The Eagles have had their fair share of memorable season openers ... both good and bad.
. What if Cunningham never tore his ACL in the 1991 season opener against Green Bay? Philadelphia won the game, 20-3, but Bryce Paup’s hit on Cunningham essentially ended the Eagles’ Super Bowl hopes on the opening day of the season.Terrell Owens and the dramatic have always gone together like peanut butter and jelly. So it was to absolutely no one’s surprise that Owens announced his presence in Philadelphia with a bang.
The Eagles went on to reach Super Bowl XXXIX, which they lost, 24-21, to the Patriots despite a gutsy nine-catch, 122-yard performance by Owens, who was playing just two monthsThe Eaglesfollowing the offseason death of star defensive tackle Jerome Brown. The 27-year-old Brown, who had been an All-Pro the previous two seasons, was killed alongside his nephew in a car crash in June of 1992.
The Eagles opened the season two and half months later against the New Orleans Saints at the Linc. That Sunday, with Brown’s family in attendance, the Eagles retired Brown’s No. 99 in an emotional pregame ceremony that included words from Brown’s close friend and teammate White. The Eagles won the opener for their fallen teammate, defeating New Orleans, 15-13.Years before there was Pickleball, there was the “Pickle Juice Game” of 2000.
While the game was rather unspectacular and filled with mistakes, the Eagles found a way to send the fans home happy, with Jay Ajayi scoring a late touchdown to give the
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