Falcons Clinch Thrilling Victory Over Eagles on Monday Night

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00:00Monday night football finale to week 2 of the 2024 NFL season.

00:07Last night in Philadelphia between the Eagles and the Falcons.

00:11A battle of the birds, Kirk Cousins in primetime, Phillies home opener.

00:17Third consecutive year, Kirk leads a team into Philadelphia under the lights in week

00:22number two.

00:23But unlike the previous two trips, as a member of the Vikings, this one with the Falcons

00:29ends in a victory, in a wild ending, in a thriller in Philly, depending on what side

00:36you had or who you were rooting for last night.

00:40Story of the game, Joe.

00:42Final two minutes.

00:43The Philadelphia Eagles driving down the field deep into Atlanta territory around the Falcons'

00:4910-yard line.

00:50The Falcons spent all three of their time outs.

00:52There's a minute 46 remaining on third and three.

00:56Nick Sirianni and the Eagles decide to throw it.

00:59And frankly, it was the right call.

01:00Jalen Hurts bootlegs out, sees Saquon Barkley wide open in the flat.

01:04Had the pass been completed, Saquon walks to a first down and the game probably ends

01:09right there.

01:10Except Saquon did not complete the catch.

01:13He dropped it.

01:14Clock stops.

01:15Jake Elliott makes a short chip shot.

01:17Philly takes a 21-15 lead.

01:20But in the next minute and five seconds after the kickoff, Kirk Cousins leads the Falcons

01:2570 yards down the field in only six plays and 65 ticks to find Drake London for the

01:31game-winning touchdown.

01:33And then, oh, Drake London got penalized for an excessive celebration.

01:37So it moved the PAT back by 15 yards.

01:40It was a 48-yarder that Young-Wai Koo had to strike, and he did.

01:45The Falcons win outright in a thrilling comeback in the final 30 seconds, 22-21, as a five-and-a-half

01:52point underdog on the road in Philadelphia to spoil the home debut for the Birds.

01:57The old coulda, woulda, lot of armchair quarterbacking in Philadelphia here this morning, Ben, with

02:04what could have been.

02:05Do you throw to Saquon, even though it was a great throw and a right call, but he dropped

02:10it.

02:11And of course, do you not hand the ball off there and run out the clock?

02:15The odds, the percentages all say you just keep that clock rolling.

02:20All of that is hindsight.

02:21And none of it has to do with the fact that the Philadelphia Eagles got zero pressure

02:28on a quarterback coming off an Achilles injury, who can barely move, who's running everything

02:33out of the pistol, which is something he's never done before in his career.

02:38And yet you didn't make him uncomfortable in any way, shape, or form.

02:42And you know who the worst rushing defense is in the NFL right now, giving up almost

02:47seven yards a carry?

02:49That would be the Philadelphia Eagles.

02:52I don't know why you went out and poached Huff from the Jets, because he's been nowhere

02:57to be found in two games.

02:59They got serious issues defensively.

03:03I'm not worried offensively with Philadelphia.

03:06The warts here, people, and what everyone in Philly should be talking about today is

03:09forget the play call.

03:11What in the hell happened to your defense in that game?

03:15And how come you can't get to almost a 40-year-old Kurt Cousins on a bad lay?

03:22I just don't get it, Ben.

03:24That's the question I have this morning.

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