Eagles

The Eagles Finally Faked the Makai Lemon Bubble Screen and Were Awarded 15 Yards After a Defender Pulled Down Dallas Goedert’s Pants

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Oct 19th, 2026 · 9:35 AM EDT

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We didn’t get much from the Eagles loss, but we did get this:

Dallas Goedert got booty tickled 😭 pic.twitter.com/MhfekFN2YB

— Chalkboard (@ChalkboardHQ) October 18, 2026

“Ass interference, #24 on the defense. 15-yard penalty, automatic first down.”

That was one way in which the Birds were able to move the ball on Sunday. They snuck a tight end out the backdoor and the defender was whistled for a penalty after pulling his pants down.

But the best part may have been the play call itself, because the Eagles went into that orbit motion with Makai Lemon and looked like they were going to run that hideous bubble screen, only for Tanner McKee to FAKE it and try to pick someone out down the field:

let it be known that before the defensive ass interference, the Eagles finally faked the Makai Lemon orbit/bubble screen in at attempt to throw the ball down the field pic.twitter.com/Gk7IeAzHG0

— Kevin Kinkead (@Kevin_Kinkead) October 19, 2026

This is so funny because the Lemon screen has been among the worst plays in the Eagles playbook this season, and that’s saying a lot because the book is full of garbage plays. By the 5th or 6th time they ran this play, and failed with it, there were fans on Twitter being real cheeky, saying, “they’re just setting this up for a fake.” And sure enough, VOILA! Here come the Eagles with the bubble screen fake and they tried to take a shot.

Of course, nobody was open, but that’s beside the point. This looks like an all-22 film candidate, to see what the bottom receivers were even running. McKee looks like he turns and locks onto Goedert before the other guys even have their heads turned. Are they blocking? Running dummy routes? Could be the slowest-developing set of double moves or they weren’t on the same page. We’ll have to renew our NFL+ subscription to find out what the hell was happening on the field side.

But at least McKee didn’t throw the ball to Lemon.

EDIT – I’m watching this again. Carolina is in zone. Maybe McKee SHOULD have thrown it to Lemon.