Looking back at five of the more significant reasons for the Eagles’ 34-24 win Monday night over the Redskins:
Running on empty
Opponents are averaging just 17.6 rushing attempts against the Eagles, the fewest in the league. Just one of their first seven foes has run the ball more than 19 times (Carolina).
Part of the reason for that has been the Eagles’ fast starts. They’ve outscored their opponents in the first quarter, 44-9. But a bigger reason is that the Eagles have been damn good against the run. That continued Monday night.
Even though they were missing two of their three starting linebackers after Jordan Hicks ruptured his Achilles tendon on the second play of the game, they held the Redskins to 3.