Starting Strong ... The Eagles improved to 6-2 on the
season, their best start since 2004 and are now 13-3 in their last 16
regular season games ... The Eagles improved their all-time record
against the Texans to 4-0. Houston is one of two franchises (the other
being the N.Y. Jets) who have never beaten the Eagles ... The Eagles are
3-0 against the AFC South this season.
Big Mac ... WR
Jeremy Maclin
led the team with six catches, 158 yards and two touchdowns ... Maclin
has amassed 18 receptions for 345 yards and four touchdowns over the
last two weeks. It is the fourth-highest two-game yardage total in
Eagles history and the most since Ben Hawkins had 347 in 1967 ...
According to Pro Football Reference, Maclin became the first Eagle and
the 13th player in NFL history to have at least 150 yards and two
touchdowns in back-to-back games. The last player in the NFL to do so
was Miles Austin in 2009.
Maclin has reached the end zone in six
of eight games this year and eight of his last 10 dating back to 2012
... With 34 career touchdown receptions, Maclin moved into a tie with
Calvin Williams for seventh on the Eagles' all-time list ... Maclin’s
has five 150-yard performances in his career, tying Tommy McDonald for
second on the Eagles all-time list behind DeSean Jackson’s seven ... His
13 career 100-yard games are tied with Ben Hawkins for eighth.
A Rush To The Top ... RB
LeSean McCoy
rushed for 117 yards on 23 carries and in doing so moved past Brian
Westbrook and into second on the Eagles all-time rushing yards list.
With 6,095 career rushing yards, McCoy trails only Wilbert Montgomery
(6,538) for the team record ... McCoy also passed Westbrook for second
in franchise history with his 21st 100-yard rushing performance,
trailing Montgomery’s 26.
Defensive Nuggets ... LB
Mychal Kendricks
registered a sack, his second of the season and his fifth in his last seven regular season games ... NT
Beau Allen
and DE
Brandon Bair
split a sack of Ryan Fitzpatrick. It was the first of Allen’s career
and he became the ninth Eagle with a quarterback takedown this season
... LB
Connor Barwin
picked up his seventh sack in the last five games and LB
Brandon Graham
tallied his third sack in the last five games ... LB
DeMeco Ryans
intercepted Fitzpatrick, extending the Eagles' streak to 21 consecutive
contests with at least one takeaway, their longest since 1995.
Offensive Quick Hits ... WR
Jordan Matthews
caught his third touchdown of the season ... RB
Chris Polk
scored his first rushing touchdown of the season, and his fifth-career
touchdown on his 27th career touch ... In his first action since the
2012 season, QB
Mark Sanchez
threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns ... The Eagles racked up a
season-high 30 first downs and have moved the chains 57 times in the
last two games ... The offense converted all three red zone
opportunities into touchdowns and 9 of 16 third downs (56 percent). They
also went 2 of 2 on fourth-down conversions.
Birdseed ... K
Cody Parkey
connected on a 45-yard field goal and has made his last 12 kicks, tying for the ninth-longest streak in team history ... LB
Trent Cole
played in his 148th game, tying Donovan McNabb, Bobby Walston and Ken Clarke for ninth on the team’s all-time list.
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