In a game that isn’t featuring much offense, Tee Higgins and Greg Ward provided the only touchdowns in the first half of this interconference game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Cincinnati Bengals. Carson Wentz has continued to struggle throwing the football but has his most rushing yards (45) since tearing his ACL back in the 2017 season. The Eagles have had a productive game from Miles Sanders, but he’s been limited to just eight carries in the first half. Philadelphia scored just two touchdowns in its last 25 quarters before Wentz fired a touchdown strike to Greg Ward to give Philadelphia a 13-10 lead at halftime. Wentz is the fastest Eagles quarterback to reach 100 touchdown passes, doing it in 59 games.
Cincinnati’s offense has been limited by adjustments from the Eagles defense (Josh Sweat starting at defensive end and Cre’von LeBlanc replacing Nickell Robey-Coleman at slot cornerback), but the Bengals have done enough to score the lone touchdown of the game. Joe Burrow’s touchdown pass to Tee Higgins late in the second quarter gave Cincinnati its first lead of the game before the Eagles responded heading into halftime.
The Eagles need a win to keep pace in the NFC East race as the Bengals are giving them all they can handle. Philadelphia hasn’t started 0-3 in a season since 1999, when head coach Doug Pederson was the quarterback. For instant analysis of this game, please stick around for our live blog below.
How to watch
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Location: Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia, Penn.)
TV: CBS | Stream: CBS All Access
