In a battle of the birds, the Philadelphia Eagles had their wings full on Monday against a gritty Atlanta Falcons team.
A drop by Saquon Barkley on a third-down play that would have sealed the victory for the Eagles led to a Jake Elliott field goal.
Kirk Cousins then directed a six-play, 70-yard drive that ended with a seven-yard touchdown pass to Drake London to tie the game with 34 seconds left. The Falcons’ march came despite having no timeouts.
On the touchdown, London was called for a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty pushing the PAT back to about 48 yards. Younghoe Koo delivered the winning kick and the Falcons left Philly with a shocking 22-21 victory.
The key to the Barkley drop was the incompletion stopped the clock rather than the Eagles running the ball and allowing another 40 seconds to tick away.
That said, Barkley was open and just had to secure the reception for a game-sealing first down. He dropped the Jalen Hurts pass and the Falcons capitalized.
The Eagles’ last drive ended when Hurts threw a pass that was intercepted by Jessie Bates III.
The Eagles had taken an 18-15 lead on a 17-play drive that devoured 9:34.
The Falcons led in the third quarter when Cousins found Darnell Mooney for a 41-yard touchdown pass.
Cousins to Mooney! @AtlantaFalcons have their first TD of the night
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The Eagles’ drive was a maestro effort by Hurts, who concluded it with a one-yard tush push touchdown.
Jason Kelce in the booth for the @Eagles tush push
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Tush Push for the lead!
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Philly went for two points and got it on a strong run by Barkley.
Saquon’s second effort converts the 2-PT try
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The Eagles got a huge defensive play from C.J. Gardner-Johnson on the ensuing Atlanta drive to force the football to be turned over on downs.
CJ Gardner-Johnson STUFFS the 4th down play
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Both teams have 1-1 records heading into Week 3.
