1. Jacksonville entered the game with an NFL-best +7 in turnover ratio, a big reason for the Jags’ 2-1 start. In this game, though, the Eagles dominated this category, taking the football away five times and turning those takeaways into 22 points. Jacksonville managed just 219 total net yards, with 148 of those yards coming on two Jacksonville touchdown drives. Five times the Jags had three-and-out offensive series. The defense sacked Lawrence four times, limited the running game to 71 yards, and took the football away five times from a team that had committed just one giveaway through in its 2-1 start.
2. Philadelphia’s offense scored touchdowns on all three of its second-quarter possessions and turned that 14-point deficit into a 20-14 halftime advantage. The Eagles have now scored a remarkable 85 points in four second quarters this season. After his early interception, Hurts was efficient and patient, throwing for 204 yards, completing 16 of 25 passes, and using the short passing game to set up catch and runs for wide receiver A.J. Brown (5 receptions, 95 yards) and tight end Dallas Goedert (5 catches, 72 yards).
Hurts’ touchdown run was a testament to his physical nature. It came four plays after an apparent touchdown pass to Brown was nullified by a Goedert pass interference penalty that backed the Eagles up to the Jacksonville 20. On second-and-21 after a 1-yard Miles Sanders loss, Hurts completed a 5-yard pass to DeVonta Smith. Then Hurts ran for 13 yards to the 3-yard line, and on fourth-and-goal from there – one of five times the Eagles went for it on fourth down, converting it three times – Hurts burst up the middle, took a big hit, and held onto the football as he crossed the goal line. All in all, a good game for Hurts. It was a terrible weather day and Hurts, after that early pick, handled it very well.
3. The running game overpowered Jacksonville, a defense that entered the game leading the NFL in run defense (allowing 55 yards per game). The Eagles gained 210 yards on 50 carries, led by a career day from Sanders, who set single-game career marks in carries (27), yards (134), and also scored twice, the fourth multi-touchdown game of his Eagles career. Hurts chipped in with 38 yards on 16 carries (41 yards on 13 carries not including the three kneeldowns to end the game), Kenneth Gainwell had a 10-yard touchdown run, and Trey Sermon, in for Scott, chipped in with two carries for 19 yards in his Eagles debut.
“Definitely getting in the groove – my job is to be ready whenever they call my number,” Sanders said. “Whenever they call my number, I’m going to be ready, regardless. With the weather being the way it was, we leaned on our offensive line, and our offensive line had a heck of a game.”