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Kellen Moore breaks down situational smorgasbord of the marathon drive originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Eagles are always trying to prepare for every aspect of situational football.
It’s just rare for all those situations to pop up on one drive.
But during the Eagles’ marathon drive to finish off their 27-13 win over the Steelers on Sunday afternoon at the Linc, they faced a bunch of different situations.
It was a unique drive for offensive coordinator and play-caller Kellen Moore.
“It started with a backed up scenario, got a few first downs, played some third-down football,” Moore said on Tuesday. “And as we approached that midfield line, that’s where 4-minute football kind of started to present itself. Obviously, we had to make those adjustments and now we’re playing the clock and all those situations.
“I thought it was a really good job by our guys of understanding there’s a lot of circumstances that played out through that whole drive. A lot of situational football that kind of happens on the fly. To have it all in one 21-play drive is very rare.”
The drive ended up being 21 plays, 99 yards and it burned the final 10:29 off the clock.
It was the Eagles’ longest possession by plays since at least 2001, their longest by time since 2018 and the longest drive to end a game since at least 2001.
It was something special.
Here are the three situations from the drive that Moore brought up on Tuesday:
Backed up
Thanks to a Jalen Carter penalty, the Eagles’ drive started at their own 3-yard line and then a false start from A.J. Brown backed them up to their own 2. After an incompletion to Brown, Saquon Barkley picked up 5 yards on 2nd-and-11. The Eagles got out of their backed up situation by completing a 21-yard pass to Brown on 3rd-and-6. They stayed aggressive to get a first down.
Third downs
That completion to Brown was the first of six third downs the Eagles faced on the 21-play drive. They converted 4 of 6 but the final one was a…
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Publish date : 2024-12-18 12:00:00
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