LONDON - The Eagles’ day in their 19-17 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium turned into a familiar kind of misery: more injuries, more mistakes, and a finish that slipped through their hands in the final seconds.
It would be easy to let the injury list do the talking. The Eagles were already missing five starters - running back Saquon Barkley, wide receiver DeVonta Smith, center Drew Kendall, edge rusher Jonathan Greenard and safety Marcus Epps - before kickoff.
During the week, they also lost two more starters for good, with Hall of Fame-caliber right tackle Lane Johnson retiring four games into his 14th season and left guard Cam Jurgens getting traded to the Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday. Then four more starters left Sunday’s game injured.
Even with that backdrop, the ending was brutal. Philadelphia grabbed a 17-16 lead with eight seconds left, only to allow a 53-yard kickoff return that left one second on the clock. Cam Little then drilled the 57-yard game-winner, and the Eagles walked off at 2-3.
Bad teams find ways to lose at the worst possible moment, and that’s exactly what happened here.
The offensive line never gave Philadelphia a steady foundation. The new starting five - left tackle Jordan Mailata, left guard Willie Lampkin, center Jake Majors, Steen and offensive tackle Markel Bell - had trouble with Jacksonville’s pressure from the start, and Steen was replaced by Fred Johnson in the second half.
The first drive set the tone. On fourth-and-1 from the Jaguars’ 37-yard line, Shipley got stuffed in the backfield by Davon Hamilton and Ventrell Miller, and the Eagles came away empty.
There were other ugly snaps after that. With 4:33 left in the first quarter, Ruke Orhorhoro beat Lampkin and hit Jalen Hurts for an incompletion.
On the third drive, Josh Allen came free into the backfield and dropped Dameon Pierce for a minus-2-yard run. Early in the second half, Majors nearly put a snap on the ground, and Hurts had to scoop it up before throwing incomplete.
Then came the fourth-quarter self-inflicted damage: Mailata jumped offsides on second-and-11, Darius Cooper drew pass interference on the next play, and the drive stalled into a punt. Later, with 5:44 left, Majors snapped the ball over Hurts’ head and wrecked another chance.
Antonio Johnson also beat the protection for a 10-yard sack, and the Eagles punted two plays later.
For stretches, though, the offense did find something. Philadelphia converted 4 of 6 third downs in the first half, a sharp improvement after last week’s 0-for-12 showing against the Los Angeles Rams.
Hurts opened the second-quarter touchdown march by hitting a 10-yard throw on third-and-8 and then an 18-yard completion on third-and-10 to Dontayvion Wicks, with Wicks separating cleanly on both routes. Shipley finished that series with a 2-yard touchdown run.
Hurts struck again later in the second quarter, dropping a 62-yard touchdown to Darius Cooper on third-and-10 from Philadelphia’s 38-yard line to put the Eagles up 14-7.
But the second half was a different story. The running game didn’t help, and the offense kept slipping into long-yardage spots.
Hurts’ fourth-and-3 pass to Makai Lemon hit the turf, and with 1:01 left in the third quarter he overthrew a wide-open Dontayvion Wicks on what should have been a touchdown. Hurts did make the throws that set up the final scoring drive, but none of that mattered once special teams gave the game back.
He finished 21 of 40 for 220 yards and one touchdown, while the Eagles scored just three points after halftime and went 6 for 15 on third down.
The defense had its moments, but not enough of them. Jacksonville struck early when Parker Washington came out of the backfield, beat Drew Mukuba to the flat and turned it into a 51-yard touchdown.
Trevor Lawrence finished 24 of 39 for 331 yards and two touchdowns, and the Jaguars ran for 102 yards. Jacksonville also worked Philadelphia’s safeties, Kenny Moore and Mukuba, on intermediate throws.
The Eagles did fight in the fourth quarter and forced some key stops, but the Jaguars still had the final answer. With 3:26 remaining, Washington hauled in a 27-yard touchdown over Riq Woolen. Woolen was in good position, but Washington made a one-handed catch anyway.
The one bright spot that stood out was Jalen Carter. Philadelphia gave him $152 million this offseason, and he looked every bit like the player they paid for.
Carter had two sacks, forced two fumbles and added three tackles for loss. He had been dealing with a hairline fracture in his wrist before the season and had looked ineffective at times over the first four weeks, but against Jacksonville he looked much healthier.
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