Yes, the Falcons had to drive 70 yards to win the game. They shouldn’t have done that.

Facing third-and-3 from the Atlanta 10 with 1:46 to play and the Falcons out of timeouts, Eagles coach Nick Sirianni threw a pass. It looked like it would work, until it didn’t.

Quarterback Jalen Hurts faked a handoff to nobody, rolled to his right and threw to running back Saquon Barkley. He dropped the ball. The clock stopped. After the field goal that made it 21-15, the Falcons had more than enough time to steal the win.

During his post-match press conference, Sirianni was asked about the decision to throw the ball.

“They used a certain defense and messed it up in the middle, so we tried to go around the outside and it didn’t work,” Sirianni said.

Sirianni was also asked if he thought about trying it on fourth down and three. If he didn’t do it, the Falcons would have the ball on or around their own 10, and would need a field goal to tie the game. Instead, they started from their own 30 with a chance to win.

“My — the decision to pass it there, again like I said, when they were messing around inside, with it being fourth-and-3 to go for it, I thought because they didn’t have timeouts, I wanted them to get down a touchdown and see if they could drive down the field,” Sirianni said. “And they did. Kudos to them.”

And yes, when Sirianni comes along, he’s not the offensive coordinator; Kellen Moore is. Moore calls the plays. But in a situation like that, it’s up to the head coach to either approve or disallow a decision that could — and did — go horribly wrong for the home team.

Sirianni suggested that reporters might try to “stir something up” about that. However, Sirianni said “my” before she said “the decision.”

It is unclear why he corrected himself. Either way, “the decision” is “my decision.” And it is his fault.

What seemed like a sure win turned into an actual loss, and instead of being 2-0, the Eagles are now 1-1. While there are still 15 games to go, the difference between a win and a loss in Week 2 could still come at a price when it comes time to determine their spots on the playoff tree.