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Eagles vs. Packers live updates, score: Green Bay, Philadelphia trade scores as offenses pick up the pace in Brazil

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Eagles vs. Packers live updates, score: Green Bay, Philadelphia trade scores as offenses pick up the pace in Brazil

Just a year removed from a Super Bowl run — a year that featured a dominant start to the season that flamed out with questions bubbling up about Nick Sirianni’s job — the Philadelphia Eagles are trying to get to the top of the NFC, and will open against a Green Bay Packers team on the rise in the NFL’s first game in Brazil.

Jalen Hurts has emerged as an MVP candidate over the past few seasons, and enters the first year of a five-year, $255 million extension he signed before last season with one of the best 1-2 combinations at wide receiver in the NFL in DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown, along with an upgrade at running back in Saquon Barkley.

Green Bay, meanwhile seems to have extended its ridiculous run of stability at quarterback with Jordan Love getting the Packers to the playoffs for the first time in his tenure under center. Love got paid this summer to the tune of a four-year, $220 million deal with the club hoping to extend that stability deep into a third decade after Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers.

The league’s international games have included stops in England, Mexico, Germany and Canada and now for the first time, a trip to South America in one of the soccer capitals of the world. Tonight’s game will be played at Arena Corinthians, home of Corinthians, one for the most decorated clubs in Brazilian soccer history.

Live25 updates

  • Eagles make their way into Packers territory, pick up 4th and 3 to keep drive alive

    Devonta Smith made a tough catch to get the ball inside the Packers’ 30 to keep the drive alive as Philly tries to answer the long Packers TD pass.

  • I hope you picked Jayden Reed in your fantasy draft, too

    After a drive that started with two Jordan Love passes that were nearly interceptions, the Packers QB found Jayden Reed streaking across the middle of the field for a 70-yard touchdown on a third-and-10. It was the longest TD pass of Love’s career. The Packers are back in front, 19-14, and the Reed-Barkley touchdown tally is tied 2-2.

  • Hope you picked Saquon Barkley in your fantasy draft

    The newest member of the Eagles backfield is having a huge impact in Brazil, with now a second touchdown of the first half, this one on an 11-yard touchdown run. Philadelphia now leads 14-12. Here’s a look that second Barkley score:

  • Another look at Saquon’s first touchdown as an Eagle

  • Jayden Reed puts Green Bay back in front

    The speedy receiver took a jet sweep 33 yards weaving through defenders to get his first touchdown of the season. The Packers came up short on a 2-point conversion attempt to make the score 12-7, with 10:16 left in the second quarter.

  • Welcome to Philadelphia (and Brazil) Saquon Barkley

    The dual-threat running back made a leaping catch for his first grab and first touchdown with the Eagles, who now lead 7-6 despite the two Packers drives that started deep in Philly territory.

  • Eagles’ first ‘Tush Push’ attempt of the season comes up short

    On a third-and-1 in Packers territory, the first try without Jason Kelce didn’t work out, but the Eagles did get a first down at the GB 28 after an offsides penalty on fourth down.

  • Philadelphia finally on the move as the first quarter comes to an end

    Packers penalties (four for 35 yards) and Eagles turnovers (two, and both set Green Bay up in the red zone) have been the story of the first quarter. But the Packers have just a 6-0 lead.

    The Eagles’ offense looks in sync for the first time tonight, picking up their first couple of first downs in the game on the last drive of the quarter.

    The two new running backs — the Packers’ Josh Jacobs (6 carries, 4 yards) and Eagles’ Saquon Barkley (3 carries, 3 yards) — haven’t factored into the game yet.

  • Eagles dodge another bullet, hold Green Bay to a second field goal

    Philadelphia has run six plays and Green Bay has had two drives start inside the Philadelphia red zone, and its the Eagles who have to be feeling good about where the game is right now. Green Bay has to be frustrated with just a 6-0 lead, and while the Eagles don’t have a first down, the defense — and some Packers penalties — have kept them out of a huge early hole after the two turnovers deep in their own end.

  • Packers penalties keeping big points off the board

    Green Bay has been penalized five times for 40 yards in the first quarter, including a 12-men on the field penalty that wiped a touchdown off the board on its first drive.

  • Disaster strikes again for Eagles with fumbled snap turnover

    New Eagles center Cam Jurgens snapped the ball before Jalen Hurts was ready in the shotgun, and the Packers are set up in the red zone again to start a drive. Jurgens is stepping into the shoes of future Hall of Famer Jason Kelce, who retired after last season after 13 years at the pivot for Philadelphia.

  • Packers settle for field goal after interception

    Green Bay takes an early lead on a 31-yard field goal, and surely the Eagles are breathing a sigh of relief after the Xavier McKinney interception that got the Green Bay drive started deep in Philly territory.

  • Xavier McKinney picks off Jalen Hurts to set Green Bay up in great field position

    After losing 5 yards on first down because of a Saquon Barkley slip, Jalen Hurts turned the ball over via an INT to Xavier McKinney, who returned it inside the red zone on a third-and-long. McKinney signed a big free-agent deal with the Packers this offseason and it seems to be already paying dividends.

  • Packers run out of steam and are forced to punt in Eagles territory

    Green Bay had lined up to go for it on a fourth-and-6 at the Eagles’ 38, but a false start ended Green Bay’s hopes of a score on its opening drive, and after a good punt, Philly will take over in the shadow of its own goalpost for its first drive of the season.

  • Green Bay opens with the ball and Romeo Doubs makes the first big play of the game

    Doubs picks up 16 yards on a third down to get Packers into Eagles territory on their first drive.

  • Both Philadelphia and Green Bay are looking to bounce back and build after playoff losses in 2023

    The two clubs are entering this year with very different momentum coming off last year’s postseason runs. The Eagles, who were coming off a Super Bowl appearance, fumbled away a huge lead in the NFC East over the last six games of the regular season and got blown out by Tampa Bay in the wild-card round to end their season. Green Bay, meanwhile, rode a hot finish by quarterback Jordan Love into the playoffs and all the way to the divisional round where they lost a tight game to the eventual NFC champion 49ers.

    Yahoo Sports’ Frank Schwab dove into how both teams are entering the season, heading into the opener in Brazil.

    On the Eagles:

    “Philadelphia added running back Saquon Barkley in free agency. There was an explosive story from ESPN that detailed the strained relationship between Sirianni and quarterback Jalen Hurts, which will get brought up many more times if the Eagles get off to a slow start.

    The Eagles’ roster is still championship worthy. But we’ll find out starting Friday if the stink of last season’s finish has worn off.”

    On the Packers:

    “The Packers finished last season very well and look better on paper this season.

    It’s all a mystery until the teams kick off in São Paulo, Brazil. There are always severe overreactions to anything that happens in Week 1, and given how the Packers and Eagles seasons flipped in November last season, both fan bases will spend all weekend overanalyzing whatever happens on Friday night.”

  • The Eagles are ready to open the season

  • This visit to Sao Paulo is the NFL’s first visit to South America and the southern hemisphere

    A huge first for the NFL, taking a regular season game to South America. Cultural, logistical, financial and competitive changes are part of whenever the game travels overseas, but the opposite seasons are a part of it as well. Spring is just getting started in Sao Paulo, and the weather is perfect for tonight’s game. No rain expected in the forecast with temperatures set for the low 60s.

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