5 Eagles Games You Have to Rewatch With Your FREE NFL Game Pass
With the ongoing crisis of COVID-19, the NFL has decided to allow its U.S. fans access to NFL Game Pass for FREE.
Create an account at http://gamepass.nfl.com and you have endless access to highlights, replays, and coaches film.
If you’re bored in isolation with no sports on, here are 5 past Eagles games that will definitely fill that void (Note: the Game Pass library only goes back until 2009).
1) Miracle in the New Meadowlands // Week 15 – 2010
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You may want to close your eyes for the first 3 quarters of the game because boy was it brutal. The Eagles were down 24-3 at the half, and 31-10 with 8:23 left on the clock.
Nevertheless, it’s almost impossible to pass up the opportunity to rewatch this stunning comeback. We all know how the game ends, but you can’t deny getting sweaty palms while rewatching it. And the best part? It never gets old no matter how many times you watch it.
2) 2013 Decider in Dallas // Week 17 – 2013
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In Chip Kelly’s first season as head coach, the division came down to a win-or-go-home Sunday Night game in Dallas. Tony Romo had hurt his back the week before in a win against the Redskins, leading to Kyle Orton taking his place. In a back-and-forth game, the Eagles never lost the lead from start to finish.
The Cowboys came close to tying the game but missed on a 2 point conversion late in the 4th quarter after a long Dez Bryant touchdown, which would eventually haunt them. Orton and the Cowboys got the ball back one last time to set up a field goal, but Brandon Boykin came through with a pick, sending the Eagles to the playoffs.
3) Darren Sproles’ Big Night in Indy // Week 2 – 2014
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A week after a high powered 2nd half comeback at home against the Jaguars, the Eagles faced their first test of 2014 against Andrew Luck and the Colts. Down 20-6 in the middle of the 3rd quarter, Chip Kelly’s high octane offense once again had a 2nd half spark. After LeSean McCoy cut the lead to 7 on a 1-yard touchdown run, the defense forced a Trent Richardson fumble and got the offense back out.
The offense then converted a 3rd & 15 on a 21-yard LeSean McCoy run as well as a 2nd & Goal for a touchdown from 19 yards out on a Darren Sproles run to tie the game. One again trailing after a Colts touchdown, the defense forced another turnover, this time an interception via Malcolm Jenkins. On the ensuing drive, Nick Foles found Darren Sproles for a 51-yard screen pass, setting up a 6-yard Jeremy Maclin touchdown to once again make the scores even. Andrew Luck got the ball back one last time, but the defense held its ground, forcing a 3 & out to give the offense a chance to win the game.
Foles started that drive with a 24 yard pass to Zach Ertz up to the Colts’ 36 and another screen to Sproles for 17 yards to the Colts’ 19. Rookie Cody Parkey came on for a 36-yard field goal and nailed it as time expired, giving the Eagles a 2-0 start on the season.
4) Super Bowl LII
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A game that no Eagles fan can get enough of, you can now watch Super Bowl LII endlessly at your fingertips. There isn’t a dull moment in this game, with just one punt through 4 quarters, and the most total yards in a game in NFL history.
From Doug Pederson’s gutsy trickery to a nerve-wracking touchdown drive late in the 4th quarter, it’s hard to watch this game and not have your stomach do somersaults. I think we all got sweaty foreheads when Tom Brady had the ball with 2:20 left in the game, and even when I rewatch it, I still get just slightly nervous. But 41-33 is cemented into history along with the franchise’s first Lombardi trophy.
5) A Hollywood Heist to Save the Season // Week 15 – 2018
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The Eagles had just gotten their hearts crushed the week before in an overtime loss to the Cowboys, leaving their playoff hopes all but gone. Days after the loss, it was announced that Carson Wentz would also be shut down for the season due to fractured vertebrae.
The Eagles still had a shot, but they would have to run the table and get some help from other teams. In order to run the table though, they had to beat a team that had only lost twice through 13 games in the LA Rams. It didn’t matter to the Eagles though. They held the league’s best running back, Todd Gurley, to just 48 rushing yards, forced 3 Rams turnovers, and had a great run-pass attack. Up 30-13 in the 4th, it looked like the Eagles were about to turn the lights out after stopping a fake punt deep in Rams territory.
Unfortunately, Foles threw an interception, resuscitating life into LA. The Rams scored 10 straight, and forced an Eagles punt, only to muff it at midfield. The Eagles milked the clock and attempted a long 53-yard field goal, but missed, thus giving the Rams the ball with a minute left. The defense came up with the stop though, as Jared Goff’s late attempt to the end zone was incomplete, setting up the Eagles for another unexpected playoff run.
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