Eagles-Jets: Game time, how to watch and stream final preseason game

Head coach Adam Gase has become a human meme factory during his short time in New York

Tonight, Eagles fans will get a chance to see human meme-factory Adam Gase, the head coach of the New York Jets.Read moreAP Photo / AP Photo

Published Aug. 29, 2019, 7:31 a.m. ET

Since Thursday’s preseason game between the Eagles and the New York Jets doesn’t mean much to anyone but the handful of players fighting for roster spots, let’s turn our attention to human meme factory Adam Gase.

Gase, who was fired by the Miami Dolphins and subsequently hired as the Jets’ head coach in January, became an unlikely internet meme thanks to his buggy-eyed performance during his introductory press conference (the video of his eyes chasing a taco around the screen is internet gold).

Gase enjoyed another rush of internet stardom earlier this month, when cameras captured him taking a hit of smelling salt during the Jets’ first preseason game against the New York Giants.

Fortunately for the Jets, Gase isn’t bothered by all the mockery because he’s too focused on football. He revealed to The Athletic that in 2013, he asked his wife to schedule the C-section delivery of his youngest son, Wyatt, for 10 a.m. so he could make a meeting with Peyton Manning that day at 2 p.m.:

At 2 p.m., Manning was stunned to find Gase waiting for him in the meeting room.

Manning: “You’ve got to be kidding me. Didn’t your wife just have a baby two hours ago?”

Gase: “Yeah, but did you really think I was going to let you win this one?”

Gase also claims to have no idea what a meme is, and said he doesn’t waste time online.

“I don’t even know what that is,” Gase said of being an internet meme to ESPN Radio’s Michael Kay, shortly after his rocky introduction. “I don’t have Twitter, I don’t have Instagram, I don’t look at the internet, I don’t really watch TV, I watch movies. That’s it. The only time I get to know anything is when somebody tells me.”

Eagles (1-2) at Jets (1-2): Week 4 preseason game

When: Thursday, Aug. 29

Where: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.

Time: 7 p.m. kickoff

TV: NBC10 (Scott Graham, Dave Spadaro, Ross Tucker)

Spanish TV: TeleXitos (Bill Kulik, Rickie Ricardo)

Radio: 94.1 WIP (Merrill Reese, Mike Quick, Howard Eskin)

Streaming: NBC app (requires cable authentication), FuboTV, NFL GamePass, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Playstation Vue, DirecTV Now (all require a subscription)

Media coverage

As with every preseason game, staff writers Jeff McLane, Les Bowen, Paul Domowitch, and EJ Smith will be covering all the action live on Twitter. Notes and observations about the game will be at Inquirer.com/eagles. Our Early Birds newsletter also includes practice and preseason highlights.

In the latest edition of the Birds’ Eye View podcast, McLane, Bowen, and Domowitch discuss which players they think will end up on the Eagles’ 53-man roster.

NBC10′s coverage kicks off at 6:30 p.m. with Eagles Preseason Kickoff, hosted by John Clark. The show will feature head coach Doug Pederson wired for sound during Eagles training camp. Eagles Preseason Final will air immediately after the game.

Eagles Pregame Live will air on NBC Sports Philadelphia at 6 p.m., featuring Ray Didinger and former Eagles players Seth Joyner and Barrett Brooks. Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell will join the crew for Eagles Postgame Live following the game.

What to know about the Eagles

Jeff McLane reports on DeSean Jackson’s broken ring finger, which should not impact his availability for the team’s season opener against the Washington Redskins.
According to Barkowitz, the Eagles final defensive end spot is down to Daeshon Hall, Shareef Miller, and Josh Sweat ... for now.
Brandon Graham and Lane Johnson both have played in a preseason finale. They told Bowen it’s a game they don’t mind missing.
Carson Wentz won’t play Thursday. It appears new backup Josh McCown won’t take the field, either. E.J. Smith reports that according to Pederson, what McCown showed last week against the Ravens was “probably good enough" to keep him on the sideline.
Speaking of Wentz, the Eagles quarterback has opened up his own store on Amazon, where he’s selling meat bars.

Eagles 2019 schedule

Week 1

Sunday, Sept. 8: Redskins at Eagles, 1 p.m., FOX29

Week 2

Sunday, Sept. 15: Eagles at Falcons, 8:20 p.m, NBC10

Week 3

Sunday, Sept. 22: Lions at Eagles, 1 p.m., FOX29

Week 4

Thursday, Sept. 26: Eagles at Packers, 8:20 p.m., FOX29, NFL Network

Week 5

Sunday, Oct. 6: Jets at Eagles, 1 p.m., CBS3

Week 6

Sunday, Oct. 13: Eagles at Vikings, 1 p.m., FOX29

Week 7

Sunday, Oct. 20: Eagles at Cowboys, 8:20 p.m., NBC10

Week 8

Sunday, Oct. 27: Eagles at Bills, 1 p.m., CBS3

Week 9

Sunday, Nov. 3: Bears at Eagles, 1 p.m., FOX29

Week 10

Bye week

Week 11

Sunday, Nov. 17: Patriots at Eagles, 4:25 p.m., CBS3

Week 12

Sunday, Nov. 24: Seahawks at Eagles, 8:20 p.m., NBC10

Week 13

Sunday, Dec. 1: Eagles at Dolphins, 1 p.m., FOX29

Week 14

Monday, Dec. 9: Giants at Eagles, 8:15 p.m., ESPN

Week 15

Sunday, Dec. 15: Eagles at Redskins, 1 p.m., FOX29

Week 16

Sunday, Dec. 22: Cowboys at Eagles, 4:25 p.m., FOX29

Week 17

Sunday, Dec. 29: Eagles at Giants, 1 p.m., FOX 29