Eagles Remain Unbeaten as Jalen Hurts Outwits the Cowboy Pass Rush

The Eagles and Hurts, who threw for 155 yards and two touchdowns, rose to the moment, pairing their run-pass option system on offense with sticky defensive coverage and timely takeaways in the second quarter, when Philadelphia outscored the Cowboys, 20-3. Receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith combined for 111 yards and two touchdowns and the team rushed for 136 yards.

“I think this team was hungry for it and eager to come out and play in a big time game,” Hurts said in a postgame news conference. “We’ve built this sense of ‘not being satisfied.’ We’ll never take this feeling of winning for granted, but we’re always going to be hungry.”

The game held an intense playofflike atmosphere from the start. The rapper and Philadelphia native Meek Mill performed right before kickoff, and at one point in the second quarter, running back Miles Sanders needed so shush the energetic home crowd so the offense could hear its cadence.

In the first half, the Philadelphia defense held Dallas, led by the backup quarterback Cooper Rush, to only 81 total yards of offense and snagged two interceptions. Rush, who had been undefeated in four games as a starter in place of the injured Dak Prescott, threw for 181 yards, a touchdown and three interceptions, while Dallas rushed for 134 yards.

The Eagles’ offense, which had succeeded early by containing the Cowboys’ versatile linebacker Micah Parsons, stalled toward the end of the first half when offensive lineman Lane Johnson left the game with a head injury, allowing Dallas to gain momentum at the start of the third quarter.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/17/sports/football/eagles-cowboys-score.html