Elliott kicks 3 FG to send Eagles to NFC Title Game

“We wanted to wear them down physically”, Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson said postgame. They drove right down the field.

Three field goals from Jake Elliott and a solid defensive effort would secure 15-10 victory for the Philadelphia Eagles against the Atlanta Falcons.

The loss of Wentz certainly factored into the questions about the Eagles’ playoff viability, as did the shaky play of his replacement, Nick Foles, to close out the regular season. “There was a lot of outside noise. You’re aware of it because you’re human but we blocked it out”. Not everyone doubted him (not I, at least), but if you did, feel free to print it out and mail it to 1 NovaCare Way.

Diggs held his ground, kept his feet in bounds and raced untouched into the end zone as the crowd at U.S. Bank Stadium erupted.

Tight end Zach Ertz expects the Eagles to be written off again when they face the Minnesota Vikings or New Orleans Saints next weekend.

“I recognize that goes with the job, and so does Sark”, Quinn said of the criticism. We don’t care what anybody else says. “We’re making adjustments on the coverage between DB to DB and linebacker to linebacker and just making sure everyone knows what’s coming and got a stop”.

Foles finished a very efficient outing by going 23 of 30 for 246 yards.

“It was great”, Jones said.

“We’ll be ready for next week”. Philadelphia then came out and drove 74 yards down the field and got a field goal. “We all stuck together and believed we could move the ball”.

The Falcons, of course, memorably blew a 28-3 second-half lead to the Patriots in last year’s Super Bowl. “Was there plays that knocked us out?”

“It just didn’t work out”, Ryan said of the final play during his post-game press conference, “and that’s disappointing. For now, it’s just tough”.

It’s no secret that many people picked the Eagles to lose against the Falcons despite hosting their Divisional playoff game at Lincoln Financial Field.

Matt Bryant made a 33-yard field goal on the Falcons’ first possession. At this point, the score was 10-9 Atlanta and Nick Foles wasn’t looking too good leaving me still deep in worry. “The Eagles brought me in and I’m going to keep working and show I belong”.

Ryan tossed a 6-yard touchdown pass to running back Devonta Freeman and the Falcons captured the lead 10-6 with 5:41 remaining in the second. The Falcons then began to mount a decent drive that started at their own 12-yard line but the Eagles defense held and forced them to punt. The drive ended with Elliott’s 37-yard kick into the wind that made the score 12-10 in the third quarter.

In the victorious locker room, the Philadelphia Eagles’ players were mocking the national experts labeling them as an underdog despite being a No. 1 seed.

Philadelphia caught a break on the previous play when Foles recovered a botched handoff. The 11-play, 59-yard drive stalled at the 16.

The matchup that Quinn seemed to be referring to was Jones on Eagles cornerback Jalen Mills.

Ryan, who dropped to 1-4 in games played in his hometown of Philadelphia, was 22-of-36 passing for 210 yards with a touchdown, but he was sacked three times. The betting line in Las Vegas opened up with Atlanta as 2.5 point favorites.

The Eagles were in this game against a team that advanced to the Super Bowl last season. “This is everything you dream of as a player, you do your studying, you do your preparing, and they come out and run the identical play”.

It has been five weeks now since the Eagles’ season took its turn for the worse, and all they’ve done since is give us reason to join them in belief. Eagles RB Wendell Smallwood was left out of the rotation and listed as inactive.

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