Eagles’ Late Kickoff Blunder Opens Door for Jaguars

Let me take you over to what happened in London here with Nick Sirianni's Eagles. So, Coach, how would you handle this? Okay, so late in the ballgame, they end up getting a field goal. The Eagles kick a field goal. There's eight seconds left, and the Jags have no timeout. They also, Coach, to put everything in context here, they have a backup long snapper as well, okay? The worst thing that can happen is that the Jags get a return because on the other side of the field, Coach Cam Little, who kicked a 68-yard field goal, this guy really just doesn't need a lot of position and field position to put them in a position to be able to kick a game winner. What would you have done here if you were Nick Sirianni in that playoff situation against the Jaguars? Well, if he felt like he's no issue kicking it in the end, the surest thing is get the ball located where you know it's going to be located. You know, out to the 30. Yeah, you kick it into the end zone, obviously. They don't bring it out. Then you know right where the ball's going. There's such little time on the clock. To be able to stop the clock and get in field goal position is nil. Not sure why they didn't do that, why they kicked it in fair play or how they kicked it out of the end zone. Just put it where you can't return it. But I'm sure he regrets doing that. But by the same token, I will tell you, it's legal to cover kicks. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, that's one of the big criticisms, too, that people had, Coach. In that whole scenario, Coach, that's one of the big criticisms. Hey, it's okay to cover a kickoff, too, right? That's right. I mean, we're upset with the kick and all that sort of thing. But obviously, when you make that kick and let them retreat, you just don't think they're going to bust up like that. You're confident in your special teams you're going to make that play. So it's just like anything, a blown coverage, giving up a touchdown or one of those kinds of things, just failed to make that play. I don't know that it's so much a coaching decision. It's just an error on the field in terms of being able to make that play. Coach, would you agree that one thing, I know that the Jags didn't play very well in that football game, but Liam Coen has made a real difference with the way Trevor Lawrence looks now. He's playing some pretty good football. He went over 330 yards in this ball game, albeit it wasn't really, you know, that great when it came to continuity. But still, he looks like a different quarterback, and you could see some of the influence when it comes to the play calling with Trevor Lawrence. But he's mixing up really good. But the big thing is Trevor is very decisive and quick with the ball, more so than he's been throughout his career. And when he's prepared for this game, a quarterback like that, he's got answers. You know, right where the ball, he doesn't have to try and decipher things. I think their system is getting guys open, and he's very specific about where the ball wants to go. You know, quarterback, you get this coverage, that's where the ball should go. You don't have to evaluate anything, you know, and I think that they've made the thing simpler for him. They've groomed him really good in this system, and it's paying off.