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

FIRST QUARTER

• The Chargers won the coin toss and elected to defer to put the Eagles on offense first. The Eagles began at their own 33-yard line. Jalen Hurts went downfield to A.J. Brown on a second effort but the wide receiver couldn’t make the catch with his hands extended. Brown didn’t exactly look very fast or extra motivated on that play. Then Saquon Barkley ran for one yard. Facing 3rd-and-9, Hurts hit Dallas Goedert (on a hitch!) near the marker for a first down. Not a three-and-out! Awesome start! Facing 3rd-and-4 after going up tempo, Hurts got sacked while trying to throw from an empty backfield. Six plays, seven yards, punt. More boring and bad offense.

• The Chargers took over at their own 20-yard line. Facing 3rd-and-7, Herbert dumped off to Kimani Vidal for a 60-yard catch-and-run with Nakobe Dean messing up in coverage and then missing a tackle in recovery and Zack Baun eventually managing to push the Chargers running back out of bounds. Then Omarion Hampton took a toss for a first down into goal-to-go. A couple plays later, Justin Herbert hit Hampton for a touchdown with some uncalled OPI assistance. EAGLES 0, CHARGERS 7.

• The Eagles took over at their own 35-yard line. Barkley took a carry that picked up 19 yards. Then another that picked up another first down. Run blocking back!? Then the Eagles got set back with a Tyler Steen holding penalty (really weak call). Hurts took another deep shot, this one to DeVonta Smith, and the ball was overthrown/off target. Facing 3rd-and-11, Hurts hit Goedert over the middle (!) for a first down. Nice to see they didn’t just run the ball and give up! Facing 3rd-and-9, a bubble screen to DeVonta picked up just one yard. Thanks, I hate it. Jake Elliott came in for the 41-yard field goal make. EAGLES 3, CHARGERS 7.

• The Chargers took over at their own 34-yard line. Facing 3rd-and-7 after a big Jordan Davis TFL, the Chargers got hit with a false start due to crowd noise by Eagles fans in LA’s stadium. Facing 3rd-and-12, the Chargers had a free play with Moro Ojomo jumping early (Cooper DeJean’s interception didn’t count). Facing 3rd-and-7 again, a blitzing Nakobe Dean was left unblocked and got to Herbert to force an incompletion that should’ve been called intentional grounding but wasn’t.
• The Eagles took over at their own 10-yard line. They gained five yards on two plays to bring up the end of the first quarter.

SECOND QUARTER

• Facing 3rd-and-5, Hurts overthrew his target and the pass sailed for an interception. Bad decision and bad throw. Upon expedited review, Hurts was very fortunate that the ball hit the ground for an incompletion instead of a pick. Three-and-out.
• The Chargers took over at their own 22-yard line after Derius Davis ran backwards and got tackled by Kylen Granson (nice special teams play!) for a 10-yard loss. Facing 3rd-and-15 after picking up a first down but getting knocked back by a holding penalty, Herbert’s downfield pass was knocked down by Cooper DeJean. Very sticky coverage on Ladd McConkey.

• The Eagles took over at their own 26-yard line after a solid 14-yard punt return by Britain Covey. Hurts took a big shot from an unblocked blitzer as his downfield pass went incomplete … but Brown drew a defensive holding penalty for a first down. The Eagles went with 22-personnel on back-to-back plays, the second of which resulted in a first down completion to Goedert, who made a defender miss after the catch. Then Hurts ripped a throw over the middle to Brown for 22 yards to move into plus terirtory. Facing 3rd-and-1, Hurts threw an interception to Chargers defensive lineman Da’Shawn Hand … that was fumbled by the Chargers (kudos to Will Shipley) … and recovered by Hurts … and fumbled by Hurts … and recovered by the Chargers. Wild sequence to end an Eagles drive that looked like it was going to maybe produce some points.

• The Chargers took over at their own 43-yard line. Facing 3rd-and-2, Herbert rolled left and made a really nice completion for a first down. Chargers fill-in tackle Trey Pipkins went down with an injury to make LA’s offensive line even weaker. Facing 3rd-and-4, Hunt got to Herbert in a collapsed pocket for a sack. The Chargers settled for a 45-yard field goal make from once-Eagle Cameron Dicker the kicker. EAGLES 3, CHARGERS 10.
• The Eagles took over at their own 28-yard line. Hurts got picked off by Donte Jackson on what was supposed to be ANOTHER HITCH ROUTE to DeVonta.

• The Chargers took over at the plus 30-yard line. Nakobe Dean immediately strip-sacked Herbert for a Byron Young fumble recovery! Very lucky bailout for the Eagles’ offense.

• The Eagles took over at their own 42-yard line. Two Barkley runs resulted in a first down and Chargers star Derwin James got banged up. Another Barkley run picked up another first down into field goal range. Then Hurts hit Brown on a slant to move into the red zone at the two-minute warning. Tank Bigsby saw his first carry of the game (and his first touch since Week 12) go for four yards. Bigsby was on the field again but the Eagles faked a run to throw to Goedert to move to goal-to-go at the 2-yard line. The Eagles had to burn a timeout with the play clock expiring. Cam Jurgens and Tyler Steen tried to double team Teair Tart only for the Chargers defender to tackle Barkley for no gain. Then Jordan Mailata’s holding penalty negated a Hurts touchdown throw to Brown. Facing 2nd-and-goal from the 12-yard line, Hurts was pressured into a throwaway. Derwin James returned to the field for the Chargers. Facing 3rd-and-goal, Hurts was nearly strip-sacked but review ruled it an incomplete pass. The Eagles had to settle for a 30-yard Jake Elliott field goal after previously reaching 1st-and-goal at the 2-yard line. So pathetic. EAGLES 6, CHARGERS 10.
• The Chargers took over at their own 31-yard line with 0:43 on the clock and one timeout to work with. Jaelan Phillips got pressure while going up against the Chargers’ third-string right tackle and impacted Herbert’s arm to force the ball to hang in the air for an Adoree’ Jackson interception! An unnecessary roughness penalty on the Chargers gave the Eagles an additional 15 yards.
• The Eagles took over at the plus 30-yard line with 0:10 on the clock and two timeouts to work with. Hurts threw a pass out of bounds to take five seconds off the clock. Then Elliott came in for the 48-yard field goal attempt … that hooked wide left. Unacceptable miss in a dome. Also could’ve been nice if the Eagles actually tried to make it a shorter attempt.

THIRD QUARTER

FOURTH QUARTER

EAGLES LINEUP NOTES

• Marcus Epps took first-team reps at safety next to Reed Blankenship in pregame warmups. Epps then officially started at safety, as expected.
• Jihaad Campbell was on the field in the second quarter after not playing a single defensive snap in Week 13.

EAGLES INJURY NEWS

• Landon Dickerson limped off the field to the sideline later in the second quarter. Brett Toth entered the game at left guard. Dickerson headed to the tunnel before halftime.