Eagles vs. Packers live updates: Philadelphia faces Green Bay in first NFL game in Brazil

On third down, an early snap from Cam Jurgens caught Jalen Hurts off guard and he couldn’t handle it, leading to a fumble and recovery by the Packers. Green Bay will start its drive inside the Philly 15.

The Packers are up 3-0, knocking in a field goal after the Xavier McKinney interception set them up inside Eagles territory. A decent stand by the Philly defense all things considered, who were aided by a Green Bay holding penalty.

On third and long and throwing from inside his own end zone, Eagles QB Jalen Hurts tried to hit Devonta Smith over the middle but was picked off by Xavier McKinney.

The Packers will start their next drive from deep inside Eagles territory on the 19-yard-line.

Saquon Barkley received a pitch on the Eagles’ first play from scrimmage...but he immediately lost his footing and lost five yards. Not the best start!

Green Bay nearly scored a touchdown on its opening drive, but in trying to quick-snap the ball and catch the Eagles with too many men on the field, the Packers also had too many men, resulting in offsetting penalties.

Jordan Love missed a deep shot on the next play, and then Green Bay sent its offense back on the field on 4th-and-6. But a false start penalty moved the Packers too far back for their liking, and they punted instead.

Philly will start its first drive near the 10-yard line.

The Packers received the opening kickoff and we’re underway in Brazil. (The kickoff was not that dynamic — it was a touchback and the Eagles were called for an illegal formation penalty.)

Anyone know how to say “core values” in Portuguese?

While at least several Eagles seemed apprehensive about the team’s trip to Brazil for the 2024 season opener, that didn’t stop the trip from happening. The Eagles boarded a 9 1/2-hour flight on Wednesday morning and will play host to the Packers on Friday night at Corinthians Arena in São Paulo.

Head coach Nick Sirianni always talks about his five core values but the one he might care about most is connecting.

And a team trip to Brazil?

“This is a great opportunity for that,” Sirianni said on Thursday at the stadium the day before the game. “I heard some guys had some great conversations on the plane yesterday."

The second NFL game of the 2024 season takes place Friday between the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles. But it will look a bit different — literally — as neither team will be allowed to wear the color green.

Yes, you read that right.

That’s because Brazilian soccer club Corinthians -- the team turning NeoQuimica Arena in San Paolo for the first NFL game to be played in South America — dislikes anything green so much that its executives tried to paint the field black about a decade ago.

Players can be fined if they are spotted wearing clothes or shoes of that color, and sponsors need to adapt if they want to be associated with a club that has more than 35 million fans.

It’s all done in an effort to steer Corinthians fans away from any reference to local rival Palmeiras, the team they have been feuding with for more than a century.

The Eagles are the designated host team. In an attempt to sway some Brazilian fans to their side, they will wear black helmets, white jerseys and black pants — Corinthians colors.

The Eagles added a new offensive coordinator in Kellen Moore and defensive coordinator in Vic Fangio this offseason. They replaced Brian Johnson and Sean Desai, respectively.

They also signed running back Saquon Barkley to a 3-year, $37.75 million deal. Barkley, who is from nearby Coplay, Pennsylvania and played for Penn State in college, was with the New York Giants for the first six seasons of his career.

Barkley won NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and made the Pro Bowl two times in New York.

SÃO PAULO — At 1:30 p.m. local time, the lower bowl at Corinthians Arena was cleared of workers and the Eagles took the field for their walkthrough a day before they’ll play host for the first-ever NFL game in South America.

The stadium was mostly empty on Thursday afternoon but will hold 50,000 fans for kickoff on Friday night.

“Can’t be more excited to be here,” Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said. “We’re bummed, obviously that we don’t get to play our opener in front of our fans in Philadelphia, but we’re excited. This is my first international trip as a coach. To go out there into the stadium, to see the stadium and play here in front of the great fans here tomorrow.”

The Eagles have ruled out two players for their season opener: LB Devin White and CB Isaiah Rodgers. White did not make the trip to São Paulo because of an ankle injury suffered in practice. Rodgers made the trip and was at the walkthrough on Thursday — but after being limited all week he will not play.

