Even with backups in the game, as the Philadelphia Eagles throttled the Dallas Cowboys 41-7 on Sunday to win the NFC East, the animosity of a division rivalry was real as ever.
Two Dallas Cowboys – cornerback Troy Pride Jr. and wideout Jalen Brooks – and Eagles safety Sydney Brown were ejected for fighting in the fourth quarter. As the trio ran down the field on an Eagles punt with less than three minutes remaining, they became tangled and also took an official to the ground as the melee started. Brooks appeared to yank the Brown to the ground, and Pride pushed Brown while the two got up.
Brown then flung Pride into the nearby tunnel, igniting a larger skirmish as more players arrived to separate the warring parties.
It was the second consecutive week in which a member of the Eagles’ defense has been ejected; safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson received two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties during last week’s loss to the Washington Commanders, the second of which triggered an automatic disqualification.
Eagles fans applauded Brown as he was escorted from the field while doing the ‘calm down’ celebration the team has adopted in recent weeks.
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