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Eagles rally late, top Colts, 30-27

INDIANAPOLIS — Philadelphia made all the right calls Monday night.

In the end, Andrew Luck and the Colts made too many mistakes.

The Eagles turned two second-half turnovers, including an inexplicable late interception of Luck, into 14 points and eventually made a 36-yard field goal as time expired to beat the Colts 30-27.

“I just saw the ball and went for that. Sometimes you get calls, and that’s none of our concern,” Eagles cornerback Malcolm Jenkins said of the game-changing interception. “We just know that was a great play for our defense at that time and for our team at that time. Something that we really needed that allowed us to go down and score and put us in position to win.”

The Eagles (2-0) have now won twice this season by overcoming 14-point deficits in the second half — only the fourth team in the NFL over the last 30 years to do that in consecutive weeks, according to STATS.

Sure, there was plenty of credit to go around. From Jenkins’ key play to Nick Foles’ composure and Darren Sproles’ re-emergence as the Colts’ nemesis, everything went right for the Eagles when it had to.

Foles finished 21 of 37 for 331 yards with one touchdown. Sproles ran 19 yards for a touchdown, tying the score at 20, and took a short pass 51 yards down the field to set up the touchdown that tied the score at 27, too.

“We felt like we had that all day long. Not all day long but I think what they were giving us coverage-wise,” coach Chip Kelly said of the 51-yarder. “When their rush is getting to you, you have to do something to negate the rush and I think to negate the rush you have to use your screen game as a weapon.”

Here are some more things that happened Monday night.

For the second straight week, Andrew Luck left the game muttering about making a “stupid” decision. This time, it was the third-down pass with 5:08 to play. Indy was already in field-goal range for Adam Vinatieri and could have taken a 10-point lead. Instead, Luck’s pass was picked off and the Eagles drove down the field to tie the score.

Colts fans were incensed no flag was thrown on the interception. Replays appeared to show Brandon Boykin grabbing T.Y. Hilton, the intended receiver, before he had a chance to make the catch.

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