The Philadelphia Eagles’ slide kept getting uglier Sunday night, and this one turned into a full-blown collapse. Washington rolled past Philadelphia 27-10 at Northwest Stadium, handing the Eagles their sixth straight loss and turning what looked like a promising start into another painful finish.
Philadelphia actually came out with some juice. Jake Elliott opened the scoring with a 40-yard field goal, and Saquon Barkley followed with a three-yard touchdown run to push the Eagles ahead 10-0. For a brief stretch, it looked like the visitors might have control of Sunday Night Football.
Then everything flipped.
Washington answered with 27 straight points and never gave the game back. Rookie kicker Drew Stevens kept the pressure on by knocking through four consecutive field goals, and Jayden Daniels helped swing the momentum before halftime with an eight-yard touchdown pass to Stefon Diggs that tied the score. Daniels finished 16 of 29 for 217 yards and that touchdown, while Treylon Burks’ 53-yard catch gave Washington a major spark and helped set up key points.
Philadelphia’s offense never recovered from there, and Tanner McKee was left trying to survive behind a battered line. Filling in under heavy pressure, McKee went 23 of 34 for 212 yards, but the sacks and turnovers piled up fast. He was taken down five times and lost two costly turnovers, including a strip-sack by Dorance Armstrong Jr. that directly led to a Washington field goal.
The Eagles also hurt themselves with mistakes that had nothing to do with Washington’s pass rush. An illegal formation wiped out a made field goal in the second half, and Elliott then missed the retry wide.
The final blow came late, when Rasul Douglas intercepted McKee on a fourth-and-25 heave to shut the door. On the very next play, Rachaad White ran in a one-yard touchdown to finish off the scoring.
Now sitting at 2-6, Philadelphia is staring at a season that’s drifting fast. The questions around Nick Sirianni only get louder from here.
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