Over the past five seasons, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Philadelphia Eagles have combined for nine playoff appearances, six division titles and two Super Bowl championships. Now these two established NFC contenders are meeting in Week Four of the 2025 season and it's an early battle for conference supremacy, as the games is the only meeting of undefeated teams on the league schedule.

The Buccaneers beat the Eagles in Week Four of last season, but Philadelphia has since won 19 of its last 20 games, including Super Bowl LIX. The Bucs have opened their quest for a record fifth straight NFC South title by winning each of their first three games with last-minute scores, an unprecedented feat, but they view the Eagles' visit as a particularly exciting challenge.

"I mean, they won the Super Bowl," said Head Coach Todd Bowles. "They've got a lot of talent. Last year, I think they had a couple guys out – we did too – but they weren't at full strength [and] we weren't at full strength. They play with a lot of confidence, they're skilled at every position on both sides of the football, and they understand how to win. That's huge in this league, if you understand how to win and you expect to win. They do a very good job at that. [Head Coach Nick] Sirianni has done a very good job getting those guys prepared every week."

The Buccaneers' most recent victory, a 29-27 Week Three thriller against the New York Jets, may have turned on Jamel Dean's 55-yard pick-six just before halftime. It was Tampa Bay's first defensive touchdown in almost a calendar year and the team's first takeaway of the 2025 season. If the Eagles and Buccaneers both bring their "A" games and lock up in a tight battle, turnovers could be the difference again in Week Four. Both teams are tied for fifth in the NFL with a plus-two turnover ratio; the Bucs have two takeaways and no giveaways while the Eagles have three and one.

"It has been huge," said quarterback Baker Mayfield of the Buccaneers' turnover avoidance. "Obviously, [in] these tight ball games turnovers really matter. Our defense last week, getting two of them was huge -- that was the difference in the game. We have to continue to take care of the ball. A couple fumbles from me, really have to tighten that up, obviously we have been lucky [the defense] has not gotten them. [We have to] continue to take care of the ball in the air and [have] our runners protect the ball as well."

Of course, that's not easy to do against an Eagles' defense that is brimming with talent at every level. In addition to the powerful defensive tackle duo of Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis and the all-around playmaker in the middle of the field in linebacker Zack Baun, Philadelphia has a ball-hawking secondary that reloaded in last year's draft with cornerbacks Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean. Second-round rookie safety Andrew Mukuba has already emerged as a playmaker and has been a strong complement to steady veteran Reed Blankenship.

"I think it starts with Reed," said Mayfield. "He is just able to get those guys lined up. He is a veteran player, [he] recognizes patterns and concepts really quickly. He is able to take advantage of that and play aggressively. Quinyon, a young player -- young corner -- who is coming into his own and obviously with Cooper in there, versatile guy. [He's] a guy they can put at corner, safety, nickel, kind of line him up wherever. They have done a really good job picking up great talent and just also how they play together. You can tell they understand their scheme; they are playing on the same wavelength."

This is the fourth time in the last five seasons that the Eagles have visited Tampa in the first half of the season. The Buccaneers won last year in Week Four and in 2021 in Week Six. The Eagles won in Week Three in 2023. Another opening-month battle this season means another game played in the smothering heat and humidity of a Tampa September. The Buccaneers hope they are better suited to hold up to that sort of environment, but Bowles knows the advantage could swing based on which team can keep its offense on the field the longest.

"I don't know if it's an advantage," said Bowles of the Bucs' training in the Florida heat. "You get mentally tougher – no different than playing in the cold. If you're playing in 10-degree weather, you've got to mentally prepare yourself for three or four hours. When you're playing in the heat, you've got to mentally prepare yourself for three or four hours. I don't know if it's an advantage or disadvantage, and whoever holds the ball longer, the other team is probably going to struggle."

Whether it's the heat, the roster talent or how the ball bounces, one team is going to emerge from Sunday's contest at Raymond James Stadium with an undefeated record and a clear claim to being one of the NFC's top Super Bowl contenders. Rookie cornerback Benjamin Morrison, who will be playing in just his third NFL game, is looking forward to the challenge.

"It is cool," said Morrison. "It is a big game. I think that is why we play football, for the games like this. They are a [very] talented team, so I am just excited to see how we measure up -- it is a good test. Coach Bowles keeps talking about how it is not about them, it is about us, and this game will not win or lose a Super Bowl, but it will put us in a good position."

