RECAP – Week 10: A Nail-Biter in the Frozen Tundra as Eagles Defeat Green Bay, 10-7
Almost sixty-five years after Chuck Bednarik tackled Jim Taylor at the eight-yard line to give the Eagles their third World Championship, 17–13 at Franklin Field , the Eagles squeaked out a 10–7 win in Green Bay on Monday night.
For the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers , the contest was as close as it could be on Monday night. Miscues by both teams left the game tied at 3–3. The Packers drove into Eagles territory on the first drive of the third quarter, but a long pass play — Love to Cameron Wicks — was nullified by a penalty. On the ensuing drive , Hurts found Saquon Barkley for a 41-yard screen pass. On the next play, Hurts found DeVonta Smith for a 36-yard score to take a 10–0 lead.
The Eagles then held off the Packers over the last eight minutes of the game.
Josh Jacobs scored for Green Bay with only 5:49 left in the fourth quarter. At times, it appeared that Philadelphia had won the game. With 4:52 left in the game, Hurts found Devonta Smith on a 3rd and 12 to move the chains. But the two couldn’t connect on 3rd-and-8 on the same drive. The Eagles stopped the Packers on 4th down with only 1:26 left on the clock, and Jaelan Phillips recovered a Josh Jacobs fumble.
With less than a minute left in the game, the Eagles went for it on fourth and eight with an incomplete pass down the sideline to AJ Brown.
Brandon McManus’ game-tying field goal floated wide as time expired to give the Eagles the win.
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