Eagles’ cold-blooded OT trash talk caught on ref’s hot mic

Philadelphia Eagles veteran Brandon Graham was confident.

The 35-year-old was so confident that when he lost the overtime coin toss to Bills wide receiver Gabe Davis and safety Micah Hyde at midfield, he shot his opponents a line that proved prescient: “It don’t matter,” he said after the Bills told the officials they wanted the ball to start overtime. It was caught on the referee’s microphone for America to hear.

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The Eagles won the Sunday overtime thriller 37-34 at Lincoln Financial Field after Buffalo drove down the field but needed to settle for a 40-yard field goal in the extra frame thanks, in part, to Davis running the wrong direction on what could’ve been a touchdown catch.

That three-point lead did not last long as Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts marched Philadelphia back in 3 minutes, 15 seconds. Hurts culminated the nine-play 75-yard drive with a 12-yard touchdown run of his own to clinch the victory.

Hurts finished his Sunday performance with five total touchdowns — two rushing and three passing. He went 18 of 31 passing for 200 yards with an interception. And, most importantly, he helped lead the NFL’s best 10-1 Eagles to another win, their fifth in a row and fifth when trailing at halftime (they were losing 17-7).

Graham, meanwhile, finished with two tackles, including one for a loss, and the only sack of Bills QB Josh Allen.

Plus, he punctuated his franchise-record 189th regular-season game played with the cockiness the rest of his team backed up.

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