The Philadelphia Eagles are getting ready for their playoff rematch against the Green Bay Packers, with Tanner McKee stepping up in Jalen Hurts' absence.
A shirtless Eagles fan cheers in the fourth quarter as the Birds finish off the Giants. The Linc will be rocking as the playoffs get underway.When we last saw the Green Bay Packers , Jordan Love suffered a sprained knee as the Eagles prevailed, 34-29, in a season opener like no other in São Paulo, Brazil.
On Sunday, Love suffered an elbow injury in a loss to the Bears, setting up the 11-6 Packers for a rematch with the 14-3 Eagles at the Linc in theThe Packers say Love will play this Sunday against the Birds and it would be wise to remember the way he tore up the host Cowboys a year ago in another playoff opener. Meanwhile, the Eagles' starters got a good rest on Sunday and the backups beat the hapless New York Giants anyway, 20-13. Tanner McKee filled in ably for Jalen Hurts, who remained in the concussion protocol. (More on both quarterbacks below.)Tanner McKee started a regular-season game for the first time since 2022 when he was playing for Stanford, but the towering quarterback looked right at home in charge of the Eagles offense. McKee passed for 269 yards and two touchdowns with no turnovers against the feeble Giants. With Jalen Hurts still out and Kenny Pickett nursing injured ribs, McKee boosted his stock with the Eagles. What if Hurts is not ready to return? McKee showed enough Sunday to suggest that the falloff from Hurts to him wouldn’t be as steep as one might first think,Regarding Hurts: Coach Nick Sirianni said after the game that the quarterback’s status was unchanged from when he shut down questions on the topic on Friday. “He’s progressing through the protocol,”After stopping in five cities with multiple time zones and climates, the Flyers wrapped up their post-holiday road trip with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Atlantic Division’s top team, the Maple Leafs. The Flyers wentThe Sixers are finally home from a 4-2 road trip that included a Christmas Day upset of the Boston Celtics but also their worst loss of the season to the Golden State Warrior
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