First-year Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores had the Eagles right where he wanted them.
With early pressure followed by an eight-man coverage, the Vikings defense did what few teams couldn’t last season, turning the Eagles into a predictable, slow and one-dimensional offense with Jalen Hurts, the league’s best dual-threat quarterback. But that was the story for the first half of Thursday night’s game in Philadelphia—and also a stretch in the fourth quarter.
Before getting to why it wasn’t the entire story, because the final game book won’t reflect it, Flores and the Vikings defense deserve credit for keeping it competitive before the Eagles pulled away to a 34–28 victory at Lincoln Financial Field.
