Sunday marked a recreation complete of firsts for the 1-0 Eagles. Here’s a recap of their Week 1 victory, as instructed through firsts:
• The season-opener doubled as their first win of the 2022 season; the Eagles gained 38-35 against the Lions. The win improved the collection record to 19-16-2 usual and four-2 at Ford discipline.
• the game marked Hurts’ first with the same playcaller (Offensive Coordinator Shane Steichen) for a consecutive year. He hasn’t had that stage of continuity considering that he become 17 years vintage at Channelview high school in which his father, Averion, become the top educate. He completed the sport with 243 yards passing on 18-of-32 completions, plus ninety dashing yards and one landing on 17 contains.
“I suppose it changed into a tough-fought victory and i assume what I cherished the most approximately this crew become simply popping out here Week 1, gambling towards the new warring parties, seeing a new face, how resilient we were,” stated Hurts.
“We talked about no longer using waves of the game, being able to manage what we will, and there were instances in which the execution wasn’t as we might like it to be on both aspects of the ball. However I assume in the long run, what made the distinction? Properly, we had been resilient. We played collectively, through the best, the awful, and ugly. And we had every other’s backs.”
• The deafening offered-out crowd within the Ford discipline dome turned into the primary time the Lions resorted to supplying status room-handiest tickets in a non-Thanksgiving game due to the fact 2017. The roaring atmosphere proved to be an early undertaking for the Eagles’ offense – their least favorable drive become their first.
“The environment become crazy. We barely should pay attention (Hurts),” wide receiver A.J. Brown stated. “however how he managed the game, I suppose he did really well. I am positive he’s going to say it wasn’t true enough. However this is the mentality he has, and i’m thankful he has that mentality, because for everybody, it wasn’t desirable enough.”
But the offense found its footing soon after. Hurts mixed for 256 offensive yards in the first half of, that is the maximum he is produced inside the first half of a sport in his entire profession.
• Twelve gamers made their ordinary season debut in an Eagles uniform. For six novices, it become their first time dressing for an NFL game. 8 gamers went in the sport for their first time as an Eagle.
CB James Bradberry
WR A.J. Brown
WR Britain Covey
DT Jordan Davis
LB Nakobe Dean
S C.J. Gardner-Johnson
CB Josh Jobe
LB Kyron Johnson
C Cam Jurgens
WR Zach Pascal
LB Haason Reddick
LB Kyzir White
• It became the primary time 4 extraordinary Eagles had speeding touchdowns considering the fact that October 22, 1961. RB Kenneth Gainwell, QB Jalen Hurts, RB Miles Sanders, and RB Boston Scott all rushed for a rating, that’s the most the Eagles have ever had in a season-opener. The final time that befell become 61 years ago against Dallas with touchdowns from Billy Ray Barnes, Ted Dean, Clarence Peaks, and Theron Sapp.
• protection Marcus Epps led the protection in his first starting day begin. Epps had a group-high 8 solo tackles, 10 mixed as he entered his first season projected to be a full-time starter.
• A.J. Brown set a group file for most receiving yards in his first game as an Eagle. He recorded a remarkable 155 yards on 10 receptions, crushing his private career excessive. His high-quality overall performance covered a 54-yard seize from Hurts with forty six seconds ultimate inside the 2nd region. “That become a dime. It fell out of the sky,” Brown said.
He recorded the maximum receiving yards in the first 1/2 in a NFL crew debut via any non-rookie due to the fact as a minimum 1991. He additionally recorded the most receiving yards in a unmarried recreation with the aid of an Eagle with Hurts at the helm.
• James Bradberry recorded the primary interception of the Eagles’ 2022 marketing campaign. The cornerback returned the pick for a 27-yard touchdown, which marked his first career rating and his sixteenth interception.
• Kyzir White recorded his first tackle on the primary protective play of the sport. He took down Philadelphia local and Lions’ dashing leader D’Andre swift in the opening seconds of the sport – it changed into his first of 5 tackles. White additionally performed an indispensable function in Bradberry’s scoring play; he tipped Lions quarterback Jared Goff’s bypass meant for tight quit T.J. Hockenson, creating an possibility for the pick out.
• Brandon Graham and Fletcher Cox labored in tandem to get the primary sack of the season. The veterans knocked down Goff within the fourth area; the two sit at fourth and fifth, respectively, for all-time sacks within the Eagles’ report ebook. Graham recorded a group-high three pressures in his first sport returned from an Achilles injury that left him sidelined for all however games all through the 2021 campaign.
• Hurts were given the primary down that solidified the Eagles’ win. Hurts snuck in a 1-backyard rush to the Detroit forty-backyard line with much less than two minutes left in the game, permitting the Eagles to expire the clock.
