The Eagles' special teams continued where they left off in Week 3, blocking an early Riley Dixon punt to give Philadelphia an early 7-0 lead over Tampa Bay at Raymond James Stadium. The Eagles have been stout on defense, efficient on offense, with Kevin Patullo adding some new wrinkles and looks that led to two first-half scores.
With the second half set to begin, we're looking at takeaways and observations from the first half as Philadelphia holds a 24-6 lead over the vaunted Buccaneers.
Cameron Latu
After three practice squad elevations, Latu was signed ot the active roster. Taking over the fullback position from Ben VanSUmeren, Latu blocked a punt that led to a touchdown, then played a key role on a short Dallas Goedert touchdown.
Cam Latu has in a way lead to 14 points for the Eagles
** Blocked the punt that lead to the TD
** Key block on the Goedert TD pic.twitter.com/zoSm1V3d29— Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) September 28, 2025
Eagles special teams
Two blocked kicks for returns in two weeks made NFL history.
The 2025 Eagles are the first NFL team since the 2014 Eagles with consecutive games with a blocked kick/punt returned for a TD
— Dante Koplowitz-Fleming (@DanteKopFlem) September 28, 2025
Eagles emotional penalties
Cooper DeJean's interception was overturned to an incomplete pass, and Jalyx Hunt got a personal foul penalty in the dust-up started by Quinyon Mitchell, Baker Mayfield, and Tristin Wirfs.
At one point, the Eagles received two straight 15-yard penalties on defense, and they have four first-half penalties for 55 yards as a team.
Quinyon Mitchell is a demon bro lmaopic.twitter.com/DWcuV2MCSThttps://t.co/Kq43HpiepF
— Philadelphia Eagles Central (@pheaglescentral) September 28, 2025
Jalen Hurts
On the Eagles' first drive, Jalen Hurts was 5-of-6 for 34 yards and a TD pass, with a 29-yard run. Overall, Hurts is 15-16 passing for 130 yards (8.1 avg), two touchdowns, zero interceptions, and a 140.1 rating. Hurts has handled the blitz, avoided untimely sacks, and rushed for 42 yards.
Jalen Hurts has been blitzed on 55 percent of his dropbacks in the first half.
He is 8-of-9 for 56 yards and 2 touchdowns on those plays for a passer rating of 133.6, per NextGen stats.
— Tim McManus (@Tim_McManus) September 28, 2025
Kevin Patullo
We like to switch it up sometimes
¯_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/k0RDXSqpds
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) September 28, 2025
The Eagles' offensive coordinator has been learning on the job and is now calling the plays. After getting Saquon Barkley involved, Patullo dialed up a nice short-yardage pass play to Dallas Goedert. Overall, the Eagles have 201 total yards, 3-5 on third downs, and a 12-16 run-pass ratio on 28 plays. Patullo has Hurts prepared and getting rid of the football.
DALLAS (Goedert) TOUCHDOWN AGAIN pic.twitter.com/E6gqV2cQRM
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) September 28, 2025
This article originally appeared on Eagles Wire: Takeaways from the first half as the Eagles hold a 24-6 lead over Bucs
