Tampa, Florida — No shade? No Sweat. With all of their stars on the field — the Eagles may have finally slayed the dragon at Raymond James Stadium — beating the Bucs and former Eagle Haason Reddick. In 105-degree heat — the Eagles jumped out to a 24–3 lead in the first half thanks in part to a Sydney Brown return on a blocked a punt twenty-one yards for a touchdown. The Eagles also added two red-zone shovel-passes from Hurts to Dallas Goedart as well as a sweep from Saquon Barkley in the third quarter on a perfectly executed Tush-Push fake.
For a team with one of the most difficult early-season schedules in NFL — has now started 4–0 for the 3rd time in Nick Sirianni’s tenure. The last NFL team which started 4–0 and not made the NFL playoffs was the 2016 Denver Broncos.
A promising start nearly turned into another last-minute Buccaneers comeback in the fourth quarter as two seventy-plus yard pass plays to Tampa Bay running back Bucky Irving and wide receiver Emeka Egbuka helped to being the home team within 31–23. In the last five minutes of the game — the Eagles made three big plays to help to secure the win — turning Tampa Bay back on multiple drives. A scrambling Baker Mayfield forced a ball into the endzone that was intercepted by rookie linebacker Jihaad Campbell with five minutes left. Then Moro Ojomo sacked Baker Mayfield in order to setup a third and 23 with less than two minutes remaining. Finally on 4th and 10 — Andrew Mukuba delivered a monstrous hit on Buccaneers Tight End Cade Otton to end the contest.
In addition to allowing Tampa Bay back in the game in — the Eagles will also have to work on the eight penalties for eighty-three yards that included a taunting penalty from Cooper DeJean in the first quarter and a second Unsportsmanlike Conduct Penalty by Jaylx Hunt during the game.
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Michael Thomas Leibrandt
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