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don't know where to put this but I thought it was interesting

PHILADELPHIA | Ideally, J.T. Thomas and Chris Prosinski wouldn’t have been on the field. Both are back-ups on the Jaguars defense, expected to be reliable special teams players. But circumstances forced them into key roles during the second half of Sunday’s season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Middle linebacker Paul Posluszny’s knee injury meant Thomas was handling the pre-snap communication. And when safety Johnathan Cyprien was lost with a concussion and Josh Evans missed several tackles to earn a spot on the sideline, Prosinski was called upon.

HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME FACES: Jaguars vs. Eagles in Philadelphia

That’s no excuse, though, for what happened on two big-play touchdowns that sparked the Eagles to a 34-17 victory and the largest blown lead in Jaguars franchise history (17 points).

Flummoxed by the Jaguars pass rush and booed off Lincoln Financial Field at halftime, the Eagles got back in the game on Darren Sproles 43-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter, made partly possible when Thomas said he didn’t correctly call the play.

“That’s on me because I was the middle linebacker and I have to make the right call,” Thomas said.

And once they completed the comeback, the Eagles took their first lead with 6:59 remaining on Nick Foles’ 68-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Maclin, who was wide open when Prosinski bit on a play-action fake to LeSean McCoy.

“It’s a play I have to make,” Prosinski said. “There are 52 other guys here that were counting on me to be in the right spot.”

On their opening second-half possession, the Eagles faced a fourth-and-1. Posluszny was off the field, injured five plays earlier. That meant Thomas was receiving the call from the sidelines via his helmet speaker.

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the Eagles got back in the game on Darren Sproles 43-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter, made partly possible when Thomas said he didn’t correctly call the play.

“That’s on me because I was the middle linebacker and I have to make the right call,” Thomas said.

And once they completed the comeback, the Eagles took their first lead with 6:59 remaining on Nick Foles’ 68-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Maclin, who was wide open when Prosinski bit on a play-action fake to LeSean McCoy.

“It’s a play I have to make,” Prosinski said. “There are 52 other guys here that were counting on me to be in the right spot.”

I'm not sure if I'm picturing this right, but I could swear I saw Brees, Sproles and Henderson/Meachem execute this same routine a hundred times with the Saints. When Sproles first came on in 2011 he had some nice long runs but for whatever reason the Saints got further and further away from using him on the ground until he was just a toy in the pass game.