Both teams treated their preseason openers as exactly that. The Eagles fell 24-7 to the Ravens with Andy Dalton and Cole Payton under center instead of Hurts, while the Jaguars beat the Saints 24-20 with Lawrence and most of the regular starters held out entirely. None of it tells you much about October, but it's the first real look at either roster since the playoff exits.
This will be the Eagles' first trip to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium — they beat Jacksonville 24-18 at Wembley back in 2018, the last time these two shared a London bill. The Jaguars are the de facto home team again, hosting a second straight London game against Houston the following week, but a neutral-site crowd is a different animal than a normal Sunday at EverBank Stadium.
Camp attrition is already a factor on both sides. Philadelphia has had DeVonta Smith working back from a hamstring issue and three different defensive backs — Cooper DeJean, Quinyon Mitchell and Tariq Castro-Fields — missing practice time in the same stretch, while pass rusher Jonathan Greenard isn't expected back for weeks. Jacksonville's concerns are lighter so far, mostly tied to depth pieces like Jack Kiser's knee, but there's a lot of camp and six games left for either side before this one actually kicks off.