Jaguars clip Eagles’ wings with walk-off field goal in London thriller

From delirium to devastation – and back again – a lot can happen in a second.

As the clock ticked down toward the end of a pulsating game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Jacksonville Jaguars fans began to flock towards the nearest exit.

Philadelphia kicker Jake Elliott had just nailed a field goal with only eight seconds left to play to give the Eagles what would surely be a nail-biting win.

But just as quickly as the Philly fans began planning their night on the town in London, Jaguars running back Ameer Abdullah threw a wrench in those plans.

Weaving his way through the desperate tackle attempts, Abdullah returned the corresponding kick off to field goal range before being tackled with just one second on the clock.

Cam Little then stepped up and silenced the Philadelphia faithful, sealing a 19-17 victory for the Jags.

“One of the craziest games, maybe the craziest game I’ve ever been a part of,” Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence said after the dramatic win. “And I’ve been in some pretty wild ones.”

After going in at halftime with the Eagles leading 14-7, the action had completely dried up for much of the second half. A Jags field goal was the only score in the first 27 minutes following the break.

Both quarterbacks struggled to find any rhythm; constant flags stifled any semblance of flow and the football had seemingly become secondary to those in attendance.

But out of nowhere, the game exploded into life.

Lawrence, the sixth-year signal caller, found receiver Parker Washington in the end zone with just over three minutes left in the game to give Jacksonville the lead. Little, however, missed the extra point leaving the Jaguars up just 16-14.

A field goal would surely be all the Eagles needed to take the win and after a punt from each side, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts marched Philly’s O down the field.

It was a side of Philadelphia’s offense that had been lacking all second half. The team seemed to have finally found the precision and set up Elliott’s field goal perfectly.

Despite the Philadelphia fans’ best efforts, however, this wasn’t to be enough and the Eagles will now return stateside on the back of a devastating loss.

“At the end of the day I didn’t make the right decision, and it cost us the game,” Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said after the defeat.

“There’s no other way around it. There’s nothing really else to say about that. It’s just I didn’t do my job good enough in that situation.”

Siranni admitted he took full responsibility for the defeat in front of his team after the loss.

“The guys fought so hard … and I cost us that game.”

The 28-year-old Hurts was also quick to shoulder the blame for the lack of the Eagles’ effectiveness in offense.

“Offensively, there was not enough out there for us to do. We didn’t perform well enough. I didn’t perform well enough.”

This game was advertised as a home game for the Jaguars, but the atmosphere was anything but Jacksonville-friendly.

From the tube to the pubs, Eagles fans were all you could see. In the stadium it was no different.

Waves of green dominated the 61,322 in attendance and if the jerseys weren’t a giveaway, the noise was.

“Our fans showed up. It was great,” Hurts said after the game. “It was great to feel that energy and to see how they showed up when we didn’t do enough.”

From start to finish, Lawrence and the Jags struggled with the deafening atmosphere from the majority-Philly crowd.

“You could see that they had some issues handling some of that noise in that game,” Sirianni said of the impact the Philadelphia fans had on Jacksonville.

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And Lawrence clearly agreed.

“I thought it was supposed to be a home game for us over here,” the Jaguars quarterback joked afterward.

“Usually we have more fans, being the Jags and playing over here so much. This was really the only time I could remember where it was so lopsided.”

But, ultimately, it’s the Jacksonville few that will have the last laugh as they prepare to stay in London for another week, where the team will face the Houston Texans at Wembley Stadium.

For Philadelphia, this now represents three consecutive losses amidst a difficult juncture that the team needs to get through.

The ever-poised Hurts, however, stayed calm in defeat.

“There’s so much opportunity to grow, so much for us to be better at and we just continue on our journey, gelling and obviously staying locked arms and staying together as a team,” Hurts added.

Eagles will host the Carolina Panthers next week at Lincoln Financial Field.

CNN’s Ben Church contributed to reporting.

从谵妄到毁灭——再到恢复——一秒钟之内可以发生很多事。

在托特纳姆热刺体育场一场激动人心的比赛即将结束之际，杰克逊维尔美洲虎队的球迷开始涌向最近的出口。

费城老鹰队的踢球手杰克·埃利奥特在比赛还剩 8 秒时踢进一记任意球，帮助老鹰队赢得了一场惊心动魄的胜利。

但就在费城球迷开始计划他们在伦敦的夜生活时，美洲虎队的跑卫阿米尔·阿卜杜拉却给他们的计划带来了变数。

阿卜杜拉在拼命的擒抱中穿梭，将相应的开球回攻到射门范围内，但在比赛还剩一秒时被擒抱。

随后卡姆·利特尔挺身而出，让费城球迷鸦雀无声，最终美洲虎队以 19-17 的比分锁定胜局。

“这绝对是我经历过的最疯狂的比赛之一，或许是我参与过的最疯狂的比赛，”美洲虎队四分卫特雷弗·劳伦斯在戏剧性获胜后说道。“而我经历过的比赛也相当疯狂。”

上半场结束时，老鹰队以14比7领先，但下半场大部分时间比赛都陷入沉寂。美洲虎队在下半场开始后的27分钟内仅凭借一次任意球得分。

两名四分卫都难以找到比赛节奏；不断的犯规扼杀了比赛的流畅性，而橄榄球似乎已经不再是比赛的重点，观众们也对此感到不满。

但突然之间，游戏变得异常精彩。

效力六年的四分卫劳伦斯在比赛还剩三分多钟时，找到接球手帕克·华盛顿，后者达阵得分，帮助杰克逊维尔美洲虎队取得领先。然而，利特尔附加分射门偏出，美洲虎队最终仅以16比14领先。

老鹰队只需要一次任意球就能赢得比赛，双方各弃踢一次后，老鹰队四分卫贾伦·赫茨带领费城队的进攻组一路推进到对方半场。

费城队在下半场一直缺乏的进攻火力，终于找到了状态。他们似乎终于找到了精准度，为埃利奥特的任意球创造了完美的机会。

尽管费城球迷竭尽全力，但这仍然不够，老鹰队将带着一场惨痛的失利返回美国。

“归根结底，我做出了错误的决定，这导致我们输掉了比赛，”老鹰队主教练尼克·西里亚尼在赛后说道。

“没有别的办法了。也没什么好说的了。只是在那种情况下，我没能做好自己的工作。”

赛后，西拉尼在全队面前承认，他要为这场失利承担全部责任。

“队友们拼尽全力……但我却输掉了比赛。”

28岁的赫茨也很快承担了老鹰队进攻效率低下的责任。

“进攻端，我们没有足够的机会。我们表现得不够好。我的表现也不够好。”

这场比赛被宣传为美洲虎队的主场比赛，但现场气氛却丝毫没有杰克逊维尔球迷的友好氛围。

从地铁站到酒吧，到处都是老鹰队的球迷。体育场里也一样。

现场 61322 名观众身着绿色球衣，如果球衣还不足以说明问题，那么现场的欢呼声也足以说明一切。

“我们的球迷到场了，太棒了，”赫茨赛后说道。“感受到那种能量，看到他们在我们表现不佳时给予的支持，真是太好了。”

从始至终，劳伦斯和美洲虎队都难以适应费城球迷震耳欲聋的助威声。

“你可以看出，他们在处理那场比赛中的一些噪音时遇到了一些问题，”西里亚尼谈到费城球迷对杰克逊维尔的影响时说道。

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劳伦斯显然也同意这一点。

“我以为这对我们来说是主场比赛呢，”美洲虎队四分卫赛后开玩笑说。

“通常情况下，因为我们是美洲虎队，而且经常在这里比赛，所以我们的球迷会更多。这真的是我记忆中唯一一次比分如此悬殊。”

但最终，笑到最后的还是杰克逊维尔的少数人，他们准备在伦敦再待一周，届时他们将在温布利球场迎战休斯顿德州人队。

对于费城来说，这代表着球队在艰难时期遭遇的三连败，他们必须尽快渡过难关。

然而，一向沉着冷静的赫茨在失败中依然保持冷静。

“我们还有很多成长的机会，还有很多方面需要改进，我们会继续前进，不断磨合，当然也会团结一致，作为一个团队共同努力，”赫茨补充道。

下周，老鹰队将在林肯金融球场迎战卡罗莱纳黑豹队。

CNN的本·丘奇对报道亦有贡献。