Before Jordan Mailata was garnering praise for his football prowess, he was tearing things up on an entirely different playing surface - the rugby pitch.
Saquon Barkley rushes for more than 200 yards against the Rams again as the Eagles advance to the NFC championship game against the Commanders.
Neither freezing rain, sleet or snow is stopping Eagles left tackle Jordan Mailata from his normal gameday preparations.
Philadelphia held off a late rally by the Rams to punch its ticket to next Sunday’s NFC championship at home against the Commanders.
Hurts was sacked on a 2nd-and-15 play from the Rams' 27 by Jaylen McCullough. Hurts was slow to get up and was limping. He stayed in the game and handed off to Barkley on third down. The Eagles then got a 44-yard field goal by Jake Elliott.
Jalen Hurts was clearly limited by his knee injury. What that means for him, Saquon Barkley for NFC Championship game
Saquon Barkley gave Los Angeles Rams rookie Jared Verse a word of caution over the latter’s declaration of hatred toward Philadelphia Eagles fans. Verse, who grew up in Pennsylvania, revealed earlier this week that he “hates” Eagles fans and called them “so annoying” to the point that simply seeing them makes the Rams linebacker upset.
Saquon Barkley and the Eagles’ offensive line have become one unit with one of the most productive rushing attacks in NFL history.
Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown, linebacker Zack Baun, offensive tackles Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata were among the notable players who didn’t make it, but they still could get voted to the Associated Press 2024 NFL All-Pro team, which is selected by media members.
In their Divisional Round win over the Los Angeles Rams, the Philadelphia Eagles played 63 snaps on offense and 71 on defense. Let's just get right to the snap counts, and some notes.
When it came to the fourth quarter, the Eagles had to kick field goals and extra points with a lot of snow on the ground, making it a tough job for not only kicker Jake Elliott, but punter Braden Mann.