Eagles clinch home field advantage with close victory over the Raiders

The Oakland Raiders traveled east to Philadelphia on Christmas Day to take on the Eagles. The Raiders were eliminated on Sunday with a couple teams winning. The Eagles have sealed up a first round bye and hope to get home field advantage with one more victory or a win. Who would come out on top in the final Monday night football game of the season? Let's get to it! The Eagles would start with the ball and would go three and out on the opening drive. The Raiders would get as far as the Eagles 42 yard line and faced a fourth and 2 and Derek Carr's pass would go incomplete and the Eagles would take over. The Eagles would go on an eleven play drive and end with Nick Foles going to Jay Ajayi for the 17 yard touchdown pass for a 7-0 Eagles lead. The Raiders would go three and out on their next drive. The Eagles would be forced to punt on their next drive as the first quarter came to an end. On the second play of the Raiders drive, Carr would go to Amari Cooper for the 63 yard touchdown to tie the game at 7. The Eagles would punt once again on the next drive. The Raiders would get as far the Eagles 47 yard line but back-to-back penalties would move them to their own 35 yard line and were unable to convert and were forced to punt. The Eagles would go on an 11 play drive that resulted in a 33 yard field goal attempt and Elliott would miss it wide right to keep the game tied at halftime 7-7. The Raiders would start with the ball in the second half and went on an eight play drive that resulted in a 25 yard field goal by Tavecchio to give the Raiders a 10-7 lead. The Eagles would go three and out on their first drive of the second half. The Raiders and Eagles would trade three and outs til the Raiders had a third down late in the third quarter and the pass was intercepted by Patrick Robinson and returned to the Raiders 44 yard line. The Eagles would fumble on their second play of the drive and the Raiders would recover. The Raiders would fumble it and the Eagles would recover to get it back once again. The Eagles would take advantage of the good field position and tied the game at 10 with a 35 yard field goal by Jake Elliott. The Raiders would forced to punt after getting an early first down as we head to the fourth quarter. The Eagles would go three and out on their next possession. The Raiders would go on a nine play drive that ended with a 48 yard field goal attempt and Tavecchio missed the kick wide right to keep the game tied at 10. First play of the Eagles' drive, Foles' pass would be intercepted by Reggie Nelson and returned to the Eagles 40 yard line. Carr would find Richard for 23 yards on a second and 20 and on the next play, Richard would fumble and it would be recovered by the Eagles' Jenkins to their own 16 yard line. The Eagles were unable to capitalize as they went three and out once again and would punt the ball back to the Raiders. The Raiders would go three and out and the Eagles would take over after almost losing the ball on a muffed punt. The Eagles would go three and out once again as we head to the two-minute warning and the Raiders would take over with 1:07 remaining. On the second play for the Raiders, the pass would be intercepted by Ronald Darby and the Eagles would take over at their own 48 yard line with 54 seconds to go. On a second and 5, Foles would go to Nelson Agholor for eight yards. They would be unable to get another first down and would go for a 48 yard field goal attempt by Elliott and he would make it to give the Eagles a 13-10 lead with 22 seconds to go. The Raiders would take over with all of their timeouts remaining at their own 36 yard line. After three straight incompletions, the Raiders would face a fourth and 10 with three seconds left. The Raiders would try to lateral the ball but the Raiders would fumble and Derek Barnett recovered the fumble and returned it for a touchdown as the Eagles took the victory 19-10 and clinched home field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.