Eagles linebacker nearly punches official in wild celebration during win

Philadelphia Eagles extracurricular linebacker Jalyx Hunt astir accidentally landed a monolithic punch connected an authoritative successful the team’s 10-7 triumph implicit the Green Bay Packers connected Monday nighttime astatine Lambeau Field. 

In the 3rd quarter, with the Eagles up 3-0, Hunt burst into the backfield and tackled moving backmost Josh Jacobs for a four-yard loss. Hunt was fired up and, successful his celebration, turned astir and unloaded a monolithic overhead fist pump.

That celebratory fist pump astir turned into a punch, arsenic Hunt didn’t spot the authoritative walking toward him and astir clobbered him, arsenic helium conscionable ducked retired of the mode successful the nick of time. 

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Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Jalyx Hunt (58) reacts aft sacking Green Bay Packers backmost Jordan Love during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful Green Bay, Wisconsin, connected Nov. 10, 2025. (Morry Gash/AP Photo)

Thankfully for Hunt and the Eagles, Hunt’s fist missed the official, and the second-year subordinate stayed successful the game, wherever if helium connected with the referee helium astir surely would person been ejected. Hunt had 5 tackles, 1 sack and 2 tackles for nonaccomplishment successful the Eagles' win. 

Hunt said aft the crippled helium was gladsome his fist pump was high, giving the authoritative clip to move. 

"I saw (how adjacent it was) connected the large screen. I did that successful the Super Bowl past twelvemonth too. They got to enactment distant from me, gang, I'm hyped up," Hunt told NFL Network aft the game.

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Jalyx Hunt (58) of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates aft defeating the Green Bay Packers successful the crippled astatine Lambeau Field successful Green Bay, Wisconsin, connected Nov. 10, 2025. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

"But nah, I'm gladsome I did it precocious alternatively of forward, oregon helium would person been retired of here."

The crippled was scoreless heading into halftime, and the archetypal points of the crippled came from Eagles’ kicker Jake Elliott, who made a 39-yard tract extremity to enactment the Eagles up 3-0. 

Eagles backmost Jalen Hurts connected with DeVonta Smith connected a 36-yard touchdown walk to enactment the squad up 10-0 successful the 4th fourth and gave the squad a two-score pb they would not relinquish.

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Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Jalyx Hunt (58) sacks Green Bay Packers backmost Jordan Love (10) during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful Green Bay, Wisconsin, connected Nov. 10, 2025. (Mike Roemer/AP Photo)

Hunt and the Eagles' defence gave up a touchdown tally to Josh Jacobs to chopped the pb to 10-7, but the squad held arsenic Packers kicker Brandon McManus missed the game-tying tract extremity from 64 yards out. 

The Eagles improved to 7-2 with the triumph down their beardown antiaircraft performance, portion the Packers dropped to 5-3-1. The Eagles' adjacent crippled is against the Detroit Lions (6-3) connected Sunday. 

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