Without White, the Eagles’ top linebackers are expected to be Nakobe Dean and Zack Baun. Both guys took plenty of first-team reps and Dean actualy outplayed White as a MIKE linebacker this summer.

Without Rodgers, the Eagles will likely start Quinyon Mitchell on the outside opposite Darius Slay in the base package. Mitchell will then bump inside on nickel downs and be replaced by Kelee Ringo. That seems like the most likely outcome. But the other option is to leave Mitchell on the outside for the whole game and play Avonte Maddox in the slot.

Longtime running back Aaron Jones was released this offseason — he later signed with Minnesota — and was replaced by Josh Jacobs. The former Raiders rusher signed a four-year, $48 million deal in free agency with Green Bay.

Jacobs, entering his sixth NFL season, has more than 800 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns in each of his previous five NFL seasons. He led the NFL in rushing in 2022 with 1,653 yards.

This game is really all about the quarterbacks, and how their paths have diverged over the last season.

Entering 2023, Jalen Hurts was one of the NFL’s rising stars. He led the Eagles to a Super Bowl in the 2022 season and was rewarded with a massive, $255 million extension in April 2023.

And Philadelphia picked up where it left off to start last season, winning 10 of its first 11 games. The Eagles finished on a 1-6 skid, however, and lost in a 32-9 blowout to the Bucs in the first round of the postseason. It was a far cry from their Super Bowl run, and Hurts’s shaky finish to the season — which was undoubtedly marred by injury — has invited questions about his ultimate ability to lead Philly’s offense.

It’s the opposite for the Packers and quarterback Jordan Love. After starting 2023 2-5, the Packers finished the regular season 7-3 to make the playoffs. Then Love led a 48-32 upset over the Cowboys to start the postseason, before ultimately falling to the eventual NFC champion 49ers in the second round. The hot streak to end the year and the win over Dallas was enough for Love to nab his own extension this summer, worth $220 million over four years.

Will Love continue his ascension? Or will Hurts have a bounce-back performance? Whichever team — and quarterback — wins will have a chance to make an early-season statement. 

In last night’s season opener, the Baltimore Ravens were called for three illegal formation penalties on their opening drive against the Kansas City Chiefs, thanks to a new focus on where offensive linemen, well, line up.

Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley was flagged four times for the same infraction in the first half. According to the NFL rulebook, seven players must be on the line of scrimmage before the snap, mostly a combination of five offensive linemen, plus two receivers, running backs or tight ends.

For offensive tackles, that typically means they have to have their helmet at the waist of the center before the snap to be considered at the line. This allows them to remain effectively a step or two behind the line in anticipation of a pass rush. Stanley, like many offensive tackles do, was taking an extra step back to give himself an advantage against opposing pass rushers.

If you see multiple flags for this on Friday night, it’s because the league is trying to weed out this advantage early. Definitely keep an eye on the Eagles offensive line, which already draws the ire of opponents because of the Tush Push.

Jordan Love signed a 4-year, $220 million extension this summer, making him tied with Jacksonville QB Trevor Lawrence and Bengals QB Joe Burrow as the highest paid players in the NFL.

Love is entering his second season as the starting in Green Bay. He went 6-2 with 18 TD and only one interception over final eight games last year.

The Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers are set to face off in their season opener in São Paulo, Brazil, marking the first NFL game ever held in South America. NBC’s Kayle Hartung reports for TODAY.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks exclusively to TODAY about the upcoming NFL season and what to expect from the first NFL game being played in South America. He also talks about the new guardian helmets and whether he notices a “Taylor Swift effect” on the game.

This is the first NFL game played in Brazil. It will be held in Sao Paulo at Corinthians Arena, home of soccer team SC Corinthians. The stadium was also a venue for the 2024 World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympics.

Brazil joins the U.K., Mexico, Germany and Canada as international countries to host the NFL. Spain will host a game in Madrid in 2025.