Cowboys-Eagles restart time: Weather delay updates from Philadelphia

The NFL's first game of the regular season had literally everything. It had a rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, it had Jalen Carter being ejected six seconds into the game and before playing a snap for spitting on Dak Prescott, and now it has a weather delay thanks to lightning near Philadelphia and Lincoln Financial Field.

With 4:44 remaining in the third quarter after the Eagles forced a Cowboys fumble in the red zone to retake possession, the NBC broadcast came back to the game right in time for the officials to announce that lightning had just been clocked within six miles of the stadium, which forced the game into a delay.

The NFL knew that lightning and storms were possible when the game started. However, all NFL fans starved for football want to know on Thursday night is when the game is going to restart.

Eagles-Cowboys restart time: When will the weather delay end?

Update: The game will officially resume at 11:30 p.m. ET, quite close to the projected start time originally. Players will retake the field after the delay at 11:15 p.m. ET and then get a warmup in before the whistle blows to restart the game.

On the NBC broadcast, the projected start time was stated as around 11:27 p.m. ET after the delay. That's with the storm systems expected and forecasted to clear out of the general area of the stadium by 11:15 p.m. ET and then a 12-minute warmup for players before the game is able to restart.

Obviously, weather is a fickle beast and anything can happen with storms in the summertime as the humid air works wonders. Having said that, the weather delay in Philly should last just about an hour when it's all said and done, which isn't as bad as it could've been.

Fans are devastated with Eagles-Cowboys getting delayed by weather

After waiting seven months for the return of the NFL, to have a good, entertaining matchup for the first game of the season was an absolute dream. So to have that taken away by a weather delay before the final whistle absolutely stinks. Naturally, fans were none too happy about play being stopped.

There were also some fans who noted that, weirdly, this also happened in the season opener back in 2018, which also happened to be coming off of a Super Bowl victory the previous year.

That feeling is wholly relatable, though. It's been a long wait for the return of football and the last thing you want is to have that ripped from your eyes, especially when there's really nothing that could be done about it. You have to keep the players and the fans safe, above all else. The delay is obviously to ensure that.

Let's just hope that we come out of the delay and don't have any shenanigans that ensue. For either side, fans would immediately talk about a conspiracy if there is a momentum switch of any kind after the delay. I might love the way I look in a tinfoil hat, but that doesn't mean I want to be wearing one after one game in the NFL regular season.