The Atlanta Falcons precipitated an upset in Monday night time soccer, as they edged previous the Eagles in Philadelphia due to a Drake London landing within the last drive adopted by a Jalen Hurts interception.
Falcons Upset Eagles
In a reasonably shut matchup, it was laborious to separate Philadelphia and Atlanta all through Monday night time soccer however after main for many the night, the Falcons deserved the win in week 2.
After Saquon Barkley spilled a shovel move on third and three near the Falcons finish zone, the Eagles selected to kick a subject purpose giving them a precarious six level lead with two minutes left for Atlanta to get a go forward landing.
Atlanta moved up the sphere with excessive effectivity and with simply 30 seconds left on the clock, Kirk Cousins fired a move into Drake London who caught the sport profitable landing.
KIRK FINDS DRAKE LONDON IN THE END ZONE WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE LEFT 😱
FALCONS TAKE A ONE-POINT LEAD 🔥 pic.twitter.com/47hDFw2RO1
— ESPN (@espn) September 17, 2024
All hope was misplaced for Philadelphia within the last snap of the night time, as Hurts tried to drive an enormous play in an try to drag off a late comeback, however he was intercepted to kill the sport off.
The Eagles clearly missed A.J. Brown of their defeat on Monday, with Jalen Hurts throwing simply 183 passing yards and one interception in a tricky night for the Philly quarterback.
Cousins then again was in spectacular kind, throwing for 241 yards and two touchdowns in a way more satisfying efficiency than his week 1 loss.
Jalen Hurts Displays
Hurts was booed on Monday night time by his residence followers for the primary time on this NFL season however he did take duty for the loss post-match:
“After I have a look at this recreation, there was quite a lot of issues that we might have managed essentially in our particulars, the little issues that we simply didn’t make the most of. So this is a chance for us to be taught from it, however i feel we’ve taken massive steps by way of coming collectively as a unit and we have to proceed on that journey.
“In the long run guys had alternatives to step up they usually did that. We received to be higher, i’ve received to be higher… I really feel like we went on the market and performed actually laborious, we simply didn’t make the most of the alternatives.”
Hurts closed out his convention saying: “I believe an important factor is everyone is targeted and doing their jobs to assist the staff win and as I mentioned earlier than, to try this you must be taught from every part, you must be taught out of your errors.”
The Eagles face the Saints subsequent weekend in week 3 motion, which can be a tricky matchup after New Orleans moved to 2-0 this week with a convincing win over the Cowboys.
