Fletcher Cox rumbled into the end zone for his first career touchdown.

In the aftermath, Cox was brutally honest: He probably should have stayed out of the end zone.

The Philadelphia Eagles held a 27-17 lead over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the season opener, and the Jaguars were out of timeouts. Had Cox scooped up the fumble and taken a knee after Trent Cole jarred the ball loose from quarterback Chad Henne, the Eagles could have easily run out the clock.

But the defensive lineman scored and gave the Eagles one final score in a scintillating 34-17 comeback win.

“To be honest, I should have fallen to the ground,” Cox told CSNPhilly.com in this article. “But it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a lineman to get a football and have open field. The right thing to do was to get down and let the offense take it.”

Cox scored his first touchdown since high school.

“I am probably going to frame it,” Cox told CSNPhilly.com.

According to CSNPhilly.com, Cox’s touchdown was the first recorded by an Eagles defensive lineman since Dec. 18, 2011, when Juqua Parker accomplished the feat in a 45-19 victory over the New York Jets.