7 observations from Eagles Insider Dave Spadaro

They have all been down this highway earlier than and the following step, they know, is the important one: After dominating the Denver Broncos for 3 quarters, the Eagles allowed 18 unanswered factors within the fourth quarter on Sunday and fell to the guests at Lincoln Financial Field, 21-17, their first loss after 4 consecutive victories to start out the season.

The subsequent step, straight in entrance of them, is on Thursday evening at MetLife Stadium in opposition to the New York Giants in a nationally televised sport. And everybody might be watching to see how the Eagles deal with the short turnaround.

“It can go one of two ways,” operating again A.J. Dillon mentioned. “That’s how you handle it. For me, I’m going to look at how I can be better, what I can do to help the team get back on track. I think that’s what you will see from this team.”

Said cornerback Cooper DeJean: “It’s a division game ahead of us and we know how important those games are. Things didn’t go our way today and that’s disappointing, but we know it’s a long season and we need to work on getting better and better. Today, though, it hurts. We didn’t finish the game the way we needed to finish.”

Here are some observations from the loss, the crew’s first after 12 straight dwelling wins relationship again to September of 2024 at Lincoln Financial Field …

1. An inconsistent day from the offense

Offensive Coordinator Kevin Patullo challenged the superb Denver secondary vertically and had success. Quarterback Jalen Hurts related with extensive receiver DeVonta Smith for 52 yards within the second quarter after which adopted with a back-shoulder throw to extensive receiver A.J. Brown that drew a pass-interference penalty on cornerback Patrick Surtain II. Hurts additionally took pictures that narrowly missed to Brown, one to extensive receiver Jahan Dotson, and a few deep seam passes to tight finish Dallas Goedert.

The Eagles scored on three of their first six possessions (not together with a kneeldown to finish the primary half) however missed on various alternatives to maintain drives alive and shut out the sport. They have been damage by a number of penalties and self-inflicted wounds. One last alternative ended with a Hurts go from the Denver 29-yard line into the tip zone that fell incomplete.

“It’s frustrating, but we’re going to keep working on it and building on the things we did well,” mentioned Smith, who had 8 receptions for 114 yards on 10 targets.