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Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> head coach Nick Sirianni defended going for two points late against the Washington Commanders with about 4:30 left in Saturday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

Eagles running back Saquon Barkley<\/a> ran the ball in for the conversion to put Philadelphia up 19 points. Philadelphia went on to win 29-18. The move sparked a huge brawl that resulted in Commanders defenders Javon Kinlaw and Quan Martin, and Eagles offensive lineman Tyler Steen being ejected from the game.<\/p>\n

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Sirianni said he wasn\u2019t running up the score \u2013 the decision was more about being comfortable being up 19 points instead of 18.<\/p>\n

“We wanted to make sure we went up that way, just in case. That was what our math told us in that particular case,” Sirianni said. “It\u2019s a division game. It\u2019s always back-and-forth. \u2026 That\u2019s the team we played in the NFC championship game last year. I know how badly they wanted to beat us.<\/p>\n

“I know how badly we wanted to beat them. We\u2019ve always got to keep our cool in moments like that. But that\u2019s NFC East football. \u2026 They\u2019ve got tough guys. We\u2019ve got tough guys.”<\/p>\n

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Commanders head coach Dan Quinn wasn\u2019t pleased and noted the two teams meet again Jan. 4.<\/p>\n

“If that\u2019s how they want to get down, all good,” Quinn said. “We\u2019ll play them again in two weeks.”<\/p>\n

Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin<\/a> said he understood why Sirianni decided to go for two.<\/p>\n

“Eagles vs. Commanders, man. That\u2019s how it goes. … There\u2019s a lot of history, obviously. They were beating us. They\u2019re not going to throw in the towel. They\u2019re not going to take it easy on us. They were going for 2 to bury us. As a team, it\u2019s not like you\u2019re going to tell them, \u2018Don\u2019t go for 2.\u2019 We have to stop them,” McLaurin said. “I don\u2019t really take any bad blood from what they did, but you don\u2019t want to see the game get out of hand and guys possibly getting hurt. It comes with this rivalry between us and them. I don\u2019t think that will ever change, to be honest.”<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n

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