Brenton Strange nearly became the face of a crushing Jaguars mistake in London, but Jacksonville’s wild finish against the Eagles spared him from carrying the blame.
The tight end got caught in a moment that looked impossible to explain. On a crucial play, Strange was in the middle of a live-ball scramble after a sudden fumble sent the football bouncing loose on the turf. Instead of going straight for possession, he locked onto his dropped mouthguard and reached down for that first, leaving the active play there for anyone to recover.
It was the kind of split-second lapse that can swing a game, and in a matchup this chaotic, it nearly did. The Eagles and Jaguars spent the afternoon trading the lead in a back-and-forth London battle that kept shifting with every possession. Mistakes were everywhere, and Strange’s sequence stood out as one of the strangest.
Jacksonville, though, found a way to survive it.
The Jaguars pulled out a dramatic 19-17 win over the Philadelphia Eagles at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with the game turning into a frantic final-second shootout. Philadelphia briefly moved ahead 17-16 on a 48-yard field goal with eight seconds left. Then Ameer Abdullah ripped off a huge 53-yard kickoff return up the sideline, giving Jacksonville life one last time before he was tackled at the Philadelphia 39-yard line with one second remaining.
From there, DaVon Hamilton handled a critical snap under heavy pressure, and Cam Little finished the job by drilling a 57-yard walk-off field goal straight through the middle.
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