promise this season, it won’t be because of their ability to block field goals. Their offense has the firepower to be among the NFL’s best, yet has left observers confounded through the first two weeks — and through the first half on Sunday. The person who personified it was Brown, who had six catches for 35 yards in the first two games and was held without a catch in the first half. By the time he hugged Sirianni, he had celebrated a six-catch, 109-yard performance that included his first touchdown of the season. “I don’t mean this in a negative way, but I just got the ball,” Brown said. “I think it’s that simple.” Perhaps it is that simple. Brown is one of the best players in the league, with an early-career trajectory to Canton, Ohio. Good things happen when the ball goes to him — and it hasn’t gone to him enough in the early weeks. He’s remained professional in his public remarks, although as Sirianni admitted, “Obviously, he wants the football. Obviously, he needs to get the football.”
Amid the jubilation, an Eagle sounds a warning about the lessons of 2023 and the missteps of 2025 – Inquirer
Don’t get it twisted. Mailata wasn’t fuming. That the Eagles are 3-0 in spite of the way they’ve played partly is a testament to their greatness. They are a wholly dispiriting opponent. You must be nearly perfect to beat them, and yet they can be wholly imperfect and beat you. There is an inevitability to them. It takes a special sort of team to march 91 yards on 17 plays and score a go-ahead touchdown while taking the game clock from 8 minutes, 42 seconds to 1:48. “I think we need to be real with ourselves,” Mailata said. “We can’t just be a team that is just finding ways to win. Getting wins in the NFL is tough, but that can’t be part of our DNA. What can be part of our DNA is the fight that we displayed out here. The way that we had each other’s backs. That can be part of our DNA. But we have to tidy up, because we can’t be a team that just finds ways to win.”
Judging biggest overreactions for NFL Week 3 games – ESPN
Even with Saquon Barkley, the Eagles should try passing more! Verdict: NOT AN OVERREACTION I get that Barkley is their best player, and that if a team can generate explosive plays in the run game (which is inherently less risky than passing the ball), that’s an awesome thing to be able to do. The Eagles rode that formula to their second Super Bowl title last season. They sure as heck don’t need my advice. So think of this as more of a plea from someone who watches these games and wants them to be entertaining. Philadelphia is paying wide receivers A.J. Brown and Devonta Smith a combined $57 million a year. It’s paying its quarterback $51 million a year. I get that it’s all about winning games and it doesn’t matter how it looks and blah blah blah. But maaaan … don’t tell me it has to be ball control and the same hideous-looking rugby play every time you’re in fourth-and-1. People are paying for parking, dang it. Throw the ball! Be entertaining! After all, you’re good at it!
Spadaro’s Instant Analysis: 5 takeaways from a remarkable win over the Rams – PE.com
The passing game had not been at its best in the opening two games, plus the first half on Sunday, and then it was outstanding in quarters three and four. The Eagles had no choice, in comeback mode, but to throw the football and open things up a bit and that’s what they did. Hurts connected with wide receiver A.J. Brown six times for 109 yards and a touchdown on nine targets (one target in the first half) in the second half. DeVonta Smith had six receptions for 44 yards and a touchdown that gave the Eagles the winning points with just 1:48 remaining in the game. Tight end Dallas Goedert had just one catch, but it was a biggie, a 33-yard catch and run from Hurts to cap a 5-play, 79-yard drive that immediately followed the Rams’ touchdown that put them ahead, 26-7. Another thing to note, the Eagles went up-tempo in the second half, utilizing no huddle on over half of their plays (53.7 percent), according to NFL’s Next Gen Stats. In the first half, they had just one play using no huddle.
Rams star sounds off after last-second loss to Eagles: ‘We had that game won’ – NJ.com
“We had that game won,” Verse told NJ Advance Media after the game. “I don’t think there is any hump. I don’t think it’s anything like that. I think we just got too into ourselves and thought the game was won. We started getting outside of ourselves. People started trying to make plays. I’ll take the blame too. There were a couple of plays that I could have been better. I could have maybe stopped a first down. We just all have to be better and we’re going to be good.” Verse said they felt confident about containing the Eagles offense, especially after right tackle Lane Johnson left the game with a neck injury and did not return. Matt Pryor had the first shot at replacing Johnson, leaving Verse and his teammates salivating at the chance of getting pressure on quarterback Jalen Hurts. They succeeded and Pryor was replaced with Fred Johnson.
League office source on tush push chaos: “This is what the membership voted for” – PFT
As one source explained it on Sunday night, the play is “extremely difficult to officiate.” The officials looking down the line of scrimmage in real time have a hard time seeing when linemen get a split-second head start. And, obviously, the game officials don’t have the benefit of seeing slow-motion replays from multiple camera angles that reveal an uncalled false start. But that’s the reality of continuing to keep the play on the books. As the same source said, “This is what the membership voted for.”
Did the Rams have a bad offseason? Who is to blame? – Turf Show Times
Sean McVay – Coach always takes the blame. And the Rams offense was bad on Sunday. Ignore the total number of points, although there’s nothing really special about scoring 26. 7 points in the second half, 7 of the 26 points were gifted off of a turnover, 6 of the 26 points were field goals on a short field, Red zone success was bad (1 TD), 3rd down: 3-of-10. Credit where credit is due because the Rams finally got the run game offense going (only because McVay FINALLY let Blake Corum cook) but he’s the head coach. He has responsibility for blowing a 26-7 second half lead.
NFL Week 4 Opening Odds: Buccaneers vs. Eagles – Bucs Nation
Tampa Bay’s struggles will hopefully end next week when left tackle Tristan Wirfs reportedly returns to action. Veteran wide receiver Mike Evans exited the game against the Jets in the fourth quarter after injuring his hamstring. He may miss several weeks if confirmed, however, the Buccaneers might be in luck as receiver Chris Godwin may be returning to the lineup as well along with Wirfs.
Isaiah Rodgers Sets NFL Record – Daily Norseman
Isaiah Rodgers is having the game of his professional life at U.S. Bank Stadium this afternoon, as he’s probably already sewn up NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors, and has set an NFL record in the process. Rodgers has an 87-yard pick six, a 66-yard fumble return for a touchdown, and another forced fumble in the Vikings’ game against the Cincinnati Bengals this afternoon. He is now the first player in NFL history to have a fumble return touchdown, an interception return touchdown, and two forced fumbles in one game. Let me emphasize. . .Rodgers has done this in one half of play.
Game Recap: Commanders crush Raiders with 3 rushing TDs and a strong game by QB Marcus Mariota – Hogs Haven
Recap of Washington’s Week 3 win.
10 thoughts on the Cowboys 31-14 loss to the Bears – Blogging The Boys
The Dallas Cowboys didn’t play well on Sunday, losing to the Chicago Bears 31-14. Most expected it to be a good battle as both teams have issues on defense, but it was the Cowboys who showed themselves to be most vulnerable. An injury to a star player early seemed to take the life out of the offense, and it wasn’t very long before this one was unbearable to watch. Here are 10 thoughts on this disappointing defeat on Sunday.
Giants-Chiefs ‘Kudos & Wet Willies’: Another bad night for New York – Big Blue View
Russell Wilson — “We want Dart.” The chants from Giants fans for rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart started in the second quarter after Wilson’s second interception. In the fourth quarter, when Dart replaced Wilson for a couple of plays with the Giants in the red zone, fans booed when Wilson came back in the game and Dart exited. As good as Wilson was last Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys, throwing for 450 yards and three touchdowns in a throwback performance, he was that bad against the Chiefs. Wilson ended up 18 of 32 for 160 yards and two interceptions Sunday night.
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