The Philadelphia Eagles are on the highway for an actual juicy matchup in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens. The (midnight inexperienced) Birds, who enter this sport as three-point underdogs, are going for his or her eighth straight win.
In the event that they’re capable of pull off an exhilarating upset, the Eagles will go away Week 13 with a 10-2 document. If the Eagles can’t handle to beat the Ravens, nicely, it’s hardly the tip of the world … however they’ll drop to 9-3.
Comply with alongside right here for reside rating updates, highlights, harm information, evaluation, and extra earlier than this text in the end turns into our sport recap. The very best place to really talk about the sport because it occurs remains to be in our open threads for every quarter, the first of which you can find here.
FIRST QUARTER
- The Eagles misplaced the opening coin toss and the Ravens elected to defer, placing Philly’s offense up first. Saquon Barkley began the sport with a 13-yard run. Jalen Hurts’ first cross try was tipped on the line of scrimmage and went incomplete. The Eagles lined up in 21 personnel (two working backs) and went with a lateral to a motioning Will Shipley (!?) to deliver up third down. Curious to see the rookie RB concerned in any respect … and so early. Dealing with Third-and-6, Hurts’ cross wanting the sticks to Britain Covey went via the vast receiver’s arms. Would’ve been 4th-and-2 or so with a completion. Right here’s a query: why go away from Saquon? The Eagles punted the ball to the Ravens’ 14-yard punt however a holding penalty on Rick Lovato made the Eagles punt once more. Then Kelee Ringo hit the Ravens’ punt returner after a good catch sign. Very dumb stuff!
- The Ravens took over at their very own 33-yard line. Dealing with Third-and-5 after two Derrick Henry runs, Josh Sweat bought to Lamar Jackson for a sack … however Avonte Maddox — who was on the sphere for some motive (WHY?!) — bought penalized for defensive holding. Jackson escaped from strain and hit Zay Flowers downfield for an explosive acquire into the pink zone. Painful sequence. Jalen Carter blew up Flowers within the backfield after which Mark Andrews failed to herald an over-the-shoulder catch to power the Ravens to accept a 34-yard Justin Tucker area aim make. Effectively, that might’ve been lots worse. EAGLES 0, RAVENS 3.
- The Eagles took over at their very own 30-yard line. Dealing with Third-and-6 after one Barkley run and a Hurts throwaway, Hurts focused an A.J. Brown deep down the sphere however the cross was too vast/overthrown. An 0/4 begin to the sport for Hurts. Notable Ravens harm: Kyle Hamilton (concussion) went down and was dominated questionable to return.
- The Ravens took over at their very own 18-yard line. The Ravens drove previous midfield. Nolan Smith bought referred to as for an unlawful arms to the face penalty to place Baltimore nicely in area aim vary. Henry broke a 19-yard run into goal-to-go territory. The Ravens lastly bought referred to as for a penalty (to 4 for the Eagles), a false begin, to knock them again. Jackson had all day to throw … and Andrews made a fairly nice soar ball catch in visitors for a Ravens landing. Troublesome to defend that one. Tucker single-doinked the additional level off the left upright. EAGLES 0, RAVENS 9.
Eagles S C.J. Gardner-Johnson simply referred to as your complete protection collectively on the sideline and make a passionate speech. One thing must be achieved as a result of the protection has been carved aside early on. Missed tackles, penalties, and never preserving include on the sting are killing them.
— Chris Franklin (@cfranklinnews) December 1, 2024
That was an 8-play, 82-yard TD drive for the Ravens during which the Eagles protection by no means even bought them to a 3rd down.
Lamar Jackson is 5-for-6 for 92 yards. Two explosive completions and averaging 15.3 YPA on first two drives.
— Sheil Kapadia (@SheilKapadia) December 1, 2024
- The Eagles took over at their very own 27-yard line after which A.J. Brown false began to place them again at their very own 22. Dealing with Third-and-7 after a Barkley run and a Barkley reception (good job to really give attention to giving him the ball), Hurts was sacked.
