99-yard pick 6! Eagles' Sydney Brown takes Kyler Murray all the way back
The Philadelphia Eagles spent the season's first three months in control of the NFC, then let it slip away with three straight losses. If they are going to return to the Super Bowl, they'll need a bit of the big-play mojo they displayed Sunday afternoon against the Arizona Cardinals.
Already up 7-3, the Eagles were trying to contain Kyler Murray and the Cardinals as they reached the edge of the red zone. Murray lofted a pass for Wilson, and someone missed a sign, because the ball ended up in the hands of Philly's wide-open Sydney Brown. With a little help from his teammates, and some clever broken-field running, Brown took the ball back 99 yards for a touchdown.
SYDNEY BROWN 99-YARD PICK-6! @Eagles
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The touchdown gave Philadelphia a 14-3 lead, and the home team took a 21-6 lead into the locker room.
The Eagles need a win to keep a game ahead of the Dallas Cowboys for the NFC East lead, and to keep pace with the San Francisco 49ers, playing the heavy-underdog Washington Commanders at the same time as Philadelphia-Arizona.