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Roob’s Observations: Eagles nearly blow 22-point lead, escape with win over Jags originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
It would have been one of the worst losses in franchise history. It really would have. Blowing a 22-point 2nd-half lead in your own stadium against an injury-riddling two-win team?
The Eagles escaped with a 28-23 win over the Jaguars, but yikes … that was a little bit terrifying.
Here we go with our 10 Instant Observations.
1. With each chance the Eagles had to put this game away, you could just see the Jaguars growing more and more confident. When you’re up 22-0 you just can’t let that happen. You can’t let the other team think they have a chance. And the Eagles did exactly that. The two failed two-point conversions. Saquon Barkley’s fumble. The ridiculous failed 4th-and-inches near the end of the third quarter. All those Eagles mishaps gave the Jaguars life. Gave them hope. If you want to be a great team, you put teams away when you’re up 22 points, for crying out loud. Great that Nakobe Dean made a play and the Eagles escaped, but they never should have been in that position in the first place. They’ve got to learn from this and not put themselves in the same position again.
2. Speaking of Nakobe Dean … wow. This kid is playing so well and to make that play with a minute and a half left and save the game – who knows, maybe save the season – is just the payoff for all the work he’s put in. The expectations were so high on Dean coming out of Georgia in 2022. Then he didn’t play as a rookie and got hurt last year and I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect this year. He looked good in camp, but those first few weeks were not good ones. But, man, he has settled down and is just playing tremendous football and that interception was the product of an incredible amount of preparation and film study. He knew exactly what the Jaguars wanted to do there and he was ready for it and it was quite an athletic play as well…
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Publish date : 2024-11-04 01:20:37
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