The strangest play in the Eagles’ last-second win over the Giants on Sunday wasn’t the 61-yard Jake Elliott field goal. It occurred a few minutes earlier and had a large bearing on Elliott getting his chance to make franchise history.
Birds rookie defensive tackle Elijah Qualls said this week that he shouldn’t have been trying to get off the field with 3 minutes and 15 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, when Giants guard John Jerry reached out and grabbed Qualls to try to prevent him from doing so. An alert official threw a flag, negating a third-and-2 play the Giants converted at the Eagles’ 11, which might have allowed them to go on to score a touchdown.