Hurts and the Eagles starters were on the field for warmups, but when the game started, it was Mariota leading the second-team offense.
Before the game, Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said on the radio pregame show that he was holding out the starters because the Eagles are hosting the Cleveland Browns for joint practices beginning Monday.
Sirianni values those practices more than the preseason game because it’s starters vs. starters in a controlled setting − there’s hitting, but quarterbacks are not allowed to get touched. The Eagles saw this last summer in the preseason opener against the Jets.