- The Ravens initially took over at their very own 32-yard line after Tylan Wallace muffed the punt and recovered it. Ringo bought referred to as for being out of bounds on the kick for his second particular groups penalty of the sport and the Eagles’ sixth as a group. The Eagles needed to punt once more and the Ravens had a brief return get to the 36-yard line. Jackson in some way missed a large open Isaiah Seemingly for an enormous acquire. Jackson and Henry bobbled an trade however Jackson recovered. Dealing with Third-and-19, the Ravens went with a display screen that solely picked up 5 yards and introduced up the tip of the primary quarter.
The Ravens out-gained the Eagles 133-22 within the first quarter.
— Dave Zangaro (@DZangaroNBCS) December 1, 2024
SECOND QUARTER
- The Eagles took over at their very own 20-yard line after a brief Britain Covey (Jim Nantz referred to as him Britain Coe-vay after first saying Britain COO-vay) return. Hurts to A.J. Brown on a slant went for a primary down. Dealing with Third-and-1 after two straight Barkley runs, Barkley was tackled for a loss on a run from the shotgun. Why. Dealing with 4th-and-2 from their very own 41-yard line, Nick Sirianni went conservative and despatched out the punt group. Braden Mann’s punt bounced to the 1-yard line, the place it was downed by Sydney Brown. Hey, a very good particular groups play!
- Backed up in opposition to their very own finish zone, Jackson accomplished a brief cross to Andrews to present the Ravens offense some respiration room. Although he wasn’t capable of make the sort out, Jordan Davis helped to disrupt a Henry run for no acquire. Dealing with Third-and-5, Jackson’s cross to an open Flowers for a primary down landed on the receiver’s ft. Only a actually dangerous miss that labored in Philly’s favor. Two straight three-and-outs for the Eagles’ protection.
- The Eagles took over on the plus 49-yard line after a brief Covey return. Barkley was tackled for one more loss when Hurts may’ve had an enormous acquire if he made a greater learn and stored the ball. Hurts hit Jahan Dotson for a brief acquire to deliver up third down. Dealing with Third-and-4, Hurts Barkley ripped a run via good blocking up the center for a primary down. The Eagles went no-huddle and Hurts stored the ball for an eight-yard acquire. Hurts to Brown on an RPO throw resulted in one other Eagles first down. Hurts went to Dallas Goedert and the tight finish discovered the tip zone for the Eagles’ first rating! Life. 6-play, 49-yard drive with Hurts going 3/3 via the air. EAGLES 7, RAVENS 9.
Massive day in retailer for Dallas Goedert?
The Ravens are permitting essentially the most tight finish receptions and second-most TE yards. #Eagles
— Brandon Lee Gowton (@BrandonGowton) December 1, 2024
- The Ravens took over at their very own 25-yard line after Jalyx Hunt put an enormous hit on the Ravens’ kick returner. Dealing with Third-and-2, Zack Baun flew into the backfield to drop the Ravens for a loss. Baun has simply made large play after large play this season. The Ravens punted after their third straight three-and-out.
Eagles protection has compelled 3 straight three-and-outs.
Ravens have run 9 performs for simply 5 yards gained in that sequence.
— Brandon Lee Gowton (@BrandonGowton) December 1, 2024
- The Eagles took over at their very own 32-yard line after the Ravens shanked a punt. Hurts hit Brown a number of occasions to get the Eagles into area aim vary. Hurts had a keeper that was going to go for a loss earlier than he threw it out of bounds, which led to Mekhi Becton getting referred to as for unlawful man downfield. Hurts went again to Brown to arrange a near-first down. Then Hurts hit Goedert for an precise first down into the pink zone. Dealing with Third-and-5 after a Barkley run and an no-call on Kyle Hamilton illegally holding Goedert, Hurts took off working on a designed QB run to the 1-yard line. The Eagles went Brotherly Shove and Cam Jurgens’ snap was dangerous however Hurts was capable of choose it up and lengthen over the aim line anyway. On the printed, Tony Romo mentioned it ought to’ve been a false begin … nevertheless it wasn’t. Two straight Eagles TD drives after the sluggish begin. Kudos to Hurts for turning it round. EAGLES 14, RAVENS 9.
