The Eagles found a fresh way to let one slip away Sunday, dropping a 19-17 decision to the Jaguars on a last-second field goal. Philadelphia is now 2-3, and for the first time since 2021, the team is below .500 in the regular season.
That final sequence summed up the night for Philly. Jake Elliott drilled a 48-yard field goal with eight seconds left to put the Eagles ahead, but the decision to kick it long and force a return backfired immediately.
Jacksonville got the opportunity it needed and turned it into the winning kick. It was a brutal turn from relief to disbelief in a matter of seconds.
The Eagles also spent the game fighting the injury bug again. Tyler Steen left part of the contest with a shoulder injury, and Will Shipley was knocked out late in the first half.
On defense, Jalyx Hunt and Michael Carter II were hurt and did not return. It was another round of setbacks in a season that keeps stacking them up.
Jalen Hurts helped engineer the late push, but the performance never really settled into anything clean. He connected on key throws to Dontayvion Wicks and Dallas Goedert to get the Eagles into field-goal range, and that final drive did get the job done in the moment.
But the missed chances hung over everything. Hurts missed Wicks on two plays that could have turned into touchdowns, and he wasn’t able to use his legs the way he usually does.
He finished 21-of-40 for 220 yards and a touchdown, with just two rushing yards on two carries.
The coaching decisions drew their own share of scrutiny. Nick Sirianni passed on a 56-yard field goal in the first quarter and went for it on fourth-and-one instead.
With the running game struggling, the Eagles didn’t convert. On the final drive, Makai Lemon made a nice catch but went out of bounds with under 20 seconds left when he could have stayed inbounds and forced a Jaguars timeout.
Instead, he stopped the clock and left Jacksonville with eight seconds after Elliott’s kick.
Sean Mannion’s play-calling also left plenty to be desired. The quick game worked at times, but the final drive featured too much throwing once the Eagles were already in range. Jeremiah Trotter Jr. was ejected on the opening kickoff, a move that hurt Philadelphia’s depth on defense and may have mattered later on Jacksonville’s return that set up the finish.
There were some bright spots offensively, and Darius Cooper was right at the center of one of them. He made the 62-yard touchdown catch in the first half and finished with two receptions for 71 yards on three targets. He keeps making the case for a bigger role, and it’s getting harder to ignore.
The offensive line, though, remains a problem. Willie Lampkin, Jake Majors, and Markel Bell did fine in spots, but the unit was too uneven in pass protection and couldn’t get much going on the ground.
Philadelphia managed only 22 yards on 18 carries. Landon Dickerson and Drew Kendall need to get back as soon as possible.
On defense, Jalen Carter and Zack Baun were everywhere. Carter piled up five tackles, three tackles for loss, two sacks, two forced fumbles, and a pass deflection.
Baun added 11 tackles, two quarterback hits, and one tackle for loss. The Eagles didn’t lose because of those two.
Still, the overall offensive output wasn’t enough. Philadelphia finished with 232 total yards, went 6-for-15 on third down, and had the ball for just 24 minutes. Even with the injuries, the pattern looked painfully familiar: a strong first half, then an offense that vanished when the game got tight.
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