The Philadelphia Eagles are 1-1 after losing 22-21 to the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football at the Linc in Week 2.
The Eagles held a lead late in the fourth quarter, but head coach Nick Sirianni’s decision to throw the ball and Saquon Barkley’s dropped pass would quickly change that.
Jalen Hurts and the Birds had the ball at Atlanta’s 10-yard line on third down with less than two minutes remaining in the game. The Falcons had zero timeouts left.
Rather than running the ball, Hurts faked a handoff before throwing it to Barkley, who dropped it and the clock stopped. The Eagles elected to kick a field goal, which made the score 21-15.
The 1:39 seconds left on the clock were more than what Kirk Cousins and the Falcons needed to come back and win. Cousins ultimately found wide receiver Drake London in the endzone with 34 seconds remaining. Younghoe Koo’s kick was good.
Hurts’ final drive was then picked off by Falcons safety Jessie Bates to end the game.
After the game, Sirianni explained his game-losing decision to pass it to Barkley instead of running it.