3 Reasons Jalen Reagor can’t be blamed for Eagles loss versus Giants

1. The Eagles should have never needed to lean on Reagor in the first place.

After watching the game twice and looking at a little game film, it has been established that the Eagles coaching staff made one wise decision in the fourth quarter. They saved their second-half timeouts.

After a Boston Scott fumble that put the game in doubt, those timeouts allowed Philadelphia to stop the clock three times and force a punt that would give the visiting team one final chance to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know how things played out, but while we’re on the subject, here are a few questions that probably crossed your minds in the fourth quarter. Why were the Eagles trailing the Giants with less than two minutes to play in the first place? Weren’t they favored? Hadn’t they beaten this team 21 times in the last 26 meetings?

Wasn’t New York hampered by injuries and the worst team, record-wise, in the NFC East? Why did it seem like the better team, Philly, never had control in this one? What happened?

Oh, that’s right! The Eagles didn’t force any turnovers. They turned the ball over four times themselves. One of those turnovers erased an opportunity to put, at minimum, three points on the board. They also committed four penalties. All of which came at the wrong time.

Two holding calls by Nate Herbig erased a long run and a Boston Scott touchdown. A pass-interference penalty by Steven Nelson led to 1st-and-goal at the one-yard line for New York, and they’d score a touchdown as a result.

Credit the Giants. Sure, the Eagles imploded, but New York took what Philadelphia gave them, a win. Forget what Jalen Reagor did or didn’t do for a second. The truth is this game should have never come down to the offense needing him to make a play in the first place.