UPDATE – The Eagles had it, nearly lost it, then Nakobe Dean saved the day in the end.
The Eagles beat the visiting Jaguars, 28-23, on Sunday to improve to 6-2 and make it four-straight wins since they came back from the bye several weeks ago.
Here’s the immediate coverage from Sunday…
• Eagles stock watch: The defense looks good, Nick Sirianni does not in win vs. Jaguars (Evan Macy)
• The pivotal plays from the Eagles’ nail-biting win over the Jaguars (Nick Tricome)
And as always, you can run back through the conversation of Sunday’s game as it happened down below.
EARLIER…
After impressive back-to-back road performances against the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Bengals, the Philadelphia Eagles return home to take on Doug Pederson and the struggling Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Eagles are relatively healthy, though they’ll be without LT Jordan Mailata, TE Dallas Goedert, and CB Darius Slay. The Jaguars are very banged up, particularly along their offensive line and at wide receiver. You can find the Eagles’ and Jaguars’ inactives here.
As we noted in our Eagles-Jaguars preview, the Jaguars have had an atrocious pass defense all season long. This is an opportunity for Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, and the Eagles’ passing attack to build some momentum. On the other side of the ball, the Jags are missing offensive linemen and receivers, so their passing attack is compromised. It is imperative that the Eagles defense slow down Tank Bigsby and the Jags’ rushing attack.
The Eagles are 7.5-point favorites heading into this matchup. Here are our staff writer picks. For the gambling degenerates, you can find my Week 9 picks around the NFL here.
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