called out the play, and heard him. Fourth-and-2 at the Eagles’ 2-yard line, game in the balance. The Eagles expected quarterback Matt Ryan to drop back and throw the football and they expected wide receiver Julio Jones to be the target.
“We called out the play, so I had faith that the guys would get the job done and they did,” McLeod said after Ryan’s pass to Jones, contested by Mills in the right corner of the end zone, was high and incomplete and the Eagles had themselves a 15-10 win in heart-thumping fashion at Lincoln Financial Field over Atlanta in the NFC Division Playoff game on Saturday.