Green Bay nearly scored a touchdown on its opening drive, but in trying to quick-snap the ball and catch the Eagles with too many men on the field, the Packers also had too many men, resulting in offsetting penalties.

Jordan Love missed a deep shot on the next play, and then Green Bay sent its offense back on the field on 4th-and-6. But a false start penalty moved the Packers too far back for their liking, and they punted instead.

Philly will start its first drive near the 10-yard line.

The Packers received the opening kickoff and we’re underway in Brazil. (The kickoff was not that dynamic — it was a touchback and the Eagles were called for an illegal formation penalty.)

Anyone know how to say “core values” in Portuguese?

While at least several Eagles seemed apprehensive about the team’s trip to Brazil for the 2024 season opener, that didn’t stop the trip from happening. The Eagles boarded a 9 1/2-hour flight on Wednesday morning and will play host to the Packers on Friday night at Corinthians Arena in São Paulo.

Head coach Nick Sirianni always talks about his five core values but the one he might care about most is connecting.

And a team trip to Brazil?

“This is a great opportunity for that,” Sirianni said on Thursday at the stadium the day before the game. “I heard some guys had some great conversations on the plane yesterday."

The second NFL game of the 2024 season takes place Friday between the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles. But it will look a bit different — literally — as neither team will be allowed to wear the color green.

Yes, you read that right.

That’s because Brazilian soccer club Corinthians -- the team turning NeoQuimica Arena in San Paolo for the first NFL game to be played in South America — dislikes anything green so much that its executives tried to paint the field black about a decade ago.

Players can be fined if they are spotted wearing clothes or shoes of that color, and sponsors need to adapt if they want to be associated with a club that has more than 35 million fans.

It’s all done in an effort to steer Corinthians fans away from any reference to local rival Palmeiras, the team they have been feuding with for more than a century.

The Eagles are the designated host team. In an attempt to sway some Brazilian fans to their side, they will wear black helmets, white jerseys and black pants — Corinthians colors.

The Eagles added a new offensive coordinator in Kellen Moore and defensive coordinator in Vic Fangio this offseason. They replaced Brian Johnson and Sean Desai, respectively.

They also signed running back Saquon Barkley to a 3-year, $37.75 million deal. Barkley, who is from nearby Coplay, Pennsylvania and played for Penn State in college, was with the New York Giants for the first six seasons of his career.

Barkley won NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and made the Pro Bowl two times in New York.

SÃO PAULO — At 1:30 p.m. local time, the lower bowl at Corinthians Arena was cleared of workers and the Eagles took the field for their walkthrough a day before they’ll play host for the first-ever NFL game in South America.

The stadium was mostly empty on Thursday afternoon but will hold 50,000 fans for kickoff on Friday night.

“Can’t be more excited to be here,” Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said. “We’re bummed, obviously that we don’t get to play our opener in front of our fans in Philadelphia, but we’re excited. This is my first international trip as a coach. To go out there into the stadium, to see the stadium and play here in front of the great fans here tomorrow.”

The Eagles have ruled out two players for their season opener: LB Devin White and CB Isaiah Rodgers. White did not make the trip to São Paulo because of an ankle injury suffered in practice. Rodgers made the trip and was at the walkthrough on Thursday — but after being limited all week he will not play.

Without White, the Eagles’ top linebackers are expected to be Nakobe Dean and Zack Baun. Both guys took plenty of first-team reps and Dean actualy outplayed White as a MIKE linebacker this summer.

Without Rodgers, the Eagles will likely start Quinyon Mitchell on the outside opposite Darius Slay in the base package. Mitchell will then bump inside on nickel downs and be replaced by Kelee Ringo. That seems like the most likely outcome. But the other option is to leave Mitchell on the outside for the whole game and play Avonte Maddox in the slot.

Longtime running back Aaron Jones was released this offseason — he later signed with Minnesota — and was replaced by Josh Jacobs. The former Raiders rusher signed a four-year, $48 million deal in free agency with Green Bay.

Jacobs, entering his sixth NFL season, has more than 800 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns in each of his previous five NFL seasons. He led the NFL in rushing in 2022 with 1,653 yards.