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Nakobe Dean protects souvenir after calling game vs. Jags originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Nakobe Dean made his way into the postgame press conference room at Lincoln Financial Field with a football tucked high and tight.
Sorry … not A football — THE football.
As in, the football Dean picked off late in the fourth quarter on a pass from Trevor Lawrence to D’Ernest Johnson in the end zone to seal the Eagles’ 28-23 win. Facing an improbable and disastrous collapse, the Eagles needed a play and the third-year linebacker came through.
Dean called game.
“I just can’t get off of Nakobe and the play he made at the end of the game,” quarterback Jalen Hurts said. “So a hell of a play. A big-time moment.”
The Eagles at one point were up 22-0 on the Jaguars before a series of unfortunate plays and questionable decisions helped Doug Pederson’s team claw their way back into the game. The Eagles were clinging to a five-point lead when Lawrence began to drive them down the field after a Jake Elliott field goal miss.
The Jaguars made it all the way down to the Eagles’ 13-yard line with under 2 minutes remaining when Lawrence threw up a pass to Johnson in the end zone. Lawrence clearly liked his running back 1-on-1 against Dean but Dean high-pointed the ball and came down with it.
Ballgame.
“It’s a play that I knew they had,” Dean said. “They have good backs that can run good routes. I know Saquon (Barkley) scored on it earlier in the game, a play that was kind of like that out of the backfield, a stutter and go. I got beat on it in training camp against Kenny Gainwell. I had seen in quite a bit. I had seen it in college. Got beat on it a couple times in practice too.
“I kind of was waiting on it. It was an opportune time. It was high red zone. They knew what we was in. They knew 3×1, when we’re at the end of the game. They got the read right and I just made a play.”
The route Dean was talking about against Gainwell happened in front of a…
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Author : NBC Sports Philadelphia
Publish date : 2024-11-04 12:00:00
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