PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles will celebrate on Sunday night after winning 24-22 over the Washington Commanders at Lincoln Financial Field. Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and his players will say during their post-game interviews that winning an NFL game is a difficult task. Several individuals will point out that the Commanders have outstanding coaches and players. A few people will claim it was a gusty win. They made big plays in critical moments.Those points are not wrong to a certain extent, but the Eagles cannot feel great about this win. The Eagles were sloppy on offense, and even more surprising, their defense struggled against Washington’s offense, which does not have a ton of talent. The Eagles made a goal-line stand with 1:05 remaining in the fourth quarter, escaping with a narrow win.On a two-point attempt, Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels threw a shovel pass to Commanders tight end John Bates, but Bates had nowhere to run. Eagles defensive tackle Moro Ojomo ran through Washington’s offensive line to bring Bates down in the backfield.On the previous play, Daniels connected with Antonio Williams for a one-yard touchdown to make it a two-point. Washington just needed to make one more play to force overtime.It’s only Week 1, but the Eagles have a ton of areas to fix. There were some positives, too. Here are NJ.com’s three takeaways from the Eagles’ win over Commanders:(1) Philadelphia’s offense is messy, but Jalen Hurts was eliteEagles offensive coordinator Sean Mannion’s debut went as expected: there was some good and bad. Quarterback Jalen Hurts was the good. He saved the Eagles’ offense when it struggled. With 8:03 remaining in the fourth quarter, Hurts scrambled for 22 yards to Washington’s 47-yard line on third-and-18. The play looked dead, but Hurts saw the opening in the middle of the field and took off with his explosive legs. Hurts was the driving force behind every touchdown, including on the fourth-quarter drive. He capped off that possession with a 43-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dallas Goedert.Hurts was aggressive pushing the ball in tight spaces and downfield. He looked like a confident quarterback, which was not always the case last year. Hurts found Dontayvion Wicks on a deep ball for 64 yards to Washington’s 6-yard line with 1:57 remaining in the first quarter. That pass set up his 17-yard touchdown pass to Goedert. Hurts released the ball on time and fit the ball between Commanders safeties Quan Martin and Jeremy Reaves into Goedert’s hands in the back of the end zone.With 8:10 left in the second quarter, Eagles running back Saquon Barkley broke tackles from Commanders defenders Leo Chenal and safety Nick Cross for a 42-yard gain to Washington’s 12-yard line. Two plays later, Hurts threw a 9-yard touchdown to Wicks in the left corner of the end zone, putting the Eagles up 14-3.Hurts went 14 of 25 for 203 passing yards and three touchdowns, while rushing for 46 yards. Entering the season, H
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