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Saquon Barkley had at least a first down, maybe even a touchdown, that would\u2019ve given the Eagles an undefeated record, but instead,\u00a0Nick Sirianni<\/a>\u00a0is being blasted for losing a game that the team should\u2019ve won.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>\u00a0are 1-1 after losing 22-21 to the Atlanta Falcons on\u00a0Monday Night Football<\/a>\u00a0at the Linc in Week 2.<\/p>\n The Eagles held a lead late in the fourth quarter, but head coach Nick Sirianni wanted to ensure the game was out of reach, so he called a play that involved throwing the ball.<\/p>\n It was a good play, but Saquon dropped it. The Eagles elected to kick a field goal, which made the score 21-15.<\/p>\n The 1:39 left on the clock was more than what\u00a0Kirk Cousins<\/a>\u00a0and the Falcons needed to come back and win.<\/p>\n After the game, Sirianni explained his game-losing decision to pass it to Barkley instead of running it, which would have taken more time off the clock against a team that had zero timeouts.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were running a certain defense and junking it up in the middle, so we were trying to go on around the outside, and it didn\u2019t work,\u201d Sirianni said.<\/p>\n Nick Sirianni added that he considered the Falcons not having any timeouts before making the call.<\/p>\n \u201cIn that scenario, I was thinking they might not have any timeouts there, but obviously they did with the incomplete pass. That would have come down to maybe a minute, and so we wanted to go up six points and it didn\u2019t work,\u201d\u00a0Sirianni added<\/a>. \u201cThe decision to pass it there, like I said when they were junking it up inside with it being fourth and three to go for it, I thought with them not having any timeouts, I wanted them to be down a touchdown and see if they could drive the field and they did. Hats off to them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Eagles HC Nick Sirianni on the decision to throw a pass on 3rd-and-3 and then kick a field goal ahead of the Falcons’ go-ahead drive. \ud83c\udfc8\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f#NFL<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/tzm92jDmOq<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n