Jalen Hurts and the Eagles squeezed every last second out of the first half Monday night, turning what looked like a blanking into a touchdown just before the break against the Bears.
Philadelphia had been staring at a scoreless half on “Monday Night Football,” but with the clock nearly gone and the ball sitting at the 1-yard line, the Eagles chose to keep the play alive instead of settling for a spike. Hurts took the snap and powered into the end zone for the team’s first points of the night in a frantic finish.
The sequence carried extra weight because of what had happened earlier in the quarter. On a separate goal-line trip, Hurts missed three snaps from within two yards of the goal line while he was going through a concussion evaluation, and the “tush push” wasn’t available.
With the final seconds disappearing, many expected Hurts to spike it and buy one more shot. Philadelphia had a different idea. The ball was snapped with one second left, leaving almost no margin for error, and Hurts finished the job himself.
ESPN analyst Troy Aikman called the operation “amazing” as the Eagles celebrated, and coach Nick Sirianni told the broadcast that Hurts made the split-second decision to go for it right then and there.
After Hurts had shown frustration earlier when he couldn’t be on the field at the end of the previous drive, the touchdown gave Philadelphia a needed burst, even though the Eagles still went into halftime trailing by three.
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