GAME AND BROADCAST DETAILS

Philadelphia Eagles (3-0) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-0)

Sunday, September 28, 1:00 p.m. ET

Raymond James Stadium (capacity: 65,844)

Tampa, Florida

Television: FOX

TV Broadcast Team: Kevin Burkhardt (play-by-play), Tom Brady (analyst), Erin Andrews (reporter), Tom Rinaldi (reporter)

Radio: 98Rock (WXTB, 97.9 FM), Flagship Station

Radio Broadcast Team: Gene Deckerhoff (play-by-play), Dave Moore (analyst), T.J. Rives (reporter)

Spanish Radio: 96.1 Caliente

Spanish Radio Broadcast Team: Carlos Bohorquez (play-by-play), Martin Gramática (analyst), Santiago Gramática (reporter)

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ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD SERIES

The Eagles occupy a prominent spot in Buccaneers franchise history. Tampa Bay has met Philadelphia six times in the postseason, double the amount against any other franchise, and that includes the first playoff game in Bucs history and the first conference championship game in team annals, as well.

In the regular season, the Buccaneers and Eagles have played to a 9-9 tie in 18 meetings, with the Bucs evening things up just a year ago with a 33-16 win over the eventual Super Bowl champions in Week Four. The Bucs dominated the game and finished with a total yardage edge of 445-227, as Baker Mayfield threw for 347 yards and two touchdowns. The Bucs' defense sacked Jalen Hurts six times, two by Lavonte David, and held him to 158 passing yards and 20 rushing yards.

Prior to that, the last Bucs-Eagles get-together was in the postseason. After winning the NFC South for a third consecutive time in 2023, the Buccaneers opened their playoff run with a home game against the Eagles in the Wild Card round. The home team won handily, rushing out to a quick 13-0 lead and cruising to a 32-9 final. Mayfield threw for 337 yards, three touchdowns and a 119.8 passer rating, completing passes to nine different players. The Bucs' defense limited the Eagles to 276 total yards and didn't allow a single third-down conversion in nine attempts.

The Bucs are 4-2 against Philadelphia in the playoffs, having also defeated the Eagles in the first round of the playoffs in 2021 by a 31-15 margin. That one wasn't as close as the score indicates, as the Bucs built a 31-0 lead in that game on the strength of Tom Brady touchdown passes to Mike Evans and Rob Gronkowski. The Bucs' defense held quarterback Jalen Hurts to 38 rushing yards and one touchdown pass while intercepting him twice.

Philadelphia's most recent win in the head-to-head series occurred in prime time during the 2023 season. Playing on the Monday Night Football stage, the Buccaneers intercepted Hurts twice but allowed 201 rushing yards, including 130 by D'Andre Swift. Tampa Bay's offense could muster just 174 yards in a 25-11 defeat. The Bucs had tied up the regular-season series in 2021 with a 28-22 win at Philadelphia in Week Six, as Leonard Fournette ran for two touchdowns in that game, balancing out the two times Hurts ran it in. The Bucs built a 28-7 and then hung on for the victory.

Two weeks into the 2018 season, the Eagles came to Raymond James Stadium after beating Tom Brady's Patriots, 41-33, in a thrilling Super Bowl LII shootout the previous February. The Buccaneers had finished that same 2017 season with a 5-11 record, though they had looked impressive in a 2018 opening-week, 48-40 win in New Orleans. The Buccaneers beat the Eagles, 27-21, with Ryan Fitzpatrick throwing four touchdown passes, including a 75-yarder to former Eagle DeSean Jackson on the first play of the game. It would be the Eagles that went back to the playoffs that season, though, earning a Wild Card berth while the Bucs slumped to 5-11 and initiated a coaching change.

Many of Tampa Bay's best moments in their head-to-head history with the Eagles have occurred in Philadelphia. There's the 2002 NFC Championship Game, of course, but the 2003 Monday Night Football season opener was a particularly satisfying win, as well. The Buccaneers were there in Philadelphia in 1999 when Donovan McNabb made his NFL debut, and they didn't exactly treat him well. Tampa Bay started its 1995 campaign by sacking Randall Cunningham five times and winning handily at Philadelphia; that was Warren Sapp's NFL debut and he had one of those five sacks. Even the Bucs' most recent trip to Philly, in 2015, was notable: At the time, the Bucs' 45-17 win over the Eagles was their highest-scoring road game ever.

