After starting the game — and their season — with turnovers on their first two possessions, the Eagles have scored on four consecutive possessions. They have a field goal and three touchdowns.
The latest came only 51 seconds into the second half.
Jalen Hurts found A.J. Brown running free, past Jaire Alexander, for a 67-yard touchdown. It was the second-longest touchdown pass of Hurts’ career.
It has given the Eagles a 24-19 lead.
Hurts now is 15-of-23 for 221 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. He also has lost a fumble.
Brown has four receptions for 108 yards and a touchdown.
Running back Saquon Barkley has the Eagles’ other two touchdowns, scoring on an 18-yard reception and an 11-yard run.
A game that started slowly, with turnovers, penalties and slipping and falling, turned into a track meet in the second quarter. The teams combined for 30 points and 300 yards in the second period.
The Packers lead the Eagles 19-17 at halftime in Brazil on Friday night.
Receiver Jayden Reed scored two touchdowns for the Packers on a 33-yard run and a 70-yard reception. He has two catches for 79 yards and a touchdown and the touchdown run.
He’s only the sixth wide receiver in the past 20 years to score touchdowns of 30-plus yards on a reception and 20-plus yards on a run in the same game. Xavier Worthy did the same for the Chiefs on Thursday night.
The Packers hurt themselves with six penalties for 46 yards, and they settled for two chip-shot, red-zone field goals by Brayden Narveson in the first quarter.
Jordan Love is 7-of-14 for 130 yards and a touchdown, and Josh Jacobs has rushed for only 4 yards on six carries with one catch for 9 yards.
Jalen Hurts had two turnovers on the Eagles’ first two drives, throwing an interception and fumbling a shotgun snap. The Packers, though, converted the miscues into only six points.
Hurts now is 14-of-22 for 154 yards with a touchdown, an interception and a lost fumble.
Saquon Barkley, the Eagles’ big offseason free agent signing, has scored both Philadelphia touchdowns. He scored on a reception of 18 yards and a run of 11 yards. He has nine carries for 31 yards and two catches for 23 yards.
Chiefs receiver Xavier Worthy did something noteworthy Thursday night: He became only the fifth wide receiver with a 20-plus-yard touchdown run and a 30-plus-yard touchdown reception in the same game the past 20 years.
Make it six.
After nearly throwing two interceptions in the possession, Jordan Love stepped up in the pocket on third-and-10 and found Jayden Reed running free. Reed caught the pass at the Eagles 40 and avoided C.J. Gardner-Johnson at the 30 for a 70-yard touchdown.
Reed earlier had a 33-yard touchdown run.
The Packers lead 19-14 with 5:11 remaining in the first half.
Reed has two catches for 79 yards and one rush for 33 yards.
Yeah, this Saquon Barkley signing might work out just fine for the Eagles.
Barkley, who joined the team as a free agent in the offseason, signing a three-year, $37.75 million deal, scored his second touchdown in the first half of the first half.
The Eagles lead 14-12.
Barkley’s second touchdown came on an 11-yard run with 5:34 left in the half.
He scored an 18-yard touchdown on a reception from Jalen Hurts.
Since losing 5 yards on his first carry, after slipping on the slippery surface, six carries for 31 yards. So he has seven carries for 26 yards and a touchdown for the game.
The Packers couldn’t score on their two red-zone opportunities, kicking chip-shot field goals instead. The key might be to score before getting into the red zone.
Receiver Jayden Reed scored on a jet sweep, giving the Packers back the lead after Philadelphia scored the game’s first touchdown. Reed ran 33 yards to the end zone, completing a five-play, 70-yard drive.
The Packers opted to go for 2 points after Jalen Carter was offsides on the extra point, and Josh Jacobs was stopped short of the goal line on the try. The Packers lead 12-7 with 10:16 remaining in the second quarter.
Reed had a 38-yard touchdown reception negated on the Packers’ first drive when both teams had 12 players on the field for offsetting penalties.
He has one reception for 9 yards.
Jordan Love is 6-of-11 for 60 yards.
Saquon Barkley made his presence felt.
After slipping on his first carry — the Eagles’ first play from scrimmage — for a 5-yard loss, Barkley had an 11-yard run and scored the game’s first touchdown on an 18-yard pass from Jalen Hurts.
Hurts had two turnovers on the Eagles’ first two drives, throwing an interception and fumbling a shotgun snap. The Packers, though, managed only two red-zone field goals.
The Eagles now have a 7-6 lead after their 11-play, 70-yard drive.
Barkley took advantage of man-to-man coverage, matched up with linebacker Isaiah McDuffie, who was no match as Hurts placed the ball perfectly.
The Eagles and Packers both have hurt themselves early in Friday night’s game in Brazil.
It’s been sloppy so far with six accepted penalties for 52 yards. The teams also had 12 players on the field at the same time for offsetting penalties that negated a 38-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Love to Jayden Reed on the Packers’ first drive.
Green Bay ended up punting after a false start on Zach Tom with the offense on the field on fourth-and-six.
The difference thus far has been Jalen Hurts’ two turnovers
Hurts threw an interception on the Eagles’ third play, with Xavier McKinney picking a long ball intended for DeVonta Smith. McKinney returned it 17 yards to the Eagles 19.
Rasheed Walker’s holding penalty set back the Packers’ drive and led to a 31-yard field goal by Brayden Narveson.
The Eagles turned it over again on the third play of their second possession, with Hurts not ready for the shotgun snap. Devonte Wyatt recovered the fumble at the Philadelphia 13.
The Packers, though, couldn’t convert it into a touchdown with a holding penalty and an offensive pass interference penalty. They settled for another Narveson red-zone field goal, this one from 23 yards.
The Packers lead 6-0 near the end of the first quarter despite 22 consecutive plays in Philadelphia territory.
The Packers will not have running back MarShawn Lloyd on Friday night.
Lloyd entered game day with a questionable designation after not practicing Tuesday and being limited Wednesday and Thursday with a hamstring injury.
He is among the team’s inactives.
Running back Emanuel Wilson (hip) and tight end Tucker Kraft (back) are dressed to play against the Eagles after also being listed as questionable.
The Packers’ other inactives are receiver Malik Heath, defensive lineman Arron Mosby, defensive lineman Brenton Cox Jr., offensive tackle Kadeem Telfort and offensive tackle Travis Glover.
The Eagles’ inactives are outside linebacker Jalyx Hunt, offensive guard Trevor Keegan, offensive tackle Darian Kinnard, quarterback Tanner McKee, cornerback Isaiah Rodgers (hand), linebacker Devin White (ankle) and defensive tackle Byron Young. McKee will serve as the emergency third quarterback.
The NFL will be staging its first Brazilian game in a stadium where the locals despise the color green. And the NFL sent two teams to that stadium with green in their color schemes.
Appearing this morning on CNBC, Commissioner Roger Goodell was asked how that happened.
“Well, you try to pick the two best teams,” Goodell said. “And I think we have we have two historic franchises. Yes, they wear green. But I think we’ve gotten over all of that. Everybody here understands. I think you’ll see the uniforms tonight. They won’t be insulting anyone. So that’s not an issue for us.”
The Eagles have ditched green for tonight’s game. They’ll be wearing black and white. The Packers will have green letters and numbers on white jerseys, and some green on their helmets.
It really shouldn’t be an issue. If international soccer teams were wearing red at Ann Arbor or blue in Columbus, the fans presumably wouldn’t associate that with the rivals they hate.
The Packers have a pair of running backs on the injury report for Friday night’s game against the Eagles, so they called up a healthy one from the practice squad.
Ellis Merriweather has been elevated for the matchup in Sao Paolo, Brazil. He’ll go back to the practice squad after the game.
Rookie MarShawn Lloyd and Emanuel Wilson are both listed as questionable. Lloyd has a groin injury and Wilson has a hip injury. Josh Jacobs is the team’s starter in the backfield.
Merriweather was undrafted out of UMass last year and spent time on the practice squads in New Orleans and Green Bay without taking part in any regular season action.