The Philadelphia Eagles moved to 2-0 with a win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday afternoon in Nashville.
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That's a sentence most football fans expected to read before the game even started.
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What most probably didn't expect was exactly what it took for the Eagles to go into Nissan Stadium and beat the Titans.
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Jalen Hurts connected with Darius Cooper for a 3-yard touchdown with less than 10 seconds remaining to turn a 20-17 Tennessee lead into a 24-20 Philadelphia victory.
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The Titans, who looked completely lost last week in a 23-10 loss to the New York Jets, had the reigning NFC East champions on the ropes for much of the afternoon.
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Philadelphia's problems started immediately.
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Star running back Saquon Barkley suffered a stinger on the Eagles' first offensive play and spent most of the first half on the sideline.
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He returned after halftime wearing a neck roll, but finished with just four carries for nine yards and one catch for 11 yards.
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That opening possession lasted more than seven minutes and moved deep into Tennessee territory, but it ended in the worst possible way.
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Hurts tried to find DeVonta Smith in the end zone, but Amani Hooker intercepted the pass and returned it 92 yards to the Philadelphia 10-yard line.
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Four plays later, Cam Ward scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak to give Tennessee a 7-0 lead.
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The Eagles responded with a 2-yard touchdown run from Tank Bigsby and Hurts connected with Smith for a 22-yard touchdown late in the second quarter.
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But the Titans refused to go away.
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Joey Slye kicked a 37-yard field goal just as time expired in the first half, cutting Philadelphia's lead to 14-10.
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Jake Elliott extended the lead with a 58-yard field goal in the third quarter, but Ward scored his second rushing touchdown of the game to tie the score at 17.
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Philadelphia had an opportunity to take control in the fourth quarter, but Hurts threw his second interception with just over six minutes remaining.
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The Titans responded with a 69-yard drive that included a 41-yard completion from Ward to Elic Ayomanor and a 27-yard run by Tyjae Spears on third-and-22.
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The Eagles' defense eventually held Tennessee to a 33-yard field goal, but that still gave the Titans a three-point lead with 1:56 remaining and Philadelphia had no timeouts.
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That's when Hurts finally looked like the quarterback who led the Eagles to a Super Bowl victory in February 2025.
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The 28-year-old signal-caller converted a third-and-6 with a 20-yard completion to Dontayvion Wicks and connected with Smith three times for 34 yards on the drive.
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Smith's final catch was a sweet grab along the sideline where he barely got his second foot down inbounds.
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The crucial play went for 19 yards and set the Eagles up at the Tennessee 3-yard line with 20 seconds remaining.
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Two plays later, Hurts found Cooper for the game-winning touchdown, the first touchdown catch of Cooper’s NFL career.
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Hurts finished 26-of-37 for 264 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
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Smith caught 10 passes for 117 yards and a touchdown, accounting for nearly half of Philadelphia's passing production.
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With A.J. Brown now in New England, Smith has to step up as the team's top receiver, and he looked the part against Tennessee.
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Ward completed 13-of-20 passes for 183 yards and didn't turn the ball over, while adding both of Tennessee's touchdowns on the ground.
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It wasn't an especially good performance for the Titans offense, as the Eagles outgained Tennessee 341-291 and out-possessed the Titans by nearly 13 minutes.
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Obviously, it’s hard to panic about a team that won its first two games.
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But if I were an Eagles fan, I’d feel about as nervous as possible for someone whose team is 2-0.
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Philadelphia has beaten Washington and Tennessee by a combined six points.
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The Commanders might be better than people expected, but the Titans entered Sunday looking like one of the worst teams in football.
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The Eagles needed a touchdown with nine seconds remaining to beat them.
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Good teams find ways to win close games, and Hurts deserves credit for helping the team survive back-to-back upset bids.
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But a supposed NFC contender cannot continue playing like this and expect to keep escaping.
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The standings say the Eagles are perfect.
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