The Bucs' biggest highlight in their series with the Eagles is unquestionably that aforementioned 2002 NFCC Game. The Buccaneers had seen their playoff dreams die at Veterans Stadium each of the previous two winters and had even lost in their personal house of horrors earlier in that '02 campaign. But the Bucs showed up ready to battle and overcome a long game-opening kickoff and a Philly touchdown just a minute into the game. Joe Jurevicius's unforgettable 71-yard catch-and-run began the turnaround, and the Bucs stymied McNabb for most of the night with two sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception off the prolific quarterback. Down 20-10, the Eagles mounted a late rally behind McNabb's improvisational big plays and were closing in on the end zone with five minutes left. That's when Ronde Barber made perhaps the single greatest play in team annals, intercepting a short pass and returning it 92 yards for the game-sealing touchdown.

Four seasons later, Barber terrorized McNabb again with a pair of pick-sixes in a 23-21 win at Raymond James Stadium in 2006, the game that famously ended on Matt Bryant's 62-yard field goal. Until Mike Edwards pulled off the feat in Week Two of this season against Atlanta, Barber had been the only player in team history to have two interception-return touchdowns in the same game.

Tampa Bay's very first playoff game also featured the Eagles. After winning the NFC Central in 1979, just the franchise's fourth season of existence, the Bucs got a home game to start the playoffs and beat Philadelphia, 24-17. Ricky Bell set still-standing team records for carries (38) and rushing yards (142) in a playoff game.

NOTABLE CONNECTIONS

• Tampa Bay General Manager Jason Licht had a five-year run in the Eagles' personnel department from 2003-07. He started out as the team's assistant director of player personnel but was promoted to vice president of player personnel for his final two seasons with the team.
• Buccaneers Head Coach Todd Bowles had a short stint as the defensive coordinator in Philadelphia. After finishing the 2011 season as the Miami Dolphins' interim head coach following the in-season dismissal of Tony Sparano, Bowles joined the Eagles' staff in 2012 as the team's secondary coach. Another dismissal, this time of Defensive Coordinator Juan Castillo in October, once again bumped Bowles' title up as he took over that job for the remainder of the season.
• Thaddeus Lewis, who is in his third year as the Buccaneers' quarterbacks coach spent parts of eight seasons in the NFL as a quarterback with eight different teams, appearing in seven games with six starts. One of his stops was in Philadelphia, where he spent the entire 2015 season without appearing in a game.
• Buccaneers' outside linebacker Haason Reddick played two seasons in Philadelphia after signing as an unrestricted free agent in 2022. He recorded 27.0 sacks and 49 QB hits over those two seasons, earning second-team Associated Press All-Pro honors in 202 after a 16.0-sack season in which he also led the NFL with five forced fumbles.
• Philadelphia offensive tackle Fred Johnson spent half of the 2022 season with the Buccaneers. He signed in Tampa in April of 2022 and saw action in five games as a reserve before being waived at the beginning of November.
• Guard Sua Opeta, who is on Tampa Bay's practice squad, played for the Eagles from 2020-23, getting into 38 games with 10 starts.
• Center/guard Jake Majors, who is currently on the Eagles' practice squad, went to training camp with the Buccaneers this summer after a signing with team as an undrafted free agent out of Texas.

SENIOR COACHING STAFFS

Tampa Bay:

• Head Coach Todd Bowles

• Offensive Coordinator Josh Grizzard

• Run Game Coordinator/Defensive Line Coach Kacy Rodgers
• Pass Game Coordinator/Outside Linebackers Coach Larry Foote
• Special Teams Coordinator Thomas McGaughey

Philadelphia:

• Head Coach Nick Sirianni

• Offensive Coordinator Kevin Patullo

• Defensive Coordinator Vic Fangio
• Special Teams Coordinator Michael Clay

KEY 2025 ROSTER ADDITIONS

Buccaneers:

• QB Teddy Bridgewater (FA)
• LB John Bullock (UDFA)
• T Benjamin Chukwuma (UDFA)
• P Riley Dixon (UFA)
• WR Emeka Egbuka (1st-round draft pick)
• G Dan Feeney (FA)
• T Charlie Heck (UFA)
• WR Tez Johnson (7th-round draft pick)
• G Michael Jordan (FA)
• CB Kindle Vildor (UFA)
• CB Benjamin Morrison (2nd-round draft pick)
• CB Jacob Parrish (3rd-round draft pick)
• OLB Haason Reddick (FA)
• DL Elijah Roberts (5th-round draft pick)
• DL Elijah Simmons (FA)
• OLB David Walker (4th-round draft pick…on injured reserve)
• RB Josh Williams (UDFA)

