Coach's Decision Helps Jaguars Beat Eagles
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The Philadelphia Eagles lost a football game on Sunday. The Jacksonville Jaguars won the game. A player named Little kicked the ball to win it. This kick happened at the end of the game.
The Eagles coach is Nick Sirianni. A coach is the leader of a sports team. He makes big decisions during games.
Sirianni made a call during the game. A call is a decision a coach makes. His call helped the Jaguars win.
After the game, Sirianni talked to reporters. Reporters are people who write news stories. He said, 'I lost us that game.'
This means Sirianni thinks his decision was wrong. He says it is his fault that the Eagles lost. This was a big and sad loss for the Eagles.
Vocabulary15 words
- coach
- the leader of a sports team
- call
- a decision made quickly in a game
- reporters
- people who write news stories
- loss
- when a team does not win
- comeback
- when a losing team starts winning
- kick
- hitting a ball with your foot
- blame
- saying who did something wrong
- decision
- choosing what to do
- game
- a sports match
- win
- to finish first or best
- team
- a group of players
- fault
- the reason something bad happened
- dramatic
- very exciting or surprising
- crushing
- very bad and hard to accept
- opened the door
- made something possible
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1. The Jacksonville Jaguars 2. — 3. Yes
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The Philadelphia Eagles _____ a football game on Sunday. The Jacksonville Jaguars _____ the game. A player named Little _____ the ball to win it.
The Eagles coach is Nick _____. A coach is the _____ of a sports team.
Sirianni made a _____ during the game. His call helped the Jaguars _____.
After the game, Sirianni talked to _____. He said, 'I lost us that _____.'
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