If you watched that overtime period between the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles then you’ll probably agree with me – that was the worst overtime in all of sports history.
Am I overstating things there? Maybe. But the extra 15 minutes in Philadelphia, which ended with a tie game, was just absolutely brutal.
Neither team had a great chance to score in overtime as we saw six punts. Six punts!
The Eagles did kind of have a chance to win win the game in the final seconds when they lined up for a 59-yard field goal. But then they got whistled for a false start and decided to punt the ball away with just 19 seconds remaining.
That’s pretty much how this train wreck of game deserved to end but it was still stunning.
NFL fans were not impressed with the Eagles’ decision to just kick the ball away:
embarrassed on every possible level. never I thought I’d ever associate cowardice to this degree with the Philadelphia Eagles. unacceptable. just completely unacceptable.
— shamus (@shamus_clancy) September 27, 2020
The Eagles are really punting for a tie? What an embarrassment.
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) September 27, 2020
Wow #Eagles, tying the Bengals is basically as bad as losing!! Should’ve attempted the 64 yarder! This is pathetic. I’m sick!
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) September 27, 2020
The Eagles won a Super Bowl two years ago and now they punted to take an overtime tie with the Bengals pic.twitter.com/Z7riK4f75X
— Stu Motown #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) September 27, 2020
Wow, Eagles turn down a 64-yard field goal to win.
I'm sure this will handled rationally on sports radio.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) September 27, 2020
The longest field goal kick in NFL history is 64 yards.
The Eagles could have attempted a 64 yard FG but chose a tie instead.
That big loser energy.
— Josh Lyons (@TheLyons_Den) September 27, 2020
In my lifetime… That was one of the worst losses in Eagles history. Don’t tell me it’s a tie. That was a straight up L.
— Kevin Negandhi (@KNegandhiESPN) September 27, 2020
The Eagles are punting to tie. This team deserves to lose.
— JJ Zachariason (@LateRoundQB) September 27, 2020
Eagles playing for a tie man… unbelievable.
— Matthew Berry (@MatthewBerryTMR) September 27, 2020
Jake Elliott has hit a 61-yard field goal before. The Eagles just punted with 19 seconds left in OT to preserve a tie instead of letting Elliott try to hit a 63-yarder for the win
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) September 27, 2020
the eagles and bengals just giving up and conceding a tie is extreme 2020 energy lmao
— Sean Yoo (@SeanYoo) September 27, 2020