Eagles:

• CB Jakorian Bennett (T-LV)
• RB Tank Bigsby (T-JAX)
• LB Jihaad Campbell (1st-round draft pick)
• RB A.J. Dillon (UFA)
• TE Kylen Granson (UFA)
• G Kenyon Green (T-HOU)
• LS Charley Hughlett (FA)
• CB Adoree' Jackson (UFA)
• OLB Patrick Johnson (UFA)
• C Drew Kendall (5th-round draft pick)
• WR John Metchie (T-HOU)
• LB Smael Mondon (5th-round draft pick)
• S Andrew Mukuba (2nd-round draft pick)
• OLB Azeez Ojulari (UFA)
• T Matt Pryor (UFA)
• DT Ty Robinson (4th-round draft pick)
• OLB Za'Darius Smith (FA)
• CB Mac McWilliams (5th-round draft pick)
• OLB Josh Uche (UFA)

ADDITIONAL 2025 CHANGES/DEVELOPMENTS OF NOTE

Buccaneers:

• The Buccaneers rolled into 2025 with their fourth offensive coordinator in the last four years. This year's transition, however, is a bit different than the last two. In 2023 and 2024, Dave Canales and Liam Coen, respectively, came to town with entirely new offensive systems that the players had to absorb. In 2025, the Buccaneers followed the departure of Coen to be the Jacksonville Jaguars' head coach by promoting former Pass Game Coordinator Josh Grizzard from within. Grizzard is certainly evolving the Bucs' offense in new ways and have his own spin on play-calling, but the basic system remains the same, offering a very helpful continuity for a team that is also returning all of its offensive regulars from a unit that finished in the top five in 2024 in net yards, points scored, rushing yards and passing yards. After Grizzard's promotion, the Buccaneers also hired one of his former colleagues, Kefense Hynson, to be the team's new pass game coordinator.
• To celebrate their landmark 50th season, the Buccaneers are unveiling a new sort of throwback uniform in 2025. In addition to the popular "Creamsicle" togs that they will don for the Thursday night game against Atlanta in Week 15, the Bucs are also wearing, for this season only, a white version of their original uniforms worn during the 1976 season. Those uniforms made their debut in the home opener against the Jets in Week Three and will be broken out again when the Bucs play at Seattle in Week Five, a game that is a battle of the NFL's two expansion teams from 1976.
• While Todd Bowles remains the play-caller for Tampa Bay's defense, he did make some changes to his defensive coaching staff. Mike Caldwell, who was part of the Bucs' staff from 2019-21 when Bowles was the defensive coordinator, returns to tutor the inside linebackers. Larry Foote has moved from inside linebackers to outside linebackers and is also the team's run game coordinator. George Edwards, who previously coached the outside linebackers, is now the pass game coordinator.
• The Buccaneers had a handful of significant injury concerns to monitor as the 2025 season opens. Wide receiver Chris Godwin continues his return from a series lower leg injury suffered in Week Seven of last season and All-Pro left tackle Tristan Wirfs underwent arthroscopic knee surgery in July. Both players are potentially in play for a return in Week Four against the Eagles. Wide receiver Jalen McMillan sustained a severe neck strain in Week Two of the preseason against Pittsburgh and is expected to be sidelined for at least half of the regular season. He is currently on injured reserve but can be designated for return. Since the start of the season, the Buccaneers have also lost defensive linemen Calijah Kancey, tackle Luke Goedeke, guard Cody Mauch and tight end Ko Kieft to injured reserve. Goedeke is expected to return from IR at some point but Kancey, Mauch and Kieft are likely to miss the rest of the season.
• The changes made to the kickoff process by the NFL during the offseason appear to have impacted the Buccaneers' strategy for that play in a significant manner. Now that a touchback on a ball caught or landing in the end zone puts the ball at the receiving team's 35, the Buccaneers have relied a lot less on touchbacks, which they produced on more than 75% of their kickoffs last year. With that in mind, the team took kick coverage units into serious consideration when shaping the 53-man roster and multiple players – including linebacker John Bullock, cornerback Josh Hayes, outside linebacker Markees Watts and wide receivers Ryan Miller and Kameron Johnson – made the team in large part due to their special teams contributions.

