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Fifty-three plays, three touchdowns, and almost nothing in between.
TL;DR
Philadelphia beat Washington 24-22 with ten first downs and fifty-three offensive plays. Washington held the ball nearly seven minutes longer, ran fourteen more snaps, and lost.
What happened
Jalen Hurts threw three touchdown passes — seventeen and forty-three yards to Dallas Goedert, nine to Dontayvion Wicks — and the Eagles did very little else. Washington ran sixty-seven plays to Philadelphia's fifty-three and picked up twenty first downs to their ten. With 1:01 left and down two, the Commanders scored and went for the tie. The two-point pass fell incomplete.
The number
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10
First downs for Philadelphia. Washington had twenty — and lost.
Why it's interesting
Neither team turned the ball over, so there's no fumble or interception to explain this away. Philadelphia averaged 6.0 yards per play to Washington's 4.4, and outgained them 318 to 295 despite running fourteen fewer snaps. The Eagles were not outplayed. They were just barely on the field.
What they never did was sustain anything. Ten first downs across sixty minutes, only four of them on the ground. Their offense was a handful of enormous plays stitched together by punts — seven of them, averaging better than fifty yards.
Five more on tap
318
Eagles total yards, to Washington's 295
Half the first downs, more yardage. That is the whole game in two numbers.
6.0
Eagles yards per play
Washington managed 4.4. Efficiency beat volume by a wide margin.
53
Offensive plays run by Philadelphia
Washington ran 67 and held the ball for 33:20. The Eagles had it 26:40.
5.4
Yards per carry, Eagles offense
136 yards on 25 attempts, and a long run of 42 — but only four rushing first downs.
1
Blocked extra point — in a two-point game
Philadelphia blocked Washington's PAT in the second quarter. Final margin: two.
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Washington had twice the first downs and held the ball seven minutes longer. So which team actually gained more yards?
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