Philly.com · Oct 5, 2015
Eagles' defense comes up short on third-and-long
LANDOVER, Md. - Even though his defense already had been on the field for 35 of the game's previous 54 minutes, even though his defensive line and inside linebacking corps had been gutted by injuries and his $63 million cornerback went down with a quad injury on the third play of the game, Bill Davis still liked his odds yesterday when the Redskins took over at their own 10-yard line with 6:05 left in a game the Eagles were winning, 20-16.
"I'll take that scenario every time where we have to get out there and we have to make the play," the Eagles' defensive coordinator said after his unit failed to do exactly that and allowed the Redskins to drive 90 yards and pull out a three-point win.
