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Clock mismanagement and a pair of coaches overthinking late-game situations doomed the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders. Both teams are fighting for air in the NFC East after five weeks, and both coaches are feeling the heat.
\n\nThe Eagles led the Jacksonville Jaguars with eight seconds left in London following Jake Elliott's 48-yard field goal before giving one of the NFL's most dangerous return threats, Ameer Abdullah, a shot at a big return. Abdullah answered with a 53-yard burst to set up Cam Little's game-winning 57-yard field goal as time expired, dropping the Eagles to 2-3 overall.
\n\n"I didn't make the right decision, and I lost us that game, and that's what I said to our guys," Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said. "What hurts there is the guys fought so hard, and then I don't make the decision that I should make at the end of the game and I cost us that game, and I put that one on me."
\n\nThe Commanders were in game-winning field goal range against the New York Giants in overtime before the clock expired at the 25-yard line during a 27-all tie. Now 1-3-1, Washington would've moved one game back of the division leaders…
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