Eagles Choke Lead, Fall to Commanders in Dramatic 36-33 Game

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00:00Eagles entering week 16 seem to be in a pretty good spot

00:04Maybe to claim the one seed in that conference given the injuries to the Detroit Lions

00:10Philly three and a half point road favorite against the commanders in the best game of

00:16Sunday early on in the opening quarter Jalen hurts on a run gets hit comes up a little wobbly

00:23Exits the game with a concussion. He never returned

00:27Can he pick it in didn't really matter early all say Quan Barkley over a hundred yards on the ground in the first quarter

00:35Midway through the opening half the Eagles had a 21 to 7 lead, but then here comes

00:43Washington early in the fourth quarter about nine minutes left the commanders take a 28

00:4927 lead under four minutes remaining Jake Elliott for Philadelphia

00:53Buries a 50-yard field goal the Eagles back in front the commanders have a chance

00:59All they need is a field goal. They're down by two Jaden Daniels

01:03Oh, he looks like a rookie the fifth turnover of the day for the commanders his second

01:09Int the Eagles should be fine. They work the ball down into Washington Territory

01:15Just over two minutes remaining right before the two-minute warning third down play

01:20There's Devante Smith wide open over the middle can he put pick it puts it on him

01:26Devante drops it thus

01:29Washington gets the football back Jaden Daniels leads them down the field nine-yard touchdown pass the second touchdown

01:36Connection between Daniels and Jamison Crowder with just six seconds remaining

01:42number five for Washington

01:45Overcomes five turnovers for his commanders team throws five touchdown passes and leads a dramatic comeback

01:5336 33 DRS Washington wins outright as that three and a half point home dog

01:59Yeah, it was good win by Washington

02:00It was and also some of the key points here the Philadelphia Eagles had multiple times of two touchdown leads in this game and gave

02:05It up, which is something the number one overall defense in the NFL is not actually supposed to do but also factoring in

02:12I think it was 27 to 14

02:13I want to say and you saw Jaden Daniels on a fourth and 11 play late third quarter

02:18Scramble and juke five guys to get that first down to keep that drive alive. He was sensational when it mattered

02:23But here's where the things go wrong again

02:25NFL games as we know game of inches as we like to say they come down to singular plays a

02:29Pitching catch a short slam pass an easy catcher. Devante gets down you waste the net worth two minutes off the clock

02:34You probably kick a field goal, but you give the Washington

02:36You know squad what ten seconds max to go the length of the field right for a touchdown

02:40Probably not going to do that, but I do credit Jaden Daniels

02:43He was running a pretty good deal out there in that fourth quarter making plays off script and making plays happen

02:48Which I was really impressed with let's focus on the Philadelphia Eagles from a standpoint that not a lot of people talk about

02:53Can you think it was good enough to win that game?

02:55Say Quan Barkley ran well enough to win that game the defense even though gave up a lot of points force five turnovers

03:00That's good enough to win the game. You know, it isn't talked about

03:02Every time in a high-scoring game Washington got the football in a kickoff

03:06And it felt like they returned it back to the 50 every single time like look at the final drive of the game like hey

03:11Let's hold up. Usually kick the ball out of the back of the end zone

03:13They get the ball in the 25 30 yard line, whatever you got to go the length of the field

03:17They started that drive at midfield because of a big kickoff and not

03:20Understanding the rules of the kickoff where the Eagles actually went all sides time and time again

03:25The Eagles just gave Washington the football in great field

03:29I believe in the second half the average starting point for the Washington commanders was like the 45 yard line

03:33You can't do that. It's like one first down and you're back in the field goal range bad loss for the Eagles

03:38Yes, it was great win for the commanders

03:39But in the grand scheme of things the Eagles will still be the number two seed

03:42We always thought Washington was going to the playoffs

03:44So not a lot was settled there

03:46Outside of the Eagles could have clinched the NFC East championship and they didn't they have to wait one more week to do that

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