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Eagles grades by position after tight win over Jaguars originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Eagles were clearly the better team on Sunday and dominated the Jaguars for most of the game. They still had to escape with a 28-23 win.
But they improved to 6-2 as they head to Dallas to face the Cowboys in Week 10.
Here are our Eagles position grades against the Jaguars:
Quarterback
Jalen Hurts: 18/24, 230 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INT; 13 carries, 67 yards, 1 TD
The Eagles didn’t need Hurts to throw for a ton of yards in this game but he was extremely efficient. He had one risky throw that was nearly picked off by Andre Cisco but the call on the field was reversed. Hurts had his fourth straight game without a turnover. He also ran the ball well in this game and scored on an 18-yard run.
Grade: A-
Running back
Saquon Barkley: 27 carries, 159 yards, 1 TD, 1 fumble; 3 catches, 40 yards, 1 TD
Barkley was incredible on Sunday and he made one of the best plays you’ll ever seen on a football field in the first half when he avoided a few tacklers and then somehow hurdles a guy with his back to him. Barkley also had a big-time touchdown catch and finished the game with 199 scrimmage yards. But he had a few bad plays in this game too. You can argue about the validity of the fumble call but it was a fumble after he hit the ground in the third quarter. He also slid short of the sticks in the fourth quarter on second down and he dropped a pass in the red zone. Overall, it was still a great game from Barkley but he had his mistakes too. And Kenny Gainwell didn’t get much going; he had just 9 yards on 5 carries.
Grade: A-
Receiver
DeVonta Smith: 4 catches on 6 targets for 87 yards, 1 TD
A.J. Brown had 2 catches for 36 yards before leaving this game with a knee injury. (Nick Sirianni didn’t have any sort of update on Brown after the game.) But without Brown, Smith had a great second half. His one-handed touchdown catch in the back of the end zone in the third quarter wasn’t even the…
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Publish date : 2024-11-04 04:45:31
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