Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nCarter was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct, with replays later showing him exchanging words with Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott before spitting on him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI cannot believe what I just saw,\u201d Cris Collinsworth said in commentary.<\/p>\n
Later, a full replay showed that Prescott actually spat in the direction of the ground first but the Cowboys quarterback clarified post-game that he would have never spat at Carter.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess I needed to spit and I wasn\u2019t going to spit on my linemen,\u201d Prescott said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI just spit ahead… and he goes \u2018You\u2019re trying to spit on me?\u2019 \u201cAt that point, I mean, I felt like he was insulting me. I wouldn\u2019t spit on somebody. I\u2019m definitely not trying to spit on you. Like, we\u2019re about to play a game.\u201d <\/p>\n
Prescott admitted he was angry as he stepped toward Carter asking \u201cwhat would I need to spit on you for?<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he just spit on me in that moment and it was more of a surprise than anything.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was like, hell yeah, we get 15 yards to start the game off. (I) didn\u2019t realize he was getting ejected. Unfortunate that he did — hell of a player.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The ejection was a major blow for the Philadelphia defence, with Carter \u2014 the ninth overall pick in the 2023 draft \u2014 named to his first Pro Bowl in 2024 after recording 4.5 sacks, 16 quarterback hits and six passes defended. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, it was a mistake that happened on my side, and it just won\u2019t happen again,\u201d Carter told reporters after the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel bad for just my teammates and the fans out there. You know, I\u2019m doing it for them. I\u2019m doing it for my family also, but the fans, they show the most love. You heard them out there… it won\u2019t happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Eagles could hardly afford to lose Carter after fullback Ben VanSumeren was carted off just six seconds into the game with what looked to be a serious leg injury.<\/p>\n
Dallas later marched up the field on its first drive of the game, with a big completion to receiver CeeDee Lamb setting up running back Javonte Williams to punch in the opening score.<\/p>\n
The Eagles were quick to answer, however, with second-year back Will Shipley even having a nice 19-yard catch-and-run to help set Philadelphia up in the red zone and quarterback Jalen Hurts later scrambled for a four-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n
With Micah Parsons now in Green Bay, the Cowboys were banking on some of their young pass rushers stepping up \u2014 including rookie second-rounder Donovan Ezeiruaka.<\/p>\n
But Jordan Mailata was making life hard for Ezeiruaka early in Friday\u2019s game, although there was one play from the Australian left tackle that left the Dallas sideline furious, claiming he got away with holding on a Hurts scramble. <\/p>\n
Mailata had some big plays. (Photo by Mitchell Leff\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t the best of starts for the Cowboys defence without Parsons, but Philadelphia\u2019s issues with its secondary and specifically with the second cornerback spot were being exposed early by Dallas too as the Prescott-Lamb connection continued to fire.<\/p>\n
A few more chunk gains for the Cowboys\u2019 top receiver set up Williams again for his second touchdown of the game, with the much-maligned Dallas rushing offence looking solid.<\/p>\n
But for as well as the Cowboys were moving the ball, they were having all kinds of issues stopping Hurts from extending plays on the ground and a second rushing touchdown for the Eagles quarterback later tied up the game once again. <\/p>\n
After trading touchdowns on the first four drives of the game, the Eagles finally made a defensive stand to force the Cowboys to settle for a Brandon Aubrey field goal before the Dallas kicker nailed a 53-yard effort just before halftime.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia scored a third touchdown in between those two Aubrey kicks, however, with a 51-yard completion to Jahan Dotson setting up Saquon Barkley for his first score.<\/p>\n
That left the halftime score at 21-20 in Philadelphia\u2019s favour and while it was an incredibly close game, Dallas didn\u2019t look much hope unless it found a way to make Hurts uncomfortable.<\/p>\n
CeeDee Lamb had some crucial drops. Emilee Chinn\/Getty Images\/AFPSource: AFP<\/p>\n
That happened early in the third quarter as Dante Fowler beat Mailata to bring the Eagles quarterback down for the first time on Friday, forcing Philadelphia to opt for a 58-yard Jake Elliott field goal to extend the lead out to 24-20.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys then looked on the verge of regaining the lead after a 49-yard run by Miles Sanders, but the former Eagle later fumbled the ball inside the red zone and it could have been much worse for Dallas had Prescott not tackled Quinyon Mitchell before the cornerback turned on the jets.<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s game was later delayed due to lightning in the area and when play eventually got back underway it took a while for both offences to get going.<\/p>\n
In fact, neither team troubled the scoreboard for the remainder of the game but the Cowboys were left wondering what could have been after a few crucial drops from Lamb down the stretch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Eagles survived a scare on Friday as the defending champions overcame the Dallas Cowboys 24-20 in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-120239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}