After digging an early 10-point hole for themselves the Eagles rallied for a 34-27 win over the Packers to snap their two-game losing streak. Using a running game that amassed 176 yards the Eagles were able to overcome Aaron Rodgers' 422 yards passing to even their record at 2-2.
Share to linkedin15 carries and caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Carson Wentz, helping lead the Eagles past the Packers, 34-27, Thursday night in Green Bay. To borrow the words of the great American writer and humorist Mark Twain, reports of the Philadelphia Eagles demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Not ideal by any means. But considering the way they’d dropped]their previous games to the Falcons and Lions when they had a chance to win in the final minute… considering how they dug a quick 10-0 hole for themselves in this one and seemed lifeless… they’ll gladly take it. While Wentz, he of the four-year $128 million extension, had his moments going 16-for-27 for 160 yards and three touchdowns, for the most part this one was won by guys whose paychecks have a lot fewer zeroes.
Earlier third year defensive end Derek Barnett stripped the ball from an unsuspecting Rodgers, which Brandon Graham pounced on to set up Howard’s first score. It was role reversal from the Super Bowl when Graham strip-sacked the Patriots’ Tom Brady and Barnett recovered. Don’t think they didn’t know it, too. “We had a lot of things working against us,” said a relieved Wentz, who was content to hand the ball off to his backs and work the underneath routes to his receivers when that opened up the passing game. “Unfortunately we’ve been plagued with lot of injuries and we were on a short week
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