The Eagles survived horizontal rain and some vertical spit to open up the NFL season Thursday night against the Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field.

Jalen Hurts was masterful in making the Eagles’ offense hum in mid-season form, for most of the game, helped erase an ugly incident just six seconds into the game, when Jalen Carter was ejected for spitting on Cowboys’ quarterback Dak Prescott.

The Eagles came out on top of a rollercoaster ride 24-20 victory, behind two Hurts’ rushing touchdowns, while Dallas ripped through the vaunted Eagles’ defense for 307 yards of total offense, scoring on its first four possessions.

The Eagles’ first punt of the game came with 3:16 left in the third quarter. Dallas’ first punt came with 14:53 left to play.

The overriding storyline, however, will

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