Needless to say, players on the Philadelphia Eagles weren’t happy following the team’s 21-point collapse against the rival Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. After jumping out to a 21-0 lead in the first half of the game, the Eagles failed to score a single point in the second half of the contest and ultimately lost, 24-21.
It was the second-largest blown lead in Eagles franchise history, and their biggest blown lead since 1999. The 21 points that the Cowboys overcame tied the franchise record for biggest comeback.
With the loss, the Eagles dropped to 8-3 on the season, and though they’re still in control of the NFC East, they no longer control the top seed in the conference.
Here’s a look at what some of the players had to say after the deflating defeat to Dallas.
Jalen Hurts hopes the loss lights a fire under the Eagles
"We've got to find a way to finish the game, and we've got to find some consistency in what we do," Hurts said after the game, via ESPN. "Definitely the tale of two halves. In the end, we didn't play a complete game as a team, and today it got us.
"We've got to own this one, let it light a fire in us as a team and stay together and move forward."
Saquon Barkley blamed himself for failing to get the run game going
"I'm more disappointed with myself, not frustrated with anybody else,” Barkley said. “I'm a big believer the run game starts with me and ends with me. I'm in a little funk right now, I've had funks like this before, just got to break it.
"I'm not getting the run game going. I'm not getting yards. I'm tired of the excuse of people trying to stop the run game. I don't really subscribe to that. Just got to be better, got to make plays."
Brandon Graham is confident that the Eagles will respond well to the loss
"You just don't want to beat yourself up about it too much. We know what it was. We took the L, they came back to beat us," Graham said. "It always hurts when they come back and get you when you had 'em. We had to fight to the end and they fought to the end. I've got much respect for that.
"I feel like we're going to respond well. Sometimes when you ain't lost in a minute, it feels funny. It's not a feeling that you want to have all the time. It's going to be all right. Everybody is going to come in ready to work. If anything, it's going to make us more hungry."
Nick Sirianni took accountability for Philadelphia’s self-inflicted wounds
"When there's the amount of mistakes that we had, some of the self-inflicted wounds that we had today, I'm always going to put that on me as the head coach because that's something that we talk about an awful lot, and I've got to make sure my message is getting through," Sirianni said.
The Eagles have a short week, so they don’t have long to dwell on the loss to Dallas. They’ll host the Chicago Bears at Lincoln Financial Field on Black Friday.