Eagles:

• The Eagles won Super Bowl LIX at the end of last season with a loaded roster and, unsurprisingly, lost some of that talent in the subsequent free agent period. Most notably, defensive tackle Milton Williams got the single largest deal in free agency in 2025 when he jumped to the New England Patriots. Other departures included Super Bowl standout defensive end Josh Sweat (Arizona), guard Mekhi Becton (L.A. Chargers), cornerbacks Isaiah Rodgers (Minnesota) and Avonte Maddox (Detroit), linebacker Oren Burks (Cincinnati) and running back Kenneth Gainwell (Pittsburgh). The Eagles also released veteran cornerbacks Darius Slay and James Bradberry and sent safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to Houston in a trade. Late in the offseason, Philadelphia swapped edge rusher Bryce Huff to San Francisco after he spent just one season with the team.
• Philadelphia did retain several key players who could have moved on, including linebacker Zack Baun, who had a career year in 2024 after signing a one-year contract in free agency. He got a much more lucrative three-year deal this past offseason. The Eagles also signed running back Saquon Barkley to a contract extension and avoided making tight end Dallas Goedert a cap casualty with a reworked deal.
• The Eagles had to name a new offensive coordinator for the second year in a row after the man who held that post in 2024, Kellen Moore, was hired by the Saints as their new head coach. This time, the team promoted from within, giving the OC job to former Pass Game Coordinator Kevin Patullo.
• Head Coach Nick Sirianni, who owns the highest winning percentage among active NFL head coaches, was rewarded with a contract extension after the team's victory in Super Bowl LIV; previously he had been headed into the final year of the contract he signed with the team in 2021.

INJURY REPORT

Key:

DNP: Did not participate in practice

LP: Limited participation in practice

FP: Full participation in practice

NL: Not listed

Buccaneers:

• LB Lavonte David (knee) – WEDS: LP
• WR Mike Evans (hamstring) – WEDS: DNP
• WR Chris Godwin Jr. (ankle) – WEDS: FP
• DL Logan Hall (groin) – WEDS: DNP
• T Charlie Heck (knee) – WEDS: LP
• S Christian Izien (quad) – WEDS: DNP
• QB Baker Mayfield (right biceps) – WEDS: LP
• T Tristan Wirfs (knee) – WEDS: LP

Eagles:

• LB Zack Baun (knee) – WEDS: DNP
• LB Jihaad Campbell (triceps) – WEDS: DNP
• CB Adoree' Jackson (groin) – WEDS: DNP
• T Lane Johnson (stinger) – WEDS: LP
• QB Tanner McKee (right thumb) – WEDS: LP
• RB Will Shipley (oblique) – WEDS: FP

WEATHER FORECAST

Mostly sunny, isolated thunderstorms later in the afternoon. High of 91, low of 75, 33% chance of rain, 69% humidity, winds out of the N at 7 mph.

GAME REFEREE

Head referee: Alan Eck (10th season, third as referee)

BETTING LINE

• Favorite: Eagles (-3.5)
• Over/Under: 43.5

INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS

Buccaneers-

Points Scored: K Chase McLaughlin, 24

Touchdowns: WR Emeka Egbuka, 3

Passing Yards: QB Baker Mayfield, 615

Passer Rating: QB Baker Mayfield, 99.5

Rushing Yards: RB Bucky Irving, 174

Receptions: WR Emeka Egbuka/WR Mike Evans/RB Bucky Irving, 14

Receiving Yards: WR Emeka Egbuka, 181

Interceptions: CB Jamel Dean, 1

Sacks: Lavonte David, 1.5

Tackles: CB Zyon McCollum/S Tykee Smith, 24

Eagles-

Points Scored: QB Jalen Hurts, 24

Touchdowns: QB Jalen Hurts, 4

Passing Yards: QB Jalen Hurts, 479

Passer Rating: QB Jalen Hurts, 100.5

Rushing Yards: RB Saquon Barkley, 194

Receptions: WR DeVonta Smith, 15

Receiving Yards: WR A.J. Brown, 144

Interceptions: LB Zack Baun/S Andrew Mukuba, 1

Sacks: DT Jordan Davis/DE Moro Ojomo, 1.0

Tackles: LB Zack Baun, 22

TEAM STAT RANKINGS

Buccaneers-

Scoring Offense: t-12th (24.0 ppg)

Total Offense: 15th (322.3 ypg)

Rushing Offense: 7th (130.7 ypg)

Passing Offense: 22nd (191.7 ypg)

First Downs Per Game: 10th (20.0)

Third-Down Pct.: 13th (41.5%)

