Carson Wentz<\/a> went 26 for 42 for 313 yards on an erratic afternoon, getting picked off twice in his own territory and struggling on the other end while the Vikings had to settle for Will Reichard\u2019s field goals on five of six possessions inside the 20.<\/p>\nHunt gave the Eagles a 14-3 lead early in the second quarter by sitting in his zone and reading the hurried throw toward star Justin Jefferson, as Jalen Carter hit Wentz hard.<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t throw it right to his chest. That would be great,\u201d Wentz said. \u201cBut I think they had a good call. I\u2019ve got to be better and just progress or quite frankly take the sack there.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the red <\/p>\n
Wentz said during the week he\u2019s too far removed from his time with Philadelphia to carry a grudge into this game, having made Minnesota his sixth stop in six seasons, but he didn\u2019t give his original team his best performance \u2014 particularly in the red zone.<\/p>\n
Backup center Blake Brandel struggled badly there, too. He had an errant third-down shotgun snap that sailed over Wentz\u2019s head and cost the Vikings 22 yards in the first quarter and was run over by Moro Ojomo for a third-down sack in the fourth quarter from the 10.<\/p>\n
Back on track, for now<\/p>\n
Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo, who has taken plenty of heat over his first two months on the job, set Hurts up well with some well-timed calls.<\/p>\n
The Eagles opened the game by going 75 yards in 12 plays while draining 8:01 off the clock, and Hurts converted two fourth downs along the way \u2014 a predictable tush push from their 45 to get Hurts past the chains, then later a 37-yard strike for a score to Brown behind impeccable pass protection.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time we get a fourth down conversion, I look at him and I say, \u2018Hey, I trust you in these scenarios. Thanks for making me right,\u2019\u201d Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said.<\/p>\n
Smith\u2019s touchdown that put the Eagles up 21-9 in the third quarter came on second-and-5, when backup tackle Fred Johnson entered as a sixth offensive lineman to make the Vikings think run. Hurts, who spent more time under center than usual, executed a crisp play-action fake and found Smith streaking up the seam.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had the look the whole game,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWe\u2019d been telling them to call it, and they trusted us, what we\u2019d seen.\u201d<\/p>\n
Injury report<\/p>\n
The Eagles lost starting center Cam Jurgens (knee) and two key backups on defense, LBs Azeez Ojulari (hamstring) and Jeremiah Trotter (ankle), to injuries in the first quarter. Starting CB Adoree\u2019 Jackson (concussion) was sidelined in the third quarter.<\/p>\n
The Vikings were without starting OLB Andrew Van Ginkel (neck) for the third straight game. <\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Philadelphia hosts the New York Giants next Sunday. <\/p>\n
Minnesota plays at the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday.<\/p>\n
___<\/p>\n
AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NFL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Though many of the elements that made the Philadelphia Eagles champions last season had been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4983,7395,7387,7394,7389,4984,7210,303,7384,7383,4539,6108,7209,7392,7388,7397,7391,4968,7390,7396,1418,7393,7386,40,28,69,4538,71,70,726,7385],"class_list":{"0":"post-8625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-a-j-brown","9":"tag-adoree-jackson","10":"tag-andrew-van-ginkel","11":"tag-blake-brandel","12":"tag-cam-jurgens","13":"tag-carson-wentz","14":"tag-devonta-smith","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-fred-johnson","17":"tag-isaiah-rodgers","18":"tag-jalen-carter","19":"tag-jalen-hurts","20":"tag-jalyx-hunt","21":"tag-jeremiah-trotter","22":"tag-justin-jefferson","23":"tag-kevin-patullo","24":"tag-minnesota","25":"tag-minnesota-vikings","26":"tag-mn-state-wire","27":"tag-moro-ojomo","28":"tag-nfl","29":"tag-nfl-football","30":"tag-nick-sirianni","31":"tag-pa-state-wire","32":"tag-pennsylvania","33":"tag-philadelphia","34":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","35":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","36":"tag-philadelphia-news","37":"tag-sports","38":"tag-will-reichard"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}