The Eagles’ 2-2 start has brought a pair of straight losses, but Jordan Mailata isn’t letting the early-season stumble turn into something bigger.
Philadelphia fell 24-20 to the Los Angeles Rams after giving up a 10-point lead, and the fourth-quarter unraveling left the Eagles with another frustrating finish. Still, Mailata said the answer isn’t panic.
“I'm not concerned. It's Week 4.
I'm not concerned, and I can't be concerned. If I get concerned, that's what it starts from.
It's like an infection; it starts from the top down. I can't ask, I just doubled down.
Gotta double down on what we do good and double down on what we do bad and correct it. Correct what we're doing bad right now,” Mailata said.
For most of the afternoon, Philadelphia looked in control against the Rams. Then the fourth quarter flipped the script, and a game that seemed headed for a comfortable Eagles win became another loss.
Jalen Hurts had a rough day by his standards, finishing 12 of 27 for 93 yards while throwing two touchdown passes as the offense struggled to sustain drives.
The context matters, though. The Eagles entered the game without DeVonta Smith and Dallas Goedert, and then lost Saquon Barkley in the first quarter to a hamstring injury that kept him out the rest of the way.
With a disappointing 2025 season already in the rearview and a shaky start to this one, Philadelphia now has to get itself right before facing the 3-1 Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 5.
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