Philadelphia Eagles rookie quarterback Tanner McKee made history in his NFL debut, becoming the first player to record multiple touchdowns in a game while attempting five or fewer passes. McKee entered the game in the third quarter and threw touchdown passes of 20 yards to A.J. Brown and 25 yards to DeVonta Smith, leading the Eagles to a 41-7 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.
PHILADELPHIA – As Tanner McKee’s teammates mobbed him after he threw the first career touchdown pass on just his third career NFL pass, A.J. Brown, who caught the 20-yard throw, was heaving the ball into the Lincoln Financial Field crowd.
Brown got it back. It appeared to cost him the jersey off his back. Literally. After the Eagles' 41-7 destruction of the Dallas Cowboys was complete on Sunday, he went to the crowd behind the end zone, peeled off his shoulder pads and then jersey, signed it, and tossed it into the crowd. Presumably for the McKee souvenir.
McKee entered the game early in the third quarter, taking over for a gutsy Kenny Pickett, who played with what players admitted in the locker room afterward were broken ribs. Now, McKee is in the NFL record books after becoming the first player to have multiple touchdown passes in his first career game while attempting five or fewer passes.
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