PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Eagles running back Saquon Barkley and receiver DeVonta Smith have been ruled out of Sunday's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London because of hamstring injuries.
Barkley hurt his right hamstring early in last week's 24-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams and didn't practice all week.
Smith also didn't practice this week and will miss his second straight game.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was added to the injury report Friday with a calf issue though he was a full participant at practice and the team later released veteran QB Andy Dalton.
Dalton’s exit means Tanner McKee and rookie Cole Payton will back up Hurts.
The Eagles were scheduled to land in London on Saturday morning for the game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Philadelphia is also dealing with a reshuffled offensive line after this week's retirement of Lane Johnson followed by the trade of Cam Jurgens to the Baltimore Ravens for second- and fifth-round draft picks.
Johnson had been a late scratch for last week’s game against the Rams for personal reasons.
Barkley has rushed for 182 yards on 36 carries this season with no touchdowns. He had just two carries against the Rams and had missed a portion of the Week 2 game against the Titans after sustaining a stinger in his left arm.
Also ruled out for Sunday were receiver Marquise Brown (ankle), safety Marcus Epps (groin) and center Drew Kendall (knee).
The Eagles then made several roster moves Friday — signing center Jake Majors and running back Carson Steele to the active roster.
They also placed defensive tackle Uar Bernard — a Nigerian who was part of the NFL’s International Pathway Program — on the practice squad injured list.
Before the team's flight to London, coach Nick Sirianni fielded media questions that mostly focused on the evolving offensive line. Asked if he was on board with the Jurgens trade, Sirianni replied “of course.”
“I feel really confident in the room of who we have in there and the direction we’re moving toward,” he said. “Like I said, wish Cam nothing but the best, but feel really good about everybody that’s in this room.”
Despite two straight losses and injuries piling up, Sirianni struck an optimistic tone: “When you lock arms and you go through those things together, those naturally bring people together, too.”
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie announced he'll be supporting London-based autism research with a $500,000 pilot grant and a $170,000 post-doctoral fellowship.
The Eagles Autism Foundation said the investment “will be awarded to proposals that establish a proven and results-driven approach to autism research, services and programs in London.” The two-year, post-doctoral fellowship will fund research at the Lurie Autism Institute in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith looks on from the sidelines during the first half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in Philadelphia, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley reacts after an injury during the first half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in Philadelphia, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley reacts as he walks off the field after an injury during the first half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in Philadelphia, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
HEBRON, Ky. (AP) — Vice President JD Vance cast doubt Friday on whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed, “I’m not going to be watching it.”
The Republican vice president said, “I don’t know that that’s actually going to happen,” when asked about the plans that the Pentagon confirmed Thursday. But Vance then tried to set aside the controversy over the plans for a public execution and said Hasan’s crimes should not be forgotten.
Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting spree at the military base in 2009.
“So whatever the controversy is about the method of the execution, I hope that people don’t forget that this is a guy who brutally murdered a lot of innocent people,” Vance said.
“Now, that said, I mean, look, if it’s ultimately livestreamed, I’m not going to be watching it,” he added.
Vance is a convert to the Catholic Church, which has long opposed capital punishment.
President Donald Trump had endorsed Hasan's execution by firing squad during a Wednesday political event in Texas, suggesting “he deserves it.”
However, Trump was noncommittal when asked Friday whether he wanted the execution livestreamed. "Well, they’re making a determination about that,” Trump told reporters before traveling to a political event in Syracuse, New York.
But he again endorsed the firing squad as the method.
“He will be killed. He will be, through firing squad,” Trump told reporters. “I really don’t care how he goes, as long as he goes. And I think the death penalty is a very worthy way of going for him.”
Trump did not answer when asked if he would watch a livestreamed execution.
Earlier Friday morning, the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned the U.S. government’s decision to livestream Hasan's execution.
“It is with shock and great sorrow that I have learned of the Department of War’s decision to publicly livestream the execution,” Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the conference, said in a statement. He added that the decision was “a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered.”
Trump approved the execution by firing squad days after a failed attempt to execute Christa Pike by lethal injection late last month pushed Tennessee’s governor to halt further executions in that state this year.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military hasn’t executed a service member by firing squad since World War II. The last military execution took place on April 13, 1961, when Army Pvt. John Bennett was executed by hanging.
From Congress, lawmakers from both parties, Republicans and Democrats, widely condemned what they called the “gruesome” and “disgusting” decision to livestream the execution and implored the Pentagon to reverse course.
“Beyond disgusting,” said Sen. Thom Tillis, the Republican from North Carolina. “Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do. It should not be happening in America.”
The lawmakers said the authoritarian-style spectacle would send a message that runs deeply counter to American values and its system of justice, and risks putting U.S. service personnel and others overseas at risk of blowback.
Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, condemned Hegseth’s plan, saying there’s a reason why “almost no countries in the world engage in this barbaric practice.”
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said how the U.S. carries out its system of justice matters, and urged the Pentagon “to reverse this gruesome decision.”
Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah pointed to Rome’s bloody spectacles of the past said Hegseth’s plan to livestream the execution risks “feeding that appetite” for corrosive entertainment.
“I urge him to reconsider,” Curtis said.
This story has been corrected to show the military base's name is Fort Hood, not Ford Hood.
Associated Press writers Will Weissert and Lisa Mascaro in Washington and Holly Meyer in Nashville, Tennessee, contributed to this report.
Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 in Hebron, Ky., as he departs for a rally in Lima, Ohio. (Samuel Corum/Pool Photo via AP)
