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Almost sixty-five years after Jim Taylor was tackled by Chuck Bednarik at the eight-yard line to give the Eagles their third World Championship 17–13 at Franklin Field — the Eagles squeaked out a 10–7 win in Green Bay on Monday night.
For the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers — the contest was as close as it could be on Monday night. Miscues by both team led to the game only being separated by a 3–0 advantage. The Packers drove into Eagles territory on the first drive of the third quarter but a long pass play — Love to Cameron Wicks — was nullified by a penalty. On the insuing drive — Hurts found Saquon Barkley for a 41-yard screen pass. On the next play — Hurts found DeVonta Smith for a 36-yard score to take a 10–0 lead.
The Eagles then followed by holding off the Packers in the last eight minutes of the game. Josh Jacobs scored for Green Bay with only 5:49 left in the fourth quarter. At times — it appeared that Philadelphia had won the game. With 4:52 left in the game — Hurts found Devonta Smith on a 3rd and 12 to move the chains. But the two could not connect on a 3rd down and eight in the same drive. The Eagles stopped the Packers on 4th down with only 1:26 left on the clock and Jaelan Phillips recovered a Josh Jacobs fumble. With less than a minute left in the game — the Eagles went for it on fourth and eight with an incomplete pass down the sideline to AJ Brown.
Brandon McManus’ game-tying field goal floated wide as time expired to give the Eagles the win.
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Michael Thomas Leibrandt
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