Presentation of 10 awards from the Eagles-Jaguars game

In Week 9, the Philadelphia Eagles faced a disastrous loss but won a wild game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. As always, we give out 10 awards if you win, lose or draw.

1) The “Air Barkley” Award 🐸: Saquon Barkley

There were some absolutely crazy plays by the Eagles in this game, but the one that will be remembered for decades was Saquon Barkley's reverse hurdle throw against a defender.

Just the spin move in front of the hurdle would have been a really cool highlight, but then Barkley was like, “Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and do something nobody's ever seen before.”

Barkley is a preternatural athletic specimen, and he has been better than the Eagles could have ever hoped. On that day, Barkley rushed 27 times for 159 yards and the following touchdown on a give-up play at 3rd and long:

He also caught three passes for 40 yards and a touchdown after a nice catch in the end zone by Jalen Hurts on a wheel route.

He was absolutely amazing.

2) The Hand of Gold Award 🪙: DeVonta Smith

Smith had 4 catches for 87 yards and this incredible catch:

Early in that drive, Hurts found Smith for a 46-yard reception.

With AJ Brown missing the entire second half, the Eagles needed to step up for Smith, and he made several big plays.

3) The “Blouse” Award 👚: Nakobe Dean

The Eagles took a 22-0 lead but blew it and needed the defense to make a play. Dean stepped forward and grabbed Trevor Lawrence.

Game. Blouses.

4) The “Incredible Play, Part IV” Award 😲: Jahan Dotson

We should probably also note Dotson's amazing catch

I mean he reached behind the defender's back, pulled him over his head and then caught him. I've never seen a player do that either.

The Eagles would score a touchdown on this drive.

5) The “Points Left on the Board” award 🫙: Nick Sirianni

Sirianni was aggressive throughout the evening and bit her. Personally, unlike some previous games, I thought all of his “do it” decisions were correct.

• Sirianni was 10-0 on Nos. 4 and 3. Easy decision. Do it. Go score. They didn't convert and ended up with a turnover on downs. It happens.

• The Eagles led 16-0 on the PAT, but the Jags were offside. Sirianni took the point off the board and went from the 1-yard line to the 2. They were stopped by a brotherly push. Or maybe not? To me it looked like Hurts had reached the end zone. But whatever, officially they were stopped. The Brotherly Shove was very successful this season even without Jason Kelce. You're probably looking at about an 80 to 90 percent chance of hitting them on a one-yard punt, and at this point in the game you don't know that the Jags appear to have a good defensive plan to do it. Yes, a PAT increases the score by three points, but it was still only the second quarter. Get more and more points. The call was fine with me.

• Up 22-0, the Jags were warned for a dirty low blow by Andre Cisco to Fred Johnson as Hurts ran into the end zone, meaning that if the Eagles went for 2, they would do so again from the end zone 1 yard line. Again their brotherly push was stopped. And again, I think you trust that the best game you have will bring you more points.

• By the end of the third quarter, Sirianni was up 22-16 and on fourth down, less than 1. A field goal would have given the Eagles a two-point lead, and of course a touchdown is even better. Late in the game, the obvious decision is to kick a field goal there. But in the third quarter, if you need less than a yard, try and yes, do the Brotherly Shove again. Instead, they executed a silly rollout that the Jags tracked down. I do think the play calling was bad at this point.

• And finally, with a 28-16 lead, Sirianni went within 2 points and went up by 14 with 7:43 to play. A no-brainer. They didn't understand.

So, yes, they left points on the board, but they were all sensible decisions. The Eagles won a Super Bowl because they were aggressive on 4th down. But sometimes these aggressive decisions backfire. Sometimes you have to take the bad with the good.

6) The Small Balls Doug Award 🎈: Doug Pederson

Of course, the man who led the Eagles to the Super Bowl, Doug Pederson, was on the other side against the Eagles. On a fourth-and-3 in the fourth quarter from the Eagles' 49-yard line with a chance to take the lead, Pederson uncharacteristically hit a punt and the Eagles scored a touchdown on their ensuing drive.

In other words, yes, the Eagles lost points because they were aggressive, but the Jaguars may also have lost points because they weren't.

7) The “Lol what?” Award 🤪: The Incumbent

During a Barkley run, Ventrell Miller (51) suffered a splinter from Barkley's ankle, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground. After Barkley was on the ground, the ball bounced out.

The Jaguars picked up the ball and ran it back for a score.

But, okay, bang-bang game, no big deal. It would certainly be corrected upon review, right? No. Here was the officials' postgame statement:

So if you touch a ball carrier and he then touches a teammate before he hits the ground, isn't he actually on the ground? Am I supposed to understand this? And if Barkley hadn't fumbled, got back up and ran for the touchdown, wouldn't they have knocked him down?

Just say you did something wrong, man.

8) The “He’s EveryF******Where” Award 🥷: Zack Baun

Baun had 10 tackles and an INT. He's just always around football. He's been good all year and Dean is starting to play better too. The Eagles could actually have a decent linebacker tandem.

As an aside, we should also mention that Sydney Brown made a great play early on when he forced a fumble in punt coverage that led to the Eagles' first touchdown of the game.

9) The “No Big Mistakes” Award 😇: Jalen Hurts

Hurts was 18 of 24 for 230 yards, 2 TDs and 0 INTs, with 13 carries for 67 yards and a TD on the ground. He hasn't turned the ball over since Week 4.

Hurts wasn't perfect. He missed an open AJ Brown on what could have been a big play and almost threw an INT on an overthrow, but also made two very good throws to Smith deep downfield and otherwise seemed to make good decisions.

10) The “And Now It Begins” Award: The Eagles’ schedule

Since their last loss in Week 4 in Tampa, the Eagles have faced a quartet of opponents in the Browns, Giants, Bengals and Jaguars with a combined record of 10-26. They took care of business in all four games.

They face another struggling, struggling team in Week 10, but also a pretty important team in the Dallas Cowboys, before facing the NFC East-leading Week 11 Commanders on Thursday night.

Now the fun really begins.