Moro Ojomo owned the mistake that helped slam the door on the Eagles in a 27-7 loss to the Bears on Monday night, and he didn’t try to dress it up.
With the Eagles trailing 20-7 and 12:48 left in the fourth quarter, Ojomo jumped offsides on fourth-and-2 and handed Chicago a first down. From there, Bears third-string quarterback Case Keenum went to work, leading a 13-play, 58-yard touchdown drive that pushed the Bears’ lead to 20 points and effectively ended the night for Philadelphia.
Ojomo knew exactly how much that moment mattered.
“I didn’t want to jump,“ Ojomo told reporters after the game at Soldier Field. ”Ultimately kind of like what coach said, take accountability, look in the mirror, right?
And that was a huge play. I got to do better.
I got to look myself in the mirror and be smarter in those situations. They put a lot of trust in me having me out there on that field, and I just don’t want to let my team down.”
After the game, Eagles defensive line coach Clint Hurtt sat with Ojomo at his locker, appearing to encourage him.
Ojomo’s lapse came in the middle of a rough night for the entire Eagles defense. Philadelphia never got to Keenum for a sack, and the Bears’ backup completed 24 of 34 passes for 247 yards and two touchdowns. Chicago also ran for 128 yards, a workload that wore down the Eagles as the game wore on.
The breakdowns weren’t limited to one phase. The Eagles missed a number of tackles, including on the game’s first touchdown, when Bears wide receiver Luther Burden ran through safety Marcus Epps and other defenders to reach the end zone. Philadelphia’s secondary also surrendered chunk gains on Chicago’s second scoring drive, with completions of 22 and 25 yards.
For a defense that entered the season with big expectations, the first three weeks have been more frustrating than anyone inside the building probably imagined. Ojomo had been one of the steadier performers until Monday night, when he became the player tied to the play that helped bury his team.
“We thought they were going to run it, being on third-string quarterback, but props to Case Keenum,” Ojomo said. “Like, holy s---, hell of a player.
And those backs are hell of backs, too. We tried our best to stop the run.
Got leaky towards the end, gave up a bunch of passes, right? Like coach said, it was an overall team loss.
You look at it, we’re turning the ball over, we’re losing the point of attack battle, we’re blowing coverages. We’re doing all that, we can’t play good.
I’m jumping off sides, right? Can’t win a game like that.”
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