Just a year removed from a Super Bowl run — a year that featured a dominant start to the season that flamed out with questions bubbling up about Nick Sirianni’s job — the Philadelphia Eagles are trying to get to the top of the NFC, and will open against a Green Bay Packers team on the rise in the NFL’s first ever game in Brazil.
Jalen Hurts has emerged as an MVP candidate over the past few seasons, and enters the first year a a 5-year, $255 million extension he signed before last season with one of the best 1-2 combinations at wide receiver in the NFL in DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown, along with an upgrade at running back in Saquon Barkley.
Green Bay, meanwhile seems to have extended its ridiculous run of stability at quarterback with Jordan Love getting the Packers to the playoffs for the first time in his tenure under center. Love got paid this summer to the tune of a 4-year, $220 million deal with the club hoping to extend that stability deep into a third decade after Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers.
The league’s international games have included stops in England, Mexico, Germany and Canada and now for the first time, a trip to South America in one of the soccer capitals of the world. Tonight’s game will be played at Arena Corinthians, home of Corinthians, one for the most decorated clubs in Brazilian soccer history.
How to watch Packers vs. Eagles in Brazil:
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Date: Thursday, Sept. 5
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Time: 8:15 p.m. ET
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Location: Arena Corinthians| Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Streaming: Peacock
Live7 updates
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The Eagles are ready to open the season
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This visit to Sao Paulo is the NFL’s first visit to South America and the southern hemisphere
A huge first for the NFL, taking a regular season game to South America. Cultural, logistical, financial and competitive changes are part of whenever the game travels overseas, but the opposite seasons are a part of it as well. Spring is just getting started in Sao Paulo, and the weather is perfect for tonight’s game. No rain expected in the forecast with temperatures set for the low 60s.
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Eagles have released inactive list for tonight
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Packers inactives for tonight
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18 WR Malik Heath
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32 RB MarShawn Lloyd
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53 DL Arron Mosby
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57 DL Brenton Cox Jr.
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76 T Kadeem Telfort
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79 T Travis Glover
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After booing him for the start of his NFL career, Eagles fans will get used to cheering Saquon Barkley pretty quickly
Six seasons. Two Pro Bowls. Three 1,000-yard rushing seasons. Saquon Barkely has been one ofe the best running backs in the league since he arrived out of Penn State in 2018, and after he and the Giants were unable to reach a deal, Barkley signed a three-year deal, worth $37.5 million for a chance to win a Super Bowl with an Eagles team that was perhaps the best in the league, with a 10-1 record through the first 11 games, before stumbling to an 11-6 record and a stunning playoff flameout in the Wild Card round, at Tampa Bay.
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Green isn’t usually on display at Corinthians Arena
The Philadelphia Eagles are the designated home team for tonight’s game in Brazil, but they’ve chosen to wear white jerseys with black pants and black helmets. That’s, in part, because of the fact that Corinthians wears white over black for their home matches, but also because green is “unofficially” banned from the stadium. Corinthians’ top rival Palmieras wears green.
Yahoo Sports’ Sean Leahy took a deep dive into the subject heading into the game.
“When the NFL announced the teams would be going to São Paulo and playing at Neo Química Arena, there was talk that Corinthians would not allow either team to wear green for the game. Some believed it was due to the soccer rivalry, while others, like Packers running back Josh Jacobs, claimed it was gang-related.
The league was quick to shoot down those rumors, saying the color ban that applies to the soccer club would not affect what the Packers and Eagles would wear.”
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Eagles vs. Packers in Brazil boasts a number of NFL firsts
The NFL is hosting its first-ever game in Brazil tonight.
Here’s what you need to know 👇
1. This game included the longest flights in NFL history — 10 hours for the Eagles and 11 hours for the Packers.
2. The NFL paid a $500,000 fee to the soccer club that owns the stadium —… pic.twitter.com/YDco9v4aWA
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) September 6, 2024
