Eagles ultimately avoid blowing big lead to beat Jaguars, 28 to 23

The Birds are 6-2! Highlights and a recap of their Week 9 win.

The Philadelphia Eagles are 6-2 after beating the Jacksonville Jaguars at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday! Final score: 28 to 23.

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Eagles made this one harder than it had to be.

A 22 to 0 lead with 9:25 left in the third quarter should’ve felt better than it did with the offense leaving points on the field due in part to more questionable decision-making by Nick Sirianni.

The Jags got back into the game with the combination of a 10-play, 61-yard touchdown drive that was immediately followed by a Saquon Barkley fumble recovered for another score. Of course, that Barkley fumble seemed to be an awful ruling since it looked like he was tripped up by a Jaguars defender before his arm hit the ground and the ball bounced out.

Give the Eagles offense, heavily powered by Jalen Hurts and DeVonta Smith, for coming up with another touchdown that gave the Eagles a 12-point lead. But Fangio’s defense allowed a Jags answer. And then the offense was unable to close the game out, instead only setting up a Jake Elliott 57-yard field goal that was missed.

Fangio’s defense allowed the Jags to get 13 yards away from the go-ahead score before Nakobe Dean came up with a huge interception to seal the deal. Exhale.

Next up for the Eagles? The NFL trade deadline is at 4:00 PM Eastern on Tuesday, November 5. We’ll see if the Eagles make a move or not prior to then.

All focus then shifts to Dallas Week. The Eagles will be headed to AT&T Stadium to take on a Cowboys team that’s lost three straight to fall to 3-5. The Eagles can really put a nail in their rival’s coffin with a win next weekend. And the Cowboys might be without Dak Prescott and/or CeeDee Lamb after they both got banged up in Week 9.

Read on for a recap and stay tuned for BGN’s postgame coverage.

FIRST QUARTER

• The Jags won the coin toss and elected to defer, putting the Eagles up on offense first. Ben VanSumeren immediately reported as eligible, officially logging a start at fullback. Jalen Hurts overthrew a leaping A.J. Brown over the middle on the first play from scrimmage. Saquon Barkley’s first touch went for five yards up the middle. Facing 3rd-and-5, Hurts hit Grant Calcaterra at the marker for the game’s first first down. Facing 3rd-and-2, a Kenny Gainwell run picked up just one yard. Facing 4th-and-1, the Eagles lined up for a Brotherly Shove ... and DeVonta Smith motioned out to the slot ... but Jack Stoll moved early for a false start. A Braden Mann punt resulted in Sydney Brown forcing a fumble on the Jags’ returner for a Kelee Ringo recovery! The Eagles took over at the plus 20-yard line. A Hurts throw to ... BVS ... resulted in no gain. Then Hurts...