The Eagles open up their NFC East slate by hosting Washington at Lincoln Financial Field ...
WR Jordan Matthews is having a day!
WR Jordan Matthews
A very animated TE Trey Burton
RB Chris Polk after his kick return for a touchdown!
LB Trent Cole during the first possesion of the game
RB Darren Sproles warming up for today's game
What a great giant SWOOP!
They're excited to be here today
Outside of Lincoln Financial Field prior to the game
What a great place!
Eagles fans before the game
Cooking up some great food
Great ideas from the Eagles fans today
LS Jon Dorenbos prior to the game
RB Darren Sproles practicing his punt returning
K Cody Parkey warming up for the game #LOVEParkey
Eagles Cheer is ready for the game
SWOOP leading the team out of the tunnel
Defeat D.C.
Eagles Cheer
SWOOP is ready to go!
Challenger flying through during the National Anthem
Everyone loves seeing Challenger
The Eagles are ready for their game today
LB Emmanuel Acho
The Eagles defense at work
Eagles team defense
DE Cedric Thornton going for the ball
RB Chris Polk on the kick return
RB Chris Polk
RB Chris Polk with open space in front of him!
S Chris Maragos is excited after the touchdown!
TE Trey Burton makes a big special teams tackle!
Great team defense
Pass defense
TE James Casey with a catch and run
Special teams doing their part
TE James Casey getting up the field
QB Nick Foles making plays
QB Nick Foles
Head coach Chip Kelly
LB Emmanuel Acho fighting through the stiff arm
LB DeMeco Ryans ready for the play
LB Casey Matthews with the tackle
The Eagles defense is active today against Washington
LB DeMeco Ryans making a big tackle
Finishing his hit
TE Casey Matthews diving for extra yards
RB LeSean McCoy doing what he does best
T Jason Peters leading the way
Eagles defense at work
A big time group tackle
RB LeSean McCoy
Big Eagles touchdown!
WR Jordan Matthews with his first career touchdown!
RB LeSean McCoy finding the right gap
WR Jordan Matthews for his 2nd touchdown of the game!
High fives all around
QB Nick Foles finding his target
Receivers coming up big for the Eagles today
Wide receiver love
Celebrating the 2nd touchdown
The Eagles getting their rushing game going
WR Riley Cooper converted a big 3rd down at the end of the half!
T Jason Peters
Eagles defense making tackles
CB Bradley Fletcher on the coverage
Special teams of the Eagles playing up to their potential in today's game
The rookie coming up big
Eagles defense
WR Jeremy Maclin fighting through the tackle
QB Nick Foles making plays on the move
LOVEParkey
Teaming up for the tackle
LB Trent Cole
C Jason Kelce
Celebrating the touvhdown!
Eagles fans are the best!
They are also of all ages!
Eagles Cheer getting the crowd excited for the game
Gone for the touchdown in the 1st quarter
Head coach Chip Kelly
LB Connor Barwin
Breaking through the D-line
RB Darren Sproles
He can also catch...
And he breaks tackles
The kickers
WR Jordan Matthews
WR Jeremy Maclin
CB Bradley Fletcher
Eagles defense staying strong
DB strategy
LB DeMeco Ryans getting the crowd involved
TE Zach Ertz getting up for the ball
QB Nick Foles to WR Riley Cooper
WR Jeremy Maclin
DT Beau Allen
Special teams play was crucial in today's game
P Donnie Jones
Eagles defense made some big plays today
DE Fletcher Cox with the sack!
A couple of happy rookies
TE Zach Ertz making a great effort
WR Riley Cooper getting his eyes up field
WR Jeremy Maclin celebrates his 4th quarter touchdown
TE Zach Ertz
WR Jeremy Maclin
DT Beau Allen showing some #LOVEParkey
Jason Peters didn't think. He just reacted.
When Washington defensive lineman Chris Baker leveled quarterback Nick Foles with a cheap shot following a fourth-quarter interception that was later reversed, Peters did what he's paid to do - protect the quarterback.
"That wasn't scripted or planned. The guy just cheap-shotted Foles and I reacted," Peters said after the Eagles' 37-34 win. "I shouldn't have done what I did. I was just protecting the quarterback."
Peters went after Baker as a huge melee broke out on the field that went into the Washington sideline towards the southeast corner of Lincoln Financial Field. Punches were thrown by both Baker and Peters and the two players were ejected.
The Eagles had already lost center Jason Kelce to an abdominal injury in the third quarter. The re-shuffled offensive line featured Andrew Gardner moving from right tackle to left tackle; Wade Smith making his Eagles debut at left guard; David Molk at center, Dennis Kelly shifting from left guard to right guard and Todd Herremans sliding from right guard to right tackle.
"The backups went in there and took care of business," Peters said. "I was just hoping we won. I wasn't trying to hurt my team. I know I need to be out there. I'm glad we won."
The Eagles managed to tack on 10 more points following Peters' departure with a 27-yard touchdown pass from Foles to Jeremy Maclin and a 51-yard field goal by Cody Parkey. For good measure, the Eagles did not allow a single sack one week after Washington posted 10 sacks against Jacksonville.
"We didn't give up any today. We'll take that," Peters said. "The quarterback is going to get hit at some point, but we're trying to hold him up as much as we can."
