Jalen Carter ejected for spitting on Dak Prescott before first snap in Eagles-Cowboys opener

The Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys played the first NFL game of the 2025-26 season, with Philly beginning its Super Bowl defense and the Cowboys still reeling from the Micah Parsons trade. Basically everyone was picking the Eagles coming into this contest. Then Philly lost arguably its best defensive player before the first snap of the game.

After an Eagles’ special teamer was injured on the game’s opening kickoff, Carter approached Cowboys offensive huddle then spit on Dallas QB Dak Prescott. After a short huddle, the refs ejected Carter from the game. Watch the video here:

This is bizarre behavior from Carter. Spitting on someone shows the lowest possible amount of

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