Jake Elliott’s field goal with only 8 seconds left on the clock looked like the game-winner for the Eagles, giving them a one-point lead in London. But just like that, it was gone. Jacksonville’s Ameer Abdullah took the kickoff a crazy 53 yards all the way to the Eagles’ 38-yard line, setting up Cam Little to absolutely drill a 56-yard field goal with just 1 second remaining. That’s how the Eagles took a brutal 19-17 loss on October 11. Can you believe that?
The London Crowd Was Insane, But the Finish Was Wilder
Man, the crowd at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was absolutely wild. Even though it was technically a home game for the Jaguars, that record 61,322-strong crowd was mostly Eagles fans. And they were LOUD. So loud, in fact, that they messed with Trevor Lawrence and the Jags multiple times when Jacksonville was near the goal line, causing false starts or straight-up delay of game penalties. Twice, the Jags came away empty, including a massive stop at the end of the first half when they had three chances from the 1-yard line and Zack Baun threw running back Bhayshul Tuten for a 6-yard loss on 4th-and-goal as time expired. Midway through the fourth, they got stopped on downs from the Eagles’ 5. You thought that was clutch? The end of the game was even more of a gut punch. The Eagles had battled, gotten the ball back at their own 38 with 1:35 left, and put themselves in position to win, only for Jacksonville to pull lightning out of a bottle and steal it.
Hurts Fought Hard With a Depleted Squad, But the Offense Couldn’t Get Going
Jalen Hurts, man, he put on a gutsy performance trying to carry this team. He was dealing with a seriously depleted lineup on offense, but still managed to put the Eagles on the brink of victory. The Jaguars actually went ahead 16-14 on a Trevor Lawrence 27-yard touchdown pass on 4th-and-5 with 3:20 left, but their extra point missed, keeping it a one-score game. The Eagles needed every break they could get because they were absolutely hammered by injuries. Running back Will Shipley, edge rusher Jalyx Hunt, and right guard Tyler Steen all left the game with injuries. Even before that, they lost backup linebacker and special teams ace Jeremiah Trotter, who got ejected on the opening kickoff for fighting with Jaguars’ Bryan Thomas. It was rough. They had a practice-squad guy at center, Jake Majors, a third-string left guard in Willie Lampkin, and after Steen went down, career tackle Fred Johnson had to step in at right guard. Offensively, it was a grind. Hurts went 21-for-40 for 240 yards, including a 62-yard touchdown bomb to Darius Cooper. But the run game was non-existent, netting only 25 total yards, with just 2 of those on Shipley’s touchdown before he left in the second quarter. Dameon Pierce, promoted from the practice squad, took over and only managed 17 yards on 10 carries.
Mitchell’s Milestone Interception in a Tough Loss
Hey, at least Quinyon Mitchell finally got his first regular season interception! The third-year corner, widely considered one of the NFL’s top guys, had been getting teased for not having one outside of his 4 playoff INTs. But he broke that streak in the third quarter, making a diving catch to pick off Trevor Lawrence when the Jags were facing 3rd-and-7 from the Eagles’ 45, going for Brian Thomas Jr. It’s a silver lining, I guess, but man, after that finish, it’s gotta sting. This kind of brutal, last-second loss, especially when you’re battling so many injuries and fighting that hard, really makes you look at every play. They gotta regroup and figure out how to close out games like this, no matter how wild the ending.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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