Sacks Per Pass Attempt Allowed: 15th (6.06%)

Red Zone TD Pct.: 44th (44.4%)

Scoring Defense: 17th (22.0 ppg)

Total Defense: t-11th (297.0 ypg)

Rushing Defense: 6th (84.0 ypg)

Passing Defense: 10th (213.0 ypg)

First Downs Allowed Per Game: t-14th (18.7)

Third-Down Pct. Allowed: 4th (31.4%)

Sacks Per Pass Attempt: 14th (7.84%)

Red Zone TD Pct. Allowed: t-5th (42.9%)

Turnover Margin: t-5th (+2)

Eagles-

Scoring Offense: 8th (25.7 ppg)

Total Offense: 27th (268.7 ypg)

Rushing Offense: 13th (122.0 ypg)

Passing Offense: 29th (146.7 ypg)

First Downs Per Game: t-19th (18.3)

Third-Down Pct.: 7th (43.9%)

Sacks Per Pass Attempt Allowed: 24th (9.09%)

Red Zone TD Pct.: 1st (100.0)

Scoring Defense: 15th (21.0 ppg)

Total Defense: 18th (319.0 ypg)

Rushing Defense: 25th (133.3 ypg)

Passing Defense: 11th (185.7 ypg)

First Downs Allowed Per Game: t-20th (20.3)

Third-Down Pct. Allowed: t-21st (42.4%)

Sacks Per Pass Attempt: 30th (3.09%)

Red Zone TD Pct. Allowed: t-7th (44.4%)

Turnover Margin: t-5th (+2)

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

• The Buccaneers' win over the Jets in Week Three kept the team undefeated through three weeks in 2025, marking the team's first 3-0 start since 2005. A win over the Eagles on Sunday would also establish the Bucs' first 4-0 start since 2005 and would be just the fourth season in team history to open with four consecutive wins (also 1979 and 1997).
• S Antoine Winfield Jr. recorded one of the Buccaneers' four sacks of Jets QB Tyrod Taylor in Week Three, improving his career total in that category to 18.0. He is now tied for 11th place in NFL history for sacks by a defensive back and would need two more to tie Charles Woodson for 10th place.
• QB Baker Mayfield's touchdown pass to Mike Evans against the Jets in Week Three increased his total as a Buccaneer to 75, which is fifth most in franchise history. With three more scoring tosses he would move up yet another spot, passing Vinny Testaverde (77) for fourth place.
• Mayfield has amassed 9,159 passing yards since joining the Buccaneers in 2023, which ranks ninth in franchise history. With 281 more yards on Sunday he would pass Steve DeBerg (9,439) for eighth place on that list.

NOTABLY QUOTABLE

• Head Coach Todd Bowles on what WR Chris Godwin Jr. brings to the team beyond his ability on the field: "He's one of our mentally toughest players. When you see him out there doing all the little things – from blocking, to route running, to catching and running with the football, his competitive level is so high and his mental intelligence is so high, it just keeps everybody up even if other people are down. It's good to see him out there."
• Quarterback Baker Mayfield on his comfort level when T Tristan Wirfs is in the lineup: "It is a little different when he is in there. Obviously, having a full year under our belt with Graham [Barton] at center, Ben [Bredeson] at left guard, Tristan at left tackle, just the communications [and] understanding what is getting done on that left side when he is in there, you can kind of cross that off the mind. You do not really worry about it as much. Hopefully, it happens, it is definitely a luxury when No. 78 is back there and you can leave him on an island knowing that he is going to shut it down. We will see what happens -- adjust and adapt and that is what we have had to do so far."
• Running back Bucky Irving on what has been the key to the successful two-minute drives the offense has created this season: "Coach Bowles puts us through those situations a lot. Last year, we did not capitalize on that, finishing out games. So, just being able to go into a different mindset -- different mode -- when it is time to go into that two-minute drill knowing that we have to go down there, knowing the situation, and players [have] to make plays."
• Cornerback Benjamin Morrison on what sort of challenge quarterback Jalen Hurts and the Eagles' receivers present for the defense: "They [have] two All-Pro [caliber] receivers. So, right there that is very uncommon. You have to respect them; they are two well-talented guys in the NFL -- well respected. We have to be on top of our P's and Q's and execute the game plan."
• Bowles on Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown: "Big-play receiver. He's big, he's strong, he's fast, and he's smart. He has very strong hands and you can be draped all over him and he can still make the catch. So, we've got our work cut out for us."