Jalen Hurts threw a 36-yard pass to DeVonta Smith for Philadelphia's only touchdown of the game, as the Eagles defense led the Eagles to a 10–7 win. Green Bay Packers on Monday evening.
Brandon McManus' attempt at a game-tying 64-yard field goal as time expired fell short by several yards.
Green Bay's second straight loss dropped the Packers (5-3-1) to third place in the NFC North behind Detroit and Chicago. The Packers, who held the NFC's top record until a 16-13 loss to Carolina on Nov. 2, would have clinched the conference's seventh and final playoff spot if the regular season ended now.
The defensive struggle, which ended 0-0 at halftime, lacked big plays until the Eagles (7-2) struck a one-two punch early in the fourth quarter.
Philadelphia led 3-0 and faced third-and-7 from its own 23 when Saquon Barkley caught a pass five yards from the line of scrimmage, made a spin past cornerback Carrington Valentine and took the lead for a 41-yard gain. On the next play, Smith made a catch in the end zone over cornerback Evan Williams, giving the Eagles a 10–0 lead with 10:35 remaining.
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Green Bay cut Philadelphia's lead to 10-7 on Josh Jacobs' six-yard touchdown run with 5:49 left. The Packers then had several more opportunities in the final minutes.
They got the ball back at their 10 with 2:18 and two timeouts remaining, but that drive ended when Josh Jacobs fumbled after being stopped for a four-yard loss on fourth-and-1 from Green Bay's 44. Green Bay had one last chance with 27 seconds left at their own 36 after the Eagles threw a long incompletion on fourth-and-6 and punted. An 18-yard completion from Jordan Love to Beau Melton put the Packers beyond midfield, but McManus was unable to convert what would have been the longest field goal in team history.
The Packers were unable to get revenge on the defending Super Bowl champions. Philadelphia beat the Packers twice last season, knocking them out 34-29 in Brazil in the first week of the season and then beating them 22-10 in Philadelphia in the NFC playoff round.
During the offseason, the Packers proposed banning the push that Philadelphia has used so effectively in limited yardage situations the past few years. The measure was supported by 22 of the NFL's 32 teams, two votes shy of the three-quarters majority needed to pass.
The Packers actually had the first quarterback rush of the game, and Love needed no effort to convert fourth-and-1 on the first series of the game. On their first drive, Philadelphia responded with a push that gave Hurts a three-yard gain on third-and-1 from the Eagles' 18-yard line.
For most of the evening, there weren't many other successful plays from either offense.
It was the first NFL game to go scoreless at halftime since December 2023, when both the Minnesota Vikings' 3-0 win over the Las Vegas Raiders and the New York Jets' 30-6 triumph over the Houston Texans were scoreless in the first half. Philadelphia finally broke through when Jake Elliott's 39-yard field goal ended the Eagles' first drive of the second half.
Each quarterback missed their team's best scoring chance of the first half.
Green Bay's Edgerrin Cooper knocked the ball away from Hurts on the end of an 11-yard run that would have put the Eagles inside Green Bay's 15-yard line on Philadelphia's first series. Kaysin Nixon caught the ball and returned it 22 yards.
The Packers had second-and-10 at Philadelphia's 27 in the final minute of the second quarter when Love lost the ball when he was sacked by Nakobe Dean. The fumble was recovered by Jaelan Phillips, who made his Eagles debut after arriving from Miami at last week's trade deadline.