- The Ravens took over at their very own 41-yard line with 1:55 on the clock and three timeouts to work with after a very good kick return (good ST sort out by Will Shipley to forestall it from going to the home). Nolan Smith bought to Jackson from behind to sack the Ravens QB. Dealing with Third-and-7, Jackson averted strain and took off working for a primary down. Jackson accomplished a cross to Flowers to get to the 20-yard line with 0:31 on the clock and the Ravens all the way down to zero timeouts. Carter sacked Jackson for a 12-yard loss and the QB was initially flagged for intentional grounding however replay help dominated him down by contact. The Eagles held Jackson to a throwaway after which Tucker got here in for a 50-yard area aim make. Good job to restrict the injury after permitting Baltimore to get to the pink zone. EAGLES 14, RAVENS 12.
- The Eagles took a knee with three seconds remaining within the first half.
Jalen Hurts within the first quarter: 1/5, 5 yards
Hurts within the second quarter: 8/9, 99 yards, 1 TD; 4 rushes, 17 yards, 1 TD
— Dave Zangaro (@DZangaroNBCS) December 1, 2024
Eagles OLB/DE 1st half snaps in Brandon Graham’s absence, by way of NextGen:
Nolan Smith 24
Josh Sweat 22
Jalyx Hunt 14— Tim McManus (@Tim_McManus) December 1, 2024
After not utilizing play motion on any first quarter makes an attempt, Jalen Hurts was 6-of-6 for 70 yards with a landing on play motion within the second quarter.
— Tim McManus (@Tim_McManus) December 1, 2024
THIRD QUARTER
- The Ravens took over at their very own 30-yard line. Jackson took off scrambling for a primary down. Two Henry runs picked up one other first down. Carter pressured Jackson into a nasty throw for an incompletion. Jalyx Hunt made a pleasant sort out to restrict the Ravens to a brief run. Dealing with Third-and-8, Andrews made one other leaping catch downfield for a primary down into the pink zone. Quinyon Mitchell bought harm after a brief Ravens completion. With Isaiah Rodgers already filling in for Darius Slay, Kelee Ringo entered the sport at cornerback. Carter disrupted a display screen to deliver up third down. Dealing with Third-and-5, Vic Fangio introduced a blitz and Baun (HE’S EVERYWHERE) bought to Jackson for an enormous sack! Baun’s first sack since he had two in Week 1. Tucker’s 47-yard area aim try to take the lead was NO GOOD. Hooked left.
- The Eagles took over at their very own 37-yard line. Hurts stiff-armed a defensive lineman after which ran for no acquire (so, formally a sack). Barkley bought tackled for a loss. Dealing with Third-and-11, Hurts’ throw in direction of the sideline was off course and incomplete. Would’ve been holding on Jordan Mailata anyway. Three-and-out.
- Ringo compelled the Ravens’ punt returner to fumble however Baltimore was lucky to get again on the ball. The Ravens have been capable of take over at their very own 18-yard line.
FOURTH QUARTER
EAGLES LINEUP NOTES
- Britain Covey formally began at vast receiver with DeVonta Smith out.
- The Eagles utilized No. 2 tight finish Grant Calcaterra within the Ben VanSumeren fullback function.
EAGLES INJURY NEWS
- Britain Covey briefly visited the medical tent early within the second quarter.
- Milton Williams bought harm late within the second quarter. He returned to the sport.
- Quinyon Mitchell bought harm within the third quarter after Baun’s helmet hit the rookie’s knee. Mitchell visited the medical tent and returned on the subsequent drive.