CINCINNATI (AP) — Jalen Hurts rushed for three touchdowns and passed for another TD, helping the Philadelphia Eagles pound the Cincinnati Bengals 37-17 on Sunday for their third consecutive victory.
Hurts was 16-for-20 passing for 236 yards. He also had 10 carries for 37 yards.
Saquon Barkey rushed for 108 yards as Philadelphia (5-2) won for the fourth time in five games overall. The Eagles scored the last 20 points of the afternoon.
Hurts’ 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter capped an 85-yard drive that ate up 7:37 of the clock, giving Philadelphia a 34-17 lead with 4 1/2 minutes left.
Nakobe Dean then recovered a Mike Gesicki fumble, and Jake Elliott kicked a 47-yard field goal to help close it out.
Cincinnati (3-5) finished with just 58 yards rushing, continuing a season-long problem. Joe Burrow was 26 for 37 for 234 yards and a touchdown with an interception.
Burrow found Ja’Marr Chase for a 2-yard TD on the first possession of the game. But Hurts’ first rushing TD, a 1-yarder late in the first half, tied it at 10.
Philadelphia went ahead to stay when Hurts threw a beautiful 45-yard touchdown pass to DeVonta Smith with 2:43 left in