Tanner McKee’s first career NFL touchdown pass was thrown to a Philadelphia Eagles fan named Patrick.

OK, McKee actually threw the 20-yard TD to Pro Bowl wide receiver A.J Brown, who — in a momentary lapse of reason — chucked the souvenir football into the Lincoln Financial field stands.

Uh-oh.

“I felt so bad,” Brown said, “because I threw it so far.”

McKee, a sixth-round pick out of Stanford in 2023, is a career third-string QB who had never played a regular-season snap until he was pressed into emergency duty Sunday against Dallas.

Jalen Hurts did not start because of a concussion and Kenny Pickett — who ran and threw for a TD in the Eagles’ 41-7 win — was knocked of the game with injured ribs.

That opened the door for the 24-year-old McKee.

He did his part — including the 20-yard strike in the third that made it 34-7. The celebration was temporarily muted when he realized his ball — a milestone keepsake for any player — was somewhere in the stands.

Little did McKee know the ball was coming back to him.

Eagles fans kicked off a bit of a relay with the ball once they realized its significance to McKee. The fan who caught the ball was promised a jersey from Brown. He sent the ball to one fan, who passed it to Eagles security chief “Big” Dom DiSandro to hand to another Eagles employee to Brown and finally to McKee.

Souvenir secured.

“I appreciate whoever gave the ball back,” McKee said. “(Brown) was like, ‘I’m sorry, bro. I got the ball back.’ So, yeah, it was good. He made a great play, and obviously a great catch.”

Brown stripped off and signed his game jersey and handed it to a fan named Patrick as a thank-you for returning the football — all while fans chanted “E-A-G-L-E-S!” around him.

“We’ve got great fans here,” Brown said.

McKee needed more room on the trophy shelf — he threw a second TD pass in the fourth quarter.

BOWERS SETS ROOKIE MARKS: Brock Bowers broke Mike Ditka’s 1961 record for yards receiving by a rookie tight end and also set a rookie record for receptions at any position.

Drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders 13th overall out of Georgia, Bowers eclipsed Ditka’s mark of 1,076 yards when he made a 13-yard catch late in the second quarter Sunday at New Orleans.

During the second half, Bowers’ fifth catch of the game broke Rams receiver Puka Nacua’s 2023 rookie receptions mark of 105.

Bowers had entered the game with 101 catches for 1,067 yards, needing 10 yards receiving to surpass Ditka’s record in his 16th career game. Ditka set his mark in 14 games.

He finished Sunday’s game with seven catches for 77 yards, giving him totals of 108 receptions for 1,144 yards.

Bowers starred for three seasons at Georgia before turning pro, winning national championships with the Bulldogs in the 2021 and 2022 seasons and finishing his college career with 2,538 yards and 26 touchdowns receiving in 40 games.