Davis' block, TD preserves Eagles' win at buzzer

PHILADELPHIA -- The past clip the Philadelphia Eagles blocked 2 tract goals successful a azygous crippled was Sept. 21, 1975, against the New York Giants.

Fifty years to the day, past repeated, though this clip it generated a walk-off victor that delivered a stunning 33-26 triumph implicit the Los Angeles Rams.

Defensive tackle Jordan Davis batted a 44-yard Joshua Karty effort with 3 seconds remaining, scooped it up and rumbled 61 yards for the touchdown to present 1 of the much frenzied endings to a crippled successful Lincoln Financial Field history. It completed a monolithic comeback for the Eagles, who trailed 26-7 aboriginal successful the 3rd quarter.

"I deliberation the lone walk-off triumph I've ever been a portion of was the Buffalo crippled successful '23 and today, and it's a large feeling," manager Nick Sirianni said. "It's an affectional game."

That emotion spilled implicit into the backmost of the extremity zone. Fans leaned implicit the partition to lovingly slap Davis connected the helmet and teammates swarmed from each absorption to beryllium portion of the celebration.

Technically, it was a "No mas" concern for the Eagles -- players aren't expected to beforehand the shot successful that situation, truthful arsenic not to hazard giving the shot backmost to the hostile -- but nary 1 was complaining. Davis, listed astatine 6-foot-6 and 336 pounds, reached 18.59 miles per hr connected the return, the fastest velocity by a subordinate implicit 330 pounds since astatine slightest 2017, according to NextGen Stats.

"Maybe helium has a aboriginal astatine moving back," Saquon Barkley said aft learning however accelerated Davis ran.

"I was juiced," information Reed Blankenship added. "I didn't cognize helium was going to instrumentality it each the mode back. But he's got wheels. He mislaid what, 30-something pounds. He tin move."

Davis made getting successful amended signifier a precedence dating backmost to astir the mediate of past season. He credits a amended diet, other workouts and Peloton for helping him driblet excess weight.

He added 5 tackles, a sack and a QB deed to assistance the Eagles amended to 3-0 portion the Rams exited with a stinging nonaccomplishment that dropped them to 2-1.

"As a man, you tally to adversity," Rams moving backmost Kyren Williams said. "The radical successful this locker room, we tally to that, we judge it. And for me, I cognize I'm much bare present than ever due to the fact that I hatred the Eagles. ... But they're putting america done thing that we request to get enactment through. And I'm gladsome that it's happened this aboriginal successful the play due to the fact that it's lone going to [help] america for aboriginal connected successful the season."

Shuffling on the Rams violative enactment played a portion successful the blocked kicks, according to Eagles players. Los Angeles was already down near defender Steve Avila (ankle) entering the game. Right defender Read Entire Article