Bowen: Long drive, that Eagles game was outta here, walk-off home win

The NFL released a “Mic’d Up” clip of Josh Sweat standing on the sideline Sunday, addressing the bench as edge rusher Sweat watched his team’s offense bleed out the final snaps of a 10-minute, 57-second, 21-play drive. It decisively closed out their 27-13 victory over Pittsburgh.
“I didn’t even get to rush once the whole second half,” Sweat said, waving a gloved hand in mock despair.

The @Eagles defense was really waiting on bated breath during the 10+ minute drive to close it out vs. Pittsburgh

"I didn't even get to rush once the whole second half!" 😂 pic.twitter.com/s3aZn1mdMl

— NFL (@NFL) December 17, 2024

I went back and rewatched the broadcast of that march, which featured the most plays the team has run on a single drive since at least 2001, according to Bleeding Green Nation. The flip side was that Pittsburgh, which didn’t get the ball back after head coac...