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Eagles grades by position after demolition of Cowboys originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Eagles took care of business on Sunday, beating the Cowboys 41-7 to clinch the NFC East title.
They came into the game with their backup quarterback and finished with their third-stringer but that didn’t matter. The Eagles dominated on Sunday and swept their biggest rival.
They clinched the division and the No. 2 seed in the NFC.
Let’s get to the grades:
Quarterback
Kenny Pickett: 10/15, 143 yards, 1 TD
The Eagles were without Jalen Hurts (concussion) in this game so they started Kenny Pickett despite a significant ribs injury. Pickett battled through the injury, with some extra padding in his flak jacket, until he took a couple hits in the second half and had to exit. But then third-stringer Tanner McKee stepped in and finished strong, completing 3 of 4 passes for 54 yards and 2 touchdowns. It’s hard to ask more from your backup and your third-string quarterbacks in a game to clinch the division. The last two times the Eagles had to start a backup, they lost late in the 2022 season. So this was a big-time performance from Pickett and McKee.
Grade: A
Running back
Saquon Barkley: 31 carries, 167 yards
At halftime, Barkley had just 13 carries for 40 yards and it looked like he was going to finish this game well shy of 2,000 yards on the season. But he ended up having a big third quarter and finished the game with 31 carries for 167 yards and is now sitting at 2,005 for the season, just 100 behind Eric Dickerson’s all-time record. Barkley is just the ninth player in NFL history to go over 2,000 yards in a season.
Grade: A
Receiver
DeVonta Smith: 6 catches on 7 targets for 120 yards, 2 TDs
As has become standard, the only receivers to be targeted in this game were DeVonta Smith and A.J. Brown. In this game, that wasn’t an issue. Smith had his best performance of the season and was able to catch touchdown passes from both Pickett and McKee. A.J. Brown finished with 3…
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Publish date : 2024-12-30 05:29:00
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