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Eagles Visit Buccaneers With Heat Looming and Experts Leaning Philadelphia

Baker Mayfield points to Tampa’s humidity as a home-field edge.

Overview

  • Philadelphia and Tampa Bay meet Sunday at 1 p.m. at Raymond James Stadium with both teams 3-0.
  • Forecasts call for roughly 90-degree temperatures and heavy humidity; the Eagles are arriving a day early, and Mayfield says one day won’t acclimate them.
  • Jalen Hurts is set to have Lane Johnson, A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith available, while the Buccaneers will be without Mike Evans and expect backups at right guard and right tackle.
  • The Eagles are 1-4 against the Bucs in the Nick Sirianni era and have dropped three of their last four in Tampa, though they have won 17 straight games that Hurts has started and finished since last season’s loss there.
  • Hurts’ passing yardage ranks 28th entering Week 4 even as he has accounted for seven of Philadelphia’s 10 touchdowns, the defense has regressed to midpack, and national prediction panels mostly pick the Eagles.