Eagles’ 2-point conversion ignites brawl; Sirianni defends play

Landover, MD– philadelphia eagles Coach Nick Sirianni said the team was not trying to run up the score. Washington The 2-point conversion gave them a 19-point lead in Saturday’s late game.

But as soon as the game ended, a fight broke out on the field, resulting in three players being ejected: Eagles offensive linemen tyler stein and defensive end of commanders Javon Kinlaw and safety quan martin,

eagles won 29-18 To clinch the NFC East. It appeared that Washington players were less bothered by the 2-point conversion than what happened after the game. The conversion gave Philadelphia a 29–10 lead with four minutes, 26 seconds remaining.

Sirianni said the decision to go for two was based on mathematics. The Eagles believed it was safer to go by 19 instead of 18 if Washington scored two touchdowns, both on 2-point attempts and kicked a field goal down the stretch.

Sirianni said, “We did what we felt was best.” “In my mind going up another point doesn’t mean increasing the score.”

eagles right tackle fred johnson Said, “I think they were upset [we went for two]But I don’t care, it’s football. You can’t control what the next person will do.”

Washington coach Dan Quinn was asked if going for two violated an unwritten code among coaches.

“I can only answer from my side and explain what I would do,” Quinn said. “If that’s the way they want to go, that’s all right. We’ll play them again in two weeks.”

commander linebacker bobby wagner Said it was “probably” disrespectful to go for two in that situation, but added, “We still have to stop them. That’s the way I look at it.”

Washington (4-11) plays at Philadelphia in Week 18 in the regular season finale.

As the play ended on a 2-point conversion, the Washington safety Will Harris and receiver Darius Cooper A vigorous match ensued on the other side of the line away from where it was fired. Anger erupted from there, from the corner mike seneristill Engaged first in a shouting match with Johnson and then in another match with Steen.

Steen appeared to be punching with an open hand and he took a few punches. After being at the receiving end, Sanristil pounces on Stein. Kinlaw also threw a punch during the fight.

“I saw my brothers in there, so I’m going to do everything I can to protect my brothers,” Sanristil said.

left tackle Jordan Mailata “Take the field yourself to isolate him and protect him and also be smart. We have a lot to lose,” he said.

Martin also threw a punch and grabbed Steen’s face mask, into the crowd of players. Martin came out of the group holding Stein’s helmet.

“I was trying to save my comrades. I [saw] Some 300-pound guy shooting at Mike,” Martin said. “I’m like, shoot, I’ve got to protect my man. …It was just people taking shots. Offensive linemen taking shots at the DB. “I have to protect my people.”

running back Saquon Barkley Rushed into action but was stopped by Wagner, who Barclay admonished him for.

“Bobby Wagner did a really good job of explaining it to me in that moment: ‘What, you have to take two or three punches to the helmet, hoping you don’t break an arm, just to say you’re a tough guy?’ It’s really not worth it, and you lose a lot of money too.

“It’s a weird situation there and we’ve had a lot of history with this team since I’ve been here and before. But this team doesn’t like us. That’s true. We don’t like them either. But we’ve got to keep it down to football.”

Quinn said he wanted to know more about what happened, adding that the controversy was not something the team wanted, but he knew the players would protect themselves. Still, he said, “Don’t like it, don’t want it at all.”

but the quarterback josh johnsonwho replaced the injured marcus mariota Said in the third quarter that this is a reflection of the mentality of the team.

“We [aren’t] Don’t be pushy by anyone,” he said. “You have to tell people sometimes. This is what our people did today, he told them. We’ll see them in two weeks.”