Hooker wasn't finished. He intercepted Hurts a second time as Tennessee, playing without cornerback Cor'Dale Flott and leaning on Micah Robinson in his place, kept finding ways to make Philadelphia's offense look mortal in the heat. Ward matched the physicality with a second 1-yard sneak, and by the fourth quarter the Titans led 20-17 off two rushing touchdowns and a defense that had already erased whatever margin the spread assumed.
It came down to nine seconds. Hurts, who finished 26-of-37 for 264 yards, answered both picks with a 9-play, 65-yard drive and found undrafted rookie Darius Cooper for a 3-yard touchdown — Cooper's first career catch — to turn a Titans upset bid into a 24-20 Eagles escape.
DeVonta Smith did the heavy lifting between the turnovers, going for 10 catches and 117 yards including a 22-yard touchdown, and Tank Bigsby punched in a short score of his own. Saquon Barkley left with a shoulder injury and missed the start of the third quarter before returning, while Dallas Goedert's knee kept him out of the second half entirely — neither absence stopped Philadelphia from controlling the ball for over 36 minutes to Tennessee's 23.
Ward finished 13-of-20 for 183 yards with no touchdown passes and no picks, leaning on his legs for both of Tennessee's scores and getting 64 yards from Tony Pollard and a 69-yard catch from Elic Ayomanor to keep the Titans in a game they had no business hanging in this deep. Jeffery Simmons and the Titans front got home for a sack, and Jalen Carter answered with one of his own, but neither defense could finish what its offense started.
Philadelphia moves to 2-0 despite the turnovers, a result that says more about its late-game execution than its first three quarters. Tennessee falls to 0-2 having outplayed a division favorite for most of an afternoon and having nothing to show for it — the exact kind of finish that will follow Ward and this staff into next week.