Although the Philadelphia Eagles pulled out a 24-20 victory versus the Dallas Cowboys in the first game of the 2025-26 NFL season, the team still has some lowlights to address. The Jalen Carter ejection , or spitgate as it will forever be known, will elicit many conversations on sports talk shows the next couple of days. It is not something the defending Super Bowl champions are likely to overcome again. Video evidence adds more context , but Carter knows he went too far and put his team at risk.

The star defensive tackle owned up to the mistake and apologized to his teammates , vowing that such a misstep would not happen again, per NBC Sports Philadelphia's Dave Zangaro. Considering the Eagles came away with a home divisional win to start the new campaign, the locker room may go

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