The Philadelphia Eagles led the Atlanta Falcons late within the fourth quarter and wanted a crucial cease of the Kirk Cousins-led offense on fourth down with 5:38 left within the recreation.
Cousins obtained the snap and handed the ball off to working again Bijan Robinson. The second-year participant was stopped lifeless in his tracks by Eagles security C.J. Gardner-Johnson. Because the defensive again tried to rejoice the play, it appeared he had taken his helmet off.
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NFL officers thought so too and threw a flag on Gardner-Johnson, which might have given the Falcons a brand new set of downs and prolonged the drive. Gardner-Johnson and the remainder of his teammates have been capable of persuade the officers that the helmet by chance flew off of his head.
It could have been an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty if the decision stood.
Followers weren’t precisely satisfied that Gardner-Johnson didn’t purposely take off his helmet after stopping Robinson.
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As a substitute, the Eagles, main 18-15 on the time, obtained the ball on offense to attempt to run out the clock for the remainder of the sport.
Philadelphia ended its subsequent drive with a discipline aim to take the lead. Nonetheless, Cousins marched the Falcons again down the sector for a landing. The additional level put the workforce up 22-21 with lower than a minute left on the clock.
Jalen Hurts tried to get the Eagles in scoring place, however he was intercepted.
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