Philadelphia’s pattern of contrasting halves persisted against the Denver Broncos , looking like title contenders before collapsing in the fourth quarter. Eagles blew a fourth-quarter lead in losing their first game of the season, 21-17, to the Broncos. The loss featured a miscommunication between quarterback Jalen Hurts and wide receiver AJ Brown on a missed deep shot, with Brown declining to accept blame.

“From my point of view, we just missed. I didn’t think the ball was coming. When I looked up, I didn’t see the ball. When I looked back, I didn’t see the ball,” Brown said after the game. But when you look back at the play, it seems like a lot more than simple ‘miscommunication.’ The blame was all on Hurts for throwing the ball away from Brown.

It happened late in the third quart

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