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Highlights and lowlights from Philadelphia's Week 1 win.
Let's see it through midnight green glasses: The Eagles won. Jalen Hurts took snaps under center. He threw down the middle of the field. The Eagles just happened to be playing against two new coordinators and a Wahington Commanders team that had to do more learning on the job than the Eagles did.
The Eagles survived a 24-22 scare over Washington on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field to keep Eagles' head coach Nick Sirianni a perfect 6-0 in season opening games and 35-14 overall.
Under new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion, Hurts completed 14 of 25 for 203 yards and three touchdowns - two TDs down the middle of the field on third down. Hurts rushed for 46 yards and made some strong throws. His 22-yard scramble in the fourth quarter saved the game. He made sure nine different Eagles touched the ball.
Hurts prides himself on finding ways to win - and it is what he did.
Washington's Jayden Daniels looked a lot like the player he was two years ago. He completed 18 of 34 for 164 yards and two touchdowns, and he made Cooper DeJean look foolish.
Hurts answered the offseason criticism by winning this game. He cannot do it alone moving forward.
There was a lot of good, some bad and a pile of ugly in the Eagles' 24-22 win over the Washington Commanders.
Defensive tackle Moro Ojomo clamping down on Commanders' back-up tight end John Bates on the two-point conversion to tie the game with 1:01 to play.
Hurts saving the day on a 22-yard scramble on a third-and-18 with 8:03 to play. If Hurts does not go off script and make the play, the season may have started with a highly unlikely loss. Three plays later, Hurts hit Dallas Goedert down the middle of the field for a 43-yard touchdown and a 24-16 Eagles' lead with 6:06 to play.
Tight end Dallas Goedert is still a viable option, catching a team-high four passes on five targets for 77 yards and two touchdowns - both on third down, and both down the middle of the field.
The Eagles' third quarter defense. They gave up only 48 yards and kept Daniels in check, completing three of seven for 22 yards.
DeVonta Smith's 31-yard reception on a third-and-five in the last two minutes of the third quarter. It kept alive the Eagles' fourth drive of the second half, made possible by Smith tip-toeing the sideline in a perfect pass from Hurts to beat the Commanders' - and former Eagle - Rasul Douglas. It led to a Jake Elliott 35-yard field goal and a 17-9 Eagles' lead with 44 seconds left in the third quarter. Smith later secured the win by securing the on-side kick.
The Eagles' second quarter. It turned over a dismal first quarter. It was a good glimpse of what this new revamped Eagles' offense is supposed to look like, scoring touchdowns on two of four drives, with eight different players getting touches in the first half. The Eagles churned up 102 yards of offense on 15 plays, averaging 6.8 yards a play, and converting two of four third downs. The big difference was 63 yards rushing on six carries, averaging 10.5 yards a carry - and the bulk of which came next.
Saquon Barkley's 42-yard second-quarter run, when Cam Jurgens, Tyler Steen and Lane Johnson flushed the Commanders' defensive line right , opening a massive hole for Barkley to take off down the middle. The long run set up the Eagles' second touchdown, a nine-yard completion from Hurts to Dontayvion Wicks in the corner of the end zone for a 14-3 lead with 6:27 left in the first half. Hurts recognized the man coverage and Wicks' cut to the corner.
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