I’m never certain how to read these things. Luck, I believe, plays a big role in games. You hit the ball out of the runner’s arm and it bounces right into the arms of the defender? That’s darn lucky to get a bounce like that. Similarly, with the other fumble. It stayed in bounds, so it could be collected and run back for a TD.
Now, you could say that the defense created those fumbles, but if the recoveries had been tackled immediately, the Eagles would have had the ball deep in their own territory, and they didn’t do well in that situation.
Maybe the boys players should have covered up better. But I’ve seen games where the Eagles get stripped right and left, and the breaks go the other way. I don’t know how much is skill and training, and how much is luck.
But once burned, your morale goes down. After a while, you quit. Especially when two drives in a row go right down the field to the ten yard line (or so) and end in touchdowns for the other team. That’s just killer!