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6d ago

Eagles Edge Cowboys 24-20 in Opener After Pre-Snap Ejection and 65-Minute Lightning Delay

Philadelphia’s title defense began on banner night defined by Jalen Carter’s pre-snap ejection.

Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter walks off the field after getting ejected for spitting at Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott in the first quarter.
Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Jalen Carter was ejected for spitting at an opponent in the season-opening game against the Dallas Cowboys.
Carter (No. 98) apologized after being ejected for spitting at an opponent.
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Overview

  • Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter was ejected before the first snap for spitting on Dak Prescott, and the 15-yard penalty set up Dallas’s opening-drive touchdown.
  • Referee Shawn Smith deemed it a disqualifiable, non-football act; Carter later called it a mistake, and Prescott said he hadn’t intended to spit at Carter after broadcast footage showed him spitting earlier in Carter’s direction.
  • Jalen Hurts completed 19 of 23 passes for 152 yards and rushed for two touchdowns, Saquon Barkley added a 10-yard score, and Jake Elliott hit a 58-yard field goal as Philadelphia built a lead.
  • Play was halted for roughly 65 minutes because of nearby lightning, and no points were scored after the delay, with the Eagles clinching it on a late fourth-and-3 incompletion by Prescott.
  • The matchup came a week after Dallas traded Micah Parsons to Green Bay, leaving a reworked Cowboys pass rush in Brian Schottenheimer’s head-coaching debut.