Eagles Name Joe Milton Starting Quarterback for Sunday's Game Against the Giants

The Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday named Joe Milton their starting quarterback for Sunday's game against the New York Giants, replacing Tanner McKee, who had become the starter after serving as a backup. The change follows Jalen Hurts being out for the season, which forced the team to reshuffle its quarterback position again. One outlet reports that coach Nick Sirianni had said 48 hours earlier that McKee was the team's guy and that no change at the position was coming. Milton will start against the Giants on Sunday afternoon.

CBS News and The Washington Post, the left-leaning outlets, report the switch in plain terms. CBS leads with the Eagles as a struggling team and ties the move to Hurts's season-ending absence, while The Washington Post's headline focuses on the quarterback change and the Sunday matchup. The Washington Times, the sole right-leaning source, leads with Sirianni's statement two days earlier, framing the move as a reversal. Defector, the alternative source, takes a satirical approach, asking whether the Eagles are the saddest team in the NFL and joking that readers may not have known Milton was on the roster. Yahoo Sports offers a brief item with few details. All sources agree on the core fact of Milton starting Sunday. They differ in emphasis: the left stresses the team's struggles and injuries, the right stresses the coach's reversal, and the alternative source treats the move as a joke.