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Eagles vs. Chiefs: Live score updates, highlights, injury news

The Philadelphia Eagles are at “GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium” to take on the Kansas City Chiefs. The Birds, favored by 1.5 points on the road, are trying to win to advance to 2-0.

Getting a win in this spot would be pretty impressive since Patrick Mahomes has never started a season 0-2. He’s also never lost three straight games. The Chiefs figure to be especially fired up for this game after losing Super Bowl LIX so badly.

An Eagles loss would hardly doom a team that would still be 1-0 in their division and conference. But a single defeat could end up being the difference when it comes to trying to get the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoff picture. So, the pressure is on.

Follow along here for live score updates, highlights, injury news, analysis, and more before this article ultimately turns into our game recap. The best place to actually discuss the game as it happens is still in the comment section of our open threads for each quarter, the first of which you can find HERE.

The Chiefs won the coin toss and elected to defer to put the Eagles on offense first. The Eagles took over at their own 31-yard line after a kick return by John Metchie. Jalen Hurts fumbled on the first play of scrimmage (ball hit his own leg) but Grant Calcaterra was able to jump on the ball. A bubble screen to Metchie resulted in no gain. Facing 3rd-and-13, Landon Dickerson reacted to Chris Jones jumping offside to shorten the distance. Facing 3rd-and-8, Hurts to A.J. Brown (hey, there he is) came up just short of the sticks. Facing 4th-and-1 ( a long one), the Eagles lined up for the Brotherly Shove from their own 40-yard line … and got it. Nice job by Nick Sirianni to be aggressive. The Chiefs got called for being offside anyway. Facing 3rd-and-11 after Hurts overthrew Calcaterra, the Eagles’ protection held up against a blitz but Hurts only managed to hit DeVonta Smith short of the sticks. Lot of effort for 19 yards and a punt.
The Chiefs took over at their own nine-yard line. They went three-and-out with Patrick Mahomes missing his first two throws. Kudos to Cooper DeJean for a big hit that helped to force a third down incompletion.
The Eagles took over at their own 22-yard line after a booming Chiefs punt. Hurts missed a short completion and then checked down to Saquon Barkley in the flat for no gain. Facing 3rd-and-10, Hurts’ arm hit Tyler Steen’s helmet while throwing and his downfield throw to Brown was incomplete. DPI could’ve been called but there was no flag. Another Braden Mann punt. Nine plays for 19 yards on the first two Eagles drives.
The Chiefs took over at their own 35-yard line. Mahomes scrambles for multiple first downs into Eagles territory. Za’Darius Smith and Andrew Mukuba flying into the backfield combined for a TFL. Facing 3rd-and-11, the Chiefs got called for a false start. Facing 3rd-and-16, Andy Reid opted for a coward’s draw to set up a 58-yard field goal attempt. Pretty weird choice to me when you have Mahomes. The Football Gods punished the Chiefs with Harrison Butker kick that went wide.
The Eagles took over at their own 48-yard line. Facing 3rd-and-1, the Brotherly Shove attempt was good. The Eagles ran a screen to DeVonta that went for a first down thanks in part to a nice block by Jordan Mailata. Then Barkley broke a 13-yard run to the end zone for a touchdown! Big hole created by the offensive line. Great job to capitalize on the Chiefs’ miss. EAGLES 7, CHIEFS 0.

The Chiefs took over at their own 31-yard line and ran for a short gain to end the first quarter.

Mahomes took off running up the middle for 22 yards with no Eagles defender remotely nearby to force him to go down. Facing 3rd-and-8, Fangio brought the blitz (yet again) and Mahomes got taken down by the combination of Andrew Mukuba and Za’Darius Smith (who made a strong debut). The Chiefs settled for a 56-yard make by Butker. EAGLES 7, CHIEFS 3.

The Eagles took over at their own 24-yard line. Barkley unfortunately stepped out of bounds after making a short catch and running through a tackle to otherwise gain a first down and then some. Facing 3rd-and-6, Hurts ran for a first down but it was called back due to holding on Cam Jurgens. Facing 3rd-and-15, Sirianni went with the coward’s draw to bring up a punt. Two OL penalties (Jurgens holding and Dickerson false start) contributed to killing the drive.

The Chiefs took over at their own 31-yard line after Braden Mann’s 70-yard punt (!) was returned 25 yards. KC quickly moved past midfield. Facing 3rd-and-7 after Jordan Davis deflected a Mahomes pass at the line of scrimmage, Mahomes checked down to Kareem Hunt and Cooper DeJean made a great open field tackle to prevent a first down. Pretty good player. Facing 4th-and-4, Reid decided to go for it … and Mahomes hit Kelce for a first down with Mukuba trailing. Tough cover for the rook. Facing 3rd-and-5, the Eagles sent a blitz that got to Mahomes … but offsetting penalties on the Chiefs (holding) and Mukuba (holding) wiped out the stop. Facing 3rd-and-5 again, Mahomes bounced off a Mukuba hit (no wrap up attempt) and ran for the first down. Then Mahomes took off running to the end zone for a touchdown. The Eagles’ defense made KC work for their score but just couldn’t get a stop. 10 plays, 69 yards, TD. 60 rushing yards for Mahomes in less than one half. EAGLES 7, CHIEFS 10.

The Eagles took over at their own 23-yard line with 2:39 on the clock and three timeouts to work with.

Tank Bigsby and John Metchie lined up as the Eagles’ kick returners on the Chiefs’ opening kickoff.
Jalen Carter officially started on defense, unlike he did in Week 2 last year when he was punished for being late to a meeting. There was thought the Birds might punish him for SpitGate by taking away a start.
Sydney Brown remained the safety in base defense with Andrew Mukuba playing nickel.
Metchie and Darius Cooper saw some WR3 snaps over Jahan Dotson early on. Seems like the Eagles preferred their run blocking ability.

Adoree’ Jackson walked off the field looking at his hand/wrist midway through the second quarter. Jakorian Bennett came in at cornerback. Jackson then came back in. But then Bennett was in again.
Jalen Carter got banged up in the second quarter but remained in the game.