How the Eagles made sure the clock ran out on the Steelers

How the Eagles made sure the clock ran out on the Steelers originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

It was one of the greatest drives you’ll ever see, and the Eagles didn’t even score.

The Eagles closed Sunday’s 27-13 win over the Steelers with a monster 21-play, 10 ½-minute drive that started at their own 2-yard-line, finished at the Steelers’ 9-yard-line and most importantly ended with all zeros on the clock.

That single drive took up 18 percent of the entire game.

“We’ve been able to do that a couple of times this year,” Jalen Hurts said. “It was crucial. Hats off to Saquon, being able to do that all year in those moments. Kenny (Gainwell) stepping up and making some of the plays he made tonight, not foreign to that at all. And just putting it all together.”

The Eagles took a 27-13 lead on Hurts’ keeper 43 seconds into the fourth quarter, then the defense forced a Steelers punt with 10:40 left. The Steelers downed it at the 6 and then a personal foul on Jalen Carter backed the Eagles up to the 3-yard-line. A penalty on A.J. Brown moved the ball back to the 2-yard-line.

And that’s where the Eagles started with 10:29 remaining and 98 yards of field in front of them.

“We had 10 minutes at the end of the game right there,” Kenny Gainwell said. “So it’s just us playing situational ball and (saying), ‘Let’s go out there and end the game.’”

The drive was a masterpiece.

The Eagles converted four out of five third downs and the one they didn’t convert they got the first down on fourth down.

Hurts was brilliant on the drive, completing five of seven passes for 79 yards, but the biggest play came on a pivotal 3rd-and-6 from the Eagles’ 7-yard-line when he fired a 21-yard completion to A.J. Brown to get the Eagles out of the soup.

He also had completions of 12 and 22 yards to DeVonta Smith and 19 yards to Brown just on that one possession.

Barkley was just 6-for-9 rushing against a stacked box on the drive, but he did have a seven-yard…

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Publish date : 2024-12-16 15:24:00

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