Daily Local News (West Chester, PA)

Eagles rally to beat Jets 10-9

- By Rob Maaddi

Hackenberg didn’t take a snap in two seasons with the Jets after he was selected in the second round of the 2016 draft. He signed with the Eagles earlier in the month as the fifth quarterbac­k and has no chance to make the roster so he was playing for his next job.

After replacing Callahan in the first half, Hackenberg threw two picks on his first three drives. He drove the Eagles from the 1 to the Jets 20 in the final 90 seconds of the first half, but ran out of time after a 19-yard scramble.

The former Penn State star also lost a fumble and finished 7 of 16 for 69. He ran for 66 yards.

Callahan returned to play the fourth quarter and threw an intercepti­on in the end zone with 4:02 left. But he completed his last seven passes, including the TD to Jones.

Jake Elliott nailed a 55-yarder for Philadelph­ia’s only points in the last two games.

Veteran Josh McCown started for New York and John Wolford played the final 2 1/2 quarters. McCown was 3 of 8 for 26 yards.

Wolford was about to accept an internship at an equity firm in WinstonSal­em, North Carolina before the Jets offered him a job on Sunday. He participat­ed in rookie minicamp in May and practiced with the team for three days this week before seeing his first action. Wolford finished 8 of 20 for 89 yards and one intercepti­on.

Philadelph­ia’s Aziz Shittu stopped Thomas Rawls on fourth down at the Eagles 1 late in the second quarter. The Jets began the drive at the 8 after J.J. Wilcox intercepte­d Hackenberg’s pass and returned it 25 yards.

Myers could’ve solidified his roster spot by going 2 for 2. He was competing with Taylor Bertolet for the job after being claimed off waivers last week from Jacksonvil­le. Bertolet made a 19-yarder.

Jets: at Detroit on Monday night Sept. 10.

Eagles: host Atlanta in a playoff rematch in the NFL opener next Thursday night.

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