Sunday night was truly a game of inches.

Talk about a game of inches.

Carson Wentz came within inches of making the two-point conversion after the Eagles’ first touchdown.

Wentz was less than an inch from the ground before finding Mack Hollins on a critical third-and-nine in the fourth quarter.

Nelson Agholor came within inches of catching what likely would have been a game-winning touchdown pass.

Of course, the Falcons came within inches of beating Ronald Darby twice on deep balls before Calvin Ridley finally caught one.

Lastly, Zach Ertz came within inches of a first down that would have converted a fourth-and-eight and given the Eagles a first-and-goal at the Falcons’ 8 with 30 seconds left.

“There are no moral victories, obviously,” coach Doug Pederson told reporters after the Eagles’ 24-20 loss to the Falcons. “But the fact that we hung in there, we battled, we gave ourselves a chance … that’s really what these games come down to — it’s just a couple plays here and there that can go in your favor or the other way, and tonight they went their way.”

Things started going awry before the opening kickoff. Tight end Dallas Goedert was active but didn’t play because of a calf injury. Wide receivers Alshon Jeffery (calf ) and DeSean Jackson (groin) played but barely.

“That’s tough. You game plan all week,” Wentz said. “You have all of these personnel packages. And then they all kind of go out the window on game day.”

Wentz took a shot to the midsection, left for a handful of plays to be checked for a concussion and was replaced briefly by Josh McCown.

“I feel fine. It’s football. I got hit a few times, but it’s part of the game,” said Wentz, whose experience going through the concussion protocol — or waiting to go through it — wasn’t a good one.

“That’s super frustrating when I feel fine,” he said. “I understand you’ve to look at that and that’s part of the game, but the way it took so long, and then we finally went out on the field, and I had to go to the blue tent. That was really frustrating. I think the league needs to look at that.”

Agholor also left to be checked for a concussion but returned. Ertz looked like he was going to leave the game but came back after a timeout. He played every snap. Corey Clement suffered a shoulder injury and Tim Jernigan a foot injury.

The Eagles are already without defensive tackle Malik Jackson, who had a walking boot on his left foot in the locker room after the win over Washington. Jackson is out indefinitely with a Lisfranc sprain.

The spike: Despite all of that, the Eagles rallied back from a 17-6 deficit to take a 20-17 lead after Wentz snuck in a TD to cap a 13-play, 73-yard drive.

Then he celebrated with a Gronk-esque spike as if to announce that he’s back, he’s healthy and he’s not fragile.

“I almost fell over, so I was pretty excited,” Wentz said. “It was just a hard drive. A lot of conversions and everything. Obviously a slower start for us, and we were kind of struggling for a while, so to put that drive together, I was pretty excited. I’ve just got to keep my feet a little better.”

The throw to Hollins: One of those conversions was the aforementioned third-andnine. Wentz was being dragged down by Vic Beasley but somehow found Hollins for 17 yards.

“The third-down throw to Mack is just unbelievable,” Ertz said. “I don’t know how he even gets that off. Honestly 90% of the quarterbacks just go down, don’t even try, and he’s over there putting his body on the line just trying to win the game.”

“It’s third down,” Wentz said. “Gotta stay on the field. I’m always going to fight for these guys and for this team. We were just able to make that play. Mack made a great catch to finish that.” The conversion: An interception by Darby, forced by a blitz, set up the Eagles’ first TD. Wentz zinged a pass to Agholor in the middle of the end zone to make it 17-12.

The Eagles went for two, and Wentz dove into the end zone, but officials ruled his knee was down before the ball crossed the goal line. Did he think he got in?

“I did, but again I don’t know. It was frustrating, but it is what it is,” Wentz said.

It was explained during the TV broadcast that now regardless of whether a QB slides or dives, he is giving himself up. When Wentz dove, even though he wasn’t touched, once his knee touched, he was down.

The play was reminiscent of the one in 2017 against the Rams in which he suffered a season-ending knee injury.

Agholor’s drop: With 1:58 left in the game, Agholor beat Isaiah Oliver down the sideline and appeared headed for a touchdown, but Wentz’s pass sailed through his hands. He told NBC Sports Philadelphia he lost the ball in the lights and also tweeted out a statement.

“I left plays out there that I know I could’ve made and will make going forward, tough loss that hurts a lot because I know how hard we played. I will be better and as a team we will be better moving forward.”

The last play: Agholor redeemed himself with a 43-yard catch on fourth-and-14. Then Ertz needed eight yards but got seven and 35 inches.

“I had a 10-yard route — came back to the ball. I should have run a little deeper,” Ertz said. “Really disappointed in myself. Obviously the team counts on me to make a play on fourth down. … I feel like I kind of let the team down at the end. … It’s going to hurt for a while, but I’ll be back.

“I felt like I was at the stick. I knew it was going to be close. That’s why I reached the ball out. Just didn’t go far enough.”