Six days ago, the Philadelphia Eagles were undefeated and everyone’s favorite to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. There were whispers about a “perfect” season.
Flash forward to Sunday afternoon, and the Eagles don’t look so invincible anymore.
On Sunday, they escaped with a 17-16 victory over the Indianapolis Colts Sunday. The game was in doubt until the final seconds as the Colts had a chance to drive down for a potential game-winning field goal. But the Eagles D held tight to seal the win.
Quarterback Jalen Hurts put Philadelphia ahead with a 7-yard touchdown run with just more than a minute remaining.
Jalen Hurts takes it by himself to put the Eagles in the lead for the first time today 😤pic.twitter.com/1i8tksQm9S
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) November 20, 2022
Coming off their loss to the Washington Commanders last Monday, the Eagles did not look sharp against the Colts. Favored by 7, they trailed the whole game until Hurts’ TD run.
Of course, the Eagles were playing this game on a short week, but that’s not a great excuse. Still, football fans were left wondering about Philadelphia. Even Philly fans were not happy with the performance.
“The Eagles offensive play calling has been atrocious today,” tweeted Brenden Deeg.
“The Eagles just ain’t as great as you think they are,” noted one fan.
“Eagles are 9-1 and if they’re not your team, your team isn’t,” tweeted Frank Taney.
IF Jeff Saturday and the Colts beat the Eagles, they should TAKE THE INTERIM TAG OFF and go ahead and hire the rest of GetUp, First take, Monday Night Countdown and NFL Live talent to be coaches. Maybe TV Talent to Head Coach is the unconventional decision making football needed.
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) November 20, 2022
Eagles in first 8 games vs. Eagles in last two games pic.twitter.com/ffrdlU5BXr
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) November 20, 2022
Sirianni, WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? Out of the 2 minute warning you need to run a play!!!
The @Eagles talent is overcoming their coaching today.
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) November 20, 2022
Jalen Hurts just decided the Eagles aren’t losing this game. I remember McNabb doing the same type thing. Put the team on his back and dragged them to victory
— Pedigree_Collapse 🏴☠️ (@JCFlowers2000) November 20, 2022
The Eagles offensive play calling has been atrocious today.
— Brenden Deeg (@BrendenDeeg_) November 20, 2022
Eagles are 9-1 and if they’re not your team, your team isn’t. That was a 4th quarter come from behind TD drive according to Hoyle from Jalen Hurts by the way so we can check off that box for the haters who said he hadn’t done it before.
— Frank Taney (@scarylawyer) November 20, 2022
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