Though we know some of the Philadelphia Eagles contingent will disagree with this, it's hard to play a better half of football than the Birds delivered during the first two quarters of their Week 5 game.
Their defensive coordinator, Sean Desai, has been asked to match wits with one of the more brilliant offensive minds in the game, Sean McVay. A back-and-forth affair has doubled as Cooper Kupp's first game back in the L.A. Rams' lineup. Most importantly, Philly walked into the locker room with a lead.
The Brotherly Love made an appearance, two times over. In one instance, it extended a drive.. In another, it served as the exclamation point to a drive that ended with six points as time expired (Jake Elliott tacked on the seventh point by way of a PAT).
Finish this sentence... No one likes us..........
— Inside The Iggles (@InsideIggles) October 8, 2023
Stop crying and stop us... #FlyEaglesFly #BrotherlyShove pic.twitter.com/ocQZ89pTxf
Some will complain. Others still take every execution of the QB sneak personally. To that we say, personally, we could care less.
Eagles QB1 Jalen Hurts sets a new NFL standard.
Jalen Hurts' 30th rushing TD was one to remember. It also set a new standard in professional football. We'll let John Gonoude do the honors.
Jalen Hurts is the first QB in #NFL history to record 30+ rushing TDs in their first 50 career games.
— John Gonoude (@john_gonoude) October 8, 2023
Jalen Hurts has now converted on 43 of 46 push sneak attempts since the start of last season including playoffs. That includes 10 of 12 from the 1-yard line.
— Tim McManus (@Tim_McManus) October 8, 2023
-- @ESPNStatsInfo
How about a this reaction? Thank Gabriella Galati.
Just settling in for another Sunday of everyone outside of Philly complaining about a QB sneak.
— Gabriella Galati (@ella_galati) October 8, 2023
As Sirianni says, “then stop it.” pic.twitter.com/HYNTM8SBRL
Oh, and for those of you who are ticked, as a special added bonus, we'd like to offer you another angle (and head coach Nick Sirianni's reaction).
Nick Sirianni was fired up after the Brotherly Shove 🔥 @Eagles
— NFL (@NFL) October 8, 2023
📺: #PHIvsLAR on FOX
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/LxW25sxPWA pic.twitter.com/y17SmF78Wb
The Eagles offense has looked very impressive in Inglewood. Birds fans are smiling, but there's still work to do in Week 5 (and, there will be work to do afterward).