SEPT 8 LOVE UPDATE The Green Bay Packers were handed a Friday night loss by the Eagles … and they were also handed a bad break when late in the game they saw QB Jordan Love go down with a nasty-looking leg injury. … but the diagnosis is now in and maybe the Pack caught a break here. Love is now believed to have sustained an injury to his MCL (not to his ACL), meaning it is not believed to be a season-ending injury.

Love’s backup is newly acquired youngster Malik Willis, who late in the game went 0-for-1 and took a sack on the final play of the contest in Brazil. SEPT 7 SUCKS! On Friday night, the Philadelphia Eagles recorded a win over the Green Bay Packers in Sao Paulo. … the first time the NFL played a game in Brazil. The bad news? The field conditions at Arena Corinthians seemed subpar, with players frequently slipping and sliding about throughout the course of the game. And everybody noticed.

During the game, NBA star LeBron James led the chorus in expressing concerns about the field status, ripping the stadium’s turf on social media. “Man this field sucks! GB vs PHI,” James wrote on X. SEPT 6 A WINNER Jalen Hurts can be a Most Valuable Player finalist. He can be a Super Bowl QB. And it all starts now, with this Thursday nighter vs. the Packers.

Head coach Nick Sirianni is a believer. “The guy is a winner,” Sirianni said. “He’s been a winner his entire life, and he knows how to win, and he goes about that process every day to win better than anybody I’ve ever been around.” Hurts would be picking a fine time to re-establish that … right now.

SEPT 2 IS WRIGHT RIGHT? The Philadelphia Eagles are thought by many to be the team to beat in the NFC East. If a media person feels differently … Is he a troll? Is he wrong? Is he right? Is he Nick Wright? FS1 analyst Nick Wright certainly takes a colorful approach to some of his passionate opinions. But in his explaining of why he believes the Eagles will finish third in the division and miss the playoffs entirely in 2024, he does have his facts straight.

“They’ve lost six of the last seven games,” Wright said, thinking back to the end of last year. “They had a bottom-four defense across the board in the NFL last season. They lost a future Hall-of-Famer, the leader of their team, the best player on their offense. Their coach and quarterback don’t get along. … OK, OK. We get it. That’s FS1’s job. The Eagles job is to fix and overcome all of that stuff. But the facts? Wright pretty much has those right. AUG 27 PARRIS OUT The Eagles have cut WR Parris Campbell, according to multiple reports, which seems like a move that directly correlates with the recent trade for Jahan Dotson from Washington.