The Philadelphia Eagles went to a familiar trick play to bring life to their offense in Thursday's season opening win over the Atlanta Falcons.

The Eagles had just 68 total yards in the first half as Nick Foles averaged 3.6 yards per pass attempt.

In the third quarter, Doug Pederson called a variation of the "Philly Special" that became the highlight of the team's Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots in February. It was actually the same play the Patriots ran against the Eagles, but in Super Bowl LII a pass to Tom Brady fell incomplete.

"I mean, it's a good play," Foles said. "This league, there's a lot of great plays, there's a lot of great minds, so when you see something like that, that's unique and it works well, you try to execute it like they do."

Against the Falcons, Corey Clement took the snap, flipped the ball to Nelson Agholor on a reverse and the receiver lofted a throw to Foles that gained 15 yards. It was the longest play of the night for the Eagles at that point.

Foles said they had run that play only once in practice. Agholor was a backup quarterback in high school but doesn't have much in-game throwing experience. Trey Burton, now with the Chicago Bears, threw the pass on the original play.