The Eagles overcame a 17-7 Chiefs lead at the half and held Kansas City scoreless in the second half, as the Birds moved to 9-1 on the season.
Sean Desai’s defense gave up 336 total yards but held Kansas City to 8-17 on third downs and 2-4 in the red zone, with the Chiefs going three straight trips without points.
Jalen Hurts ran for two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score on a Brotherly Shove late in the fourth quarter, to remain the NFL’s best team entering Week 12.
Philadelphia’s win was the first for head coach Nick Sirianni over Andy Reid and broke a five-game losing streak to their former head coach.
With the Eagles set to face the Buffalo Bills on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field, we’re looking at an instant analysis of the 21-17 win.
Chiefs defensive line bullied the Eagles
The Eagles came away with the win, but they were bullied up front early on.
This KC D-Line is no joke.
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Eagles defense was solid
The Eagles overcame a 17-7 Chiefs lead at the half, and held Kansas City scoreless in the second half, as the Birds moved to 9-1 on the season.
Sean Desai’s defense gave up 336 total yards, but held Kansas City to 8-17 on third downs and 2-4 in the red zone, with the Chiefs going three straight trips without points.
Bradley Roby
Roby had five tackles in his return, but was burned deep and nearly gave up the game winning touchdownc catch to Marquez Valdes-Scantling, who ended up with a costly drop.
This punch out by Bradley Roby is superb 👊
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Patrick Mahomes
Mahomes was 24-48 passing, for 177 yards, two touchdowns and 1 interceptions. Mahomes also logged 6 carries for 38 yards on the night, and sacked one time.
Chiefs had a chance to score the go-ahead TD on this play 😬 pic.twitter.com/lFR4oMLOna
— ESPN (@espn) November 21, 2023
If night for two costly drops in the final minutes, the Chiefs would be celebrating and not the Eagles.
Jalen Hurts
It wasn’t pretty, but all Jalen Hurts does is win.
The All-Pro is 26-2 in his last 28 starts, and he’s won 12 straight games against teams with winning records.
Hurts was 14-22 passing, for 150 yards 0 touchdowns, and 1 interception. Hurts also had 12 strong carries for 29 yards and two rushing touchdowns.
DeVonta Smith
This angle of @DeVontaSmith_6's catch that set up the game-winning TD 🔥 pic.twitter.com/U1iuKLIVI0
— NFL (@NFL) November 21, 2023
A.J. Brown was held in check, posting one catch for 8 yards, but DeVonta Smith had another Heisman moment, logging 6 catches for 99 yards, including a massive 41 yard reception to put the Eagles in scoring position late.
Hurts to @DeVontaSmith_6 and Philly is at the one-yard line!
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