PHILADELPHIA – On a day where Dallas Goedert had the most receiving yards for an Eagles’ tight end in nearly 60 years, and Saquon Barkley piled up 147 rushing yards and two touchdowns, including a 65-yard home run, it was second-year defensive tackle Jalen Carter who was the biggest star of them all in a hard-fought 15-12 Philadelphia win.
“Sometimes I share with you ‘player of the game,’ sometimes I don’t. He was our player of the game yesterday,” Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said of Carter at his Monday videoconference. “So he got a game ball for yesterday because of his performance.”
It’s been a difficult start for uber-talented Carter in his sophomore season, self-described “trash” from Carter himself over the first two weeks. He was also benched for the first defensive series against Atlanta after being late in a team meeting due to oversleeping…