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Brown a potential fantasy bargain
Patrick Daugherty and Denny Carter debate A.J. Brown’s potential to receive more targets in the Philadelphia Eagles’ offense with a clean bill of health entering Week 1.
ShareWhat Dallas will miss without Micah Parsons
Dallas dealt Parsons to Green Bay last week, and it’s sure to affect the team’s defense.
Since sacks became an official stat in 1982, Parsons and Hall of Famer Reggie White are the only two players to post 12+ sacks in each of their first four seasons. Parsons’ 52.5 sacks are the fifth-most by any player through his first four seasons.
ShareNew offensive coordinator for Jalen Hurts
This season, the Eagles quarterback will yet again be working with a new offensive coordinator, his fourth OC in as many years.
After helping the Eagles win a Super Bowl last season, OC Kellen Moore was named head coach of the Saints. With Moore leaving, Kevin Patullo was promoted to OC, becoming the Eagles’ fourth different offensive coordinator in five seasons under head coach Nick Sirianni. This will be Patullo’s first coordinator job at any level.
But while the Eagles have a new offensive coordinator, the unit on the field has stayed almost exactly the same from last season.
Philadelphia returns 10 of its 11 offensive starters from last season’s Super Bowl win (all but RG Mekhi Becton, who signed with the Chargers in free agency).
ShareCowboys season opener is a payday for local sports bars
Cowboys fans are glad the season opener is finally here. But those in the bar and restaurant industry are pretty excited, too.
Johnny Steward, general manager at Sidecar Social, said a good football season is better for business and keeps fans engaged and going out more.
“We are really excited. It’s kind of the kickoff for us and the fall season,” he said. “Cowboys are super important to us.”
Steward said planning for tonight’s season opener started months ago.
“We have to staff up and make sure we have enough people here,” he said. “My kitchen manager has to make sure they have enough food cooked, prepped and in the building. My bar manager has to make sure there is enough liquor, beer and wine in the building to keep everyone happy.”
ShareBest bets on tonight’s game
Jay Croucher and Drew Dinsick reveal their best bets for the Cowboys and Eagles’ NFL season opener, reviewing Philadelphia’s team total, wide receiver props and Dallas’ strength as a second-half bet.
ShareCowboys face daunting challenge against the Eagles
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth Sports director Newy Scruggs shares his prediction for the Dallas Cowboys’ season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Ahead of the NFL kickoff tonight, “Football Night in America” host Maria Taylor joins “TODAY with Jenna & Friends” guest co-hosts Savannah Guthrie and Willie Geist to preview the action on and off the field, including Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen’s marriage to Hailee Steinfeld, the Taylor Swift effect on the sport and more.
ShareDallas will be without former star pass rusher Micah Parsons 
Four weeks after Micah Parsons asked for a trade from the Dallas Cowboys, only for the team’s owner to say he was not interested in granting such a request, the team agreed to deal the star pass rusher in a stunning trade with the Green Bay Packers just one week before the start of the NFL season.
In Green Bay, Parsons will earn the contract extension he had sought from Dallas, which had led to his trade request. The Packers have agreed to a four-year, $188 million extension with Parsons, 26, according to David Mulugheta, his agent — a contract that makes Parsons the NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback. Of the $188 million, $136 million is fully guaranteed, according to Athletes First, the agency that represents Parsons.
In return, the Cowboys will get a 2026 first-round pick, a 2027 first-round pick and Pro Bowl DT Kenny Clark.
ShareBland agrees to four-year extension with Cowboys
Mike Florio and Chris Simms stress the importance of not taking initial contract number reports as set in stone, because they’re often inaccurate, and discuss why DaRon Bland earned the security.
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Tom Llamas speaks with NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth to discuss the kickoff game between two rivals, the new NFL rule for measuring first downs and who they think will perform at the Super Bowl.
ShareFanDuel helps restore express train service for Eagles season opener
Reporting from Philadelphia
The sports gambling company FanDuel provided $80,000 to restore express train service for the Philadelphia Eagles’ season opener tonight, SEPTA confirmed with NBC Philadelphia.
The Eagles issued a travel advisory Tuesday informing fans they would not be running their special sports express trains for the matchup against the Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field because of SEPTA’s ongoing service cuts.
The Eagles advised fans to travel to the South Philadelphia Sports Complex only if they had tickets to the game and told those who were attending to arrive early and plan for extra travel time.
Yesterday, however, FanDuel announced it was providing resources to fully restore express train service on SEPTA’s Broad Street Line for the season opener.
ShareHistory not on Philadelphia’s side
The Eagles won their first Super Bowl in the 2017 season (they went 13-3 and beat New England in the Super Bowl). The following year, they went 9-7 and lost in the divisional round of the playoffs.
No NFC team has gone to back-to-back Super Bowls since the Seahawks in the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Before Seattle, the previous NFC team to reach back-to-back Super Bowls was the Green Bay Packers in the 1996 and 1997 seasons. Dallas was the last NFC team to win back-to-back Super Bowls, in the 1992 and 1993 seasons.
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Kornacki joins “TODAY” to break down the matchups in week one of the NFL’s 2025 season kickoff and shares a look at the international games on the schedule.
ShareTracking shower and storm chances for the game
This afternoon, sunshine and a gusty southerly wind will push temps into the mid-80s.
The afternoon winds are coming ahead of a cold front that’s already pushing showers toward central Pennsylvania, and the wet weather is on track to arrive in Philadelphia during tonight’s game.
There is a low chance of severe weather, but isolated severe thunderstorms with damaging winds aren’t out of the question.
At this time, the stronger storms look likelier to occur west of Philadelphia than in the city.