Jalen Carter apologised to his teammates while Dak Prescott pleaded his innocence after the Philadelphia Eagles star was ejected for spitting on the Dallas Cowboys quarterback in Thursday night's NFL season opener.

Eagles defensive tackle Carter was ejected just six seconds into his side's 24-20 victory when he spat on Prescott in front of an official during a verbal exchange between the pair.

Footage later appeared to show Prescott spitting in the direction of Carter from a distance first, though he later denied he was intending to spit at his opponent.

"I probably spit about 1,000 times throughout the game, especially gameday, maybe general," said Prescott. "In that case he was trolling, trying to mess with Tyler Booker, I was looking at him by the two linemen, I guess I needed to spi

See Full Page