Simply over 16 months in the past Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts signed a five-year, $255 million contract that made him the very best paid participant in NFL historical past. Hurts held the title of highest paid participant in league historical past for all of ten days, earlier than Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens took the title from him.
Within the time since then, a number of quarterbacks have signed contracts that pushed Hurts down within the rankings, together with Justin Herbert, Jared Goff, Tua Tagovailoa, Trevor Lawrence, Joe Burrow and Jordan Love.
Friday night time in a primetime recreation performed at Corinthians Area in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Hurts and Love will face off when the Eagles and Inexperienced Bay Packers battle for early season bragging rights and playoff positioning.
Philadelphia enters the sport as 2.5 level favorites at FanDuel Sportsbook, although in the event that they hope to sluggish the Packers offense and are available away with a victory, they’ll want a a lot better efficiency from their protection than they’d for many of 2023. Gone is defensive coordinator Sean Desai, now a member of the offensive teaching workers of the Los Angeles Rams, and in his place is the originator of the Fangio Protection, Vic Fangio.
It will likely be exhausting for the sport to be as thrilling because the season opener between the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and the Ravens Thursday, however the Eagles ought to be capable of not solely come out forward, however to cowl the unfold as nicely.
This recreation kicks off at 5:15 PM PT completely on Peacock.
