Nick Sirianni on late-game decision vs. Jaguars: ‘I lost us that game'

Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni took the blame after the Eagles lost to the Jaguars on Sunday in London.

By Dave Zangaro • Published October 11, 2026

LONDON — Nick Sirianni took full accountability in the wake of the Eagles’ gut-wrenching loss to the Jaguars at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday in London.

"I didn’t make the right decision and I lost us that game,” Sirianni said.

That didn’t make it sting any less.

In fact, knowing that the Eagles were just one better decision from their head coach away from stealing a much-needed win in London will probably make the 7+ hour flight home to Philly even tougher.

Sirianni said publicly that he made a mistake but also told his players in the postgame locker room.

"That's what I said to our guys,” Sirianni said. "And what hurts there is that 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 fully on me.”

The decision came after Jake Elliott kicked a 48-yard field goal to give the Eagles a 17-16 lead over the Jaguars with just 8 seconds left. Instead of having Elliott boot the ball into the end zone for a touchback or hit a line drive squib kick, Sirianni called for Elliott to kick it deep in the landing zone for a return.

It was a disastrous mistake.

Because Jaguars return man Ameer Abdullah returned it 53 yards all the way to the Eagles’ 39-yard line. And when 1 second was put back on the clock, Jaguars kicker Cam Little was able to drill a 57-yard field goal for the 19-17 win. It was one of the toughest ways we’ve ever seen the Eagles lose a football game.

Just after Elliott hit his 48-yard field goal, he got his instructions for the ensuing kickoff attempt.

"There was so little time for me to kind of gather myself between the two things, I just went out and did what I was told,” Elliott said. "I wish it obviously turned out better.”

The Eagles were severely undermanned on offense in this game and their gassed defense needed a few heroic stops in the second half. And then the Eagles needed their offense to get enough yardage to even attempt what should have been a game-winning field goal (even though they didn't run down the clock all the way).

All of that happened.

And it still didn’t matter because of one bad decision and one bad rep from the Eagles’ kick coverage team.

"We want football to be as black and white as we possibly can, but there's gray in it, right? There is gray in it,” Sirianni said of the decision, but then declined to explain his thinking any further.

"Like I said, guys, there's really nothing else to say. I didn't make the decision — the right decision in that situation. They returned it to where they returned it, and then they made a kick. Credit to them on that. Again, bad job by me.”

The other heartbreaking thing about that penultimate play from Sunday’s game is that Jonathan Jones wishes he would have waited one more second before tackling Abdullah. Of course, he didn’t know there was just one second left.

When Jones made his tackle, he thought the game was over.

"I did,” Jones said. "I looked up on the clock, saw zeroes, thought it was over. And then one second got put back on. It’s tough.”

Jones isn’t normally even on the kickoff team.

That makes the decision from Sirianni even more puzzling. The Eagles have a ton of injuries and were without Jeremiah Trotter Jr., who was tossed after the opening kickoff — which was returned for a touchdown before a penalty brought it back.

It didn’t make the loss sting any less, but the Eagles seemed to appreciate the accountability from Sirianni. Several players pointed out their own mistakes in return.

"I think it's so important for every person to take accountability because that's the only way you get better,” Sirianni said. "You build trust that way. I just think that's the key core value to our program, accountability. You know, again, just sick the way that went and my decision there.”

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Well see here’s the thing Sirianni… Every week you say it’s on you. When we lose it’s on you. So if it’s on you every week then this is no different? And so by always covering for the players you now have a funny situation where who knows when you are lying and when you are telling the truth. The reality? Sirianni needs to go. He’s actually made dumbfounding decisions in 3 consecutive games that have cost us. And he’s not been able to sort the issues for over a year now.

The Eagles are 0-1 against the Bears and 0-2 against Sirianni.