Eagles Handle Steelers, Roll to 3rd Straight win

By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor 

It's Carson Wentz and Doug Pederson's world. We're all just living in it.

If the first two opponents weren't enough to gain the attention of the football world, beating a Super Bowl contender convincingly should certainly do. 

That's what the Eagles did, moving to 3-0 on the season with a dominant 27-3 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field.

Scoring Summary

  1 2 3 4 T
Steelers 0 3 0 0 3
Eagles 3 10 21 0 34

The Steelers started the game with the ball and quickly put together a solid drive. As the drive stalled with Pittsburgh nearing the red zone, the Steelers brought the field goal team onto field. The 36-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Bennie Logan, keeping points off the board as the Eagles took over.

Wentz opened with a solid start, but the Eagles first drive stalled in the red zone, leaving them with a 29-yard field goal by Caleb Sturgis, which was good.

On their next possession, Wentz orchestrated a tremendous 12-play, 82-yard drive, capped off with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Wentz to Jordan Matthews.

The Steelers put together another good drive on their next possession, going 61 yards on eight plays before settling for a 40-yard field goal by Chris Boswell to cut the lead to seven.

The Eagles added another field goal, this one from 38 yards, with 2:29 remaining in the half after a 10-play, 58-yard drive. The Eagles carried a 13-3 lead into the half.

Right out of the half, the Eagles wasted no time getting on the board. And it was their most impressive play of the season that put them in the endzone.

Wentz rolled out to escape pressure and moved along the line of scrimmage before placing a perfect lob pass to Darren Sproles. Sproles had lots of running room in front of him, and took it all the way for a 73-yard touchdown.

The Steelers moved into Eagles territory on their next drive, but couldn't move into the red zone and were originally forced to punt on fourth down. After a running into the kicker penalty added five yards, the Steelers went for it on 4th and 5. The pass attempt was broken up by Malcolm Jenkins, forcing the turnover on downs.

Seven plays later, the Eagles were back in the endzone after a 67-yard drive, resulting in a one-yard touchdown run for Wendell Smallwood for his first career touchdown.

To this point, just under four minutes to play in the third quarter, there had not been a turnover for either team in the game. The Eagles defense changed that with back-to-back sacks on Ben Roethlisberger, the second one by Fletcher Cox, who stripped the ball away and Brandon Graham was there for the recovery.

Three plays later, the Eagles were on the board again with an eight-yard touchdown run by Kenjon Barner, extending the lead to 31.

Team Leaders

Passing

Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1) Philadelphia Eagles (3-0)
Ben Roethlisberger 24/44, 257 YD, 0 TD, 1 INT, 62.4 RTG Carson Wentz 23/31, 301 YD, 2 TD, 0 INT, 125.9 RTG

Rushing

Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1) Philadelphia Eagles (3-0)
DeAngelo Williams 8 Att, 21 YD Wendell Smallwood 17 Att, 79 YD, TD
Ben Roethlisberger 1 Att, 7 YD Kenjon Barner 8 Att, 42 YD, TD
 Daryl Richardson 1 Att, 1 YD Carson Wentz 1 Att, 10 YD

Receiving

Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1) Philadelphia Eagles (3-0)
Antonio Brown 12 Rec, 140 YD Darren Sproles 6 Rec, 128 YD, TD
Sammie Coates 3 Rec, 50 YD Dorial Green-Beckham 3 Rec, 33 YD
Eli Rogers 2 Rec, 32 YD Nelson Agholor 3 Rec, 21 YD

Team Stats

  Steelers Eagles
1st Downs 15 25
Total Plays 58 61
Total Yards 251 426
Passing Yards 222 301
Rushing Yards 29 125
Red Zone (Made-Att) 0-2 3-5
Penalties 7-77 10-99
Turnovers 2 0
Time of Possession 25:04 34:56

What's Next

The Eagles head into the bye week with a 3-0 record before returning to the field on Sunday, Oct. 9 on the road to face the Detroit Lions. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.

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