Jaguars DE Travon Walker's first touchdown was preceded by rock, paper, scissors

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Travon Walker scored his first career touchdown because he picked rock.

That's what he used to beat defensive end Josh Hines-Allen in a best-of-three battle of rock, paper, scissors to determine who would be the other defensive end on the field with reserve Arik Armstead .

Walker threw rock and Hines-Allen threw scissors on the final turn, so Walker was on the field to pick up Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley 's fumble at the Eagles' 35-yard line and return it for a touchdown late in the third quarter to cut Philadelphia's lead to 22-16.

"We didn't want to be both off the field at the same time," Walker said.

That gave Hines-Allen a pretty good view of Walker's return. Walker scooped up the ball, bounced off right guard Mekhi Becton , broke out of an attempted tackle by wide receiver Johnny Wilson and then put a small move on quarterback Jalen Hurts at the 4-yard line.

"I actually seen [Becton] so I was already bracing for that impact right there," Walker explained. "He was a big guy, too. He just helped give me a little extra momentum to get up out of there, so I appreciate that."

Hines-Allen said he had to hold himself back from sprinting on the field early to celebrate Walker's touchdown.

"They're like, 'Just go down, Travon [after recovering the fumble],'" Hines-Allen said. "I said, 'Shut up. No, go score.' It was almost like a back-and-forth.

"I just was waiting for him to score so I could run out on the field. I was like, 'Don't run Josh. Wait, wait, wait.' And so as soon as he hit [the end zone], I was out there."

It could have been the other way around - Walker running on the field to celebrate Hines-Allen scoring a touchdown - if Hines-Allen had chosen paper instead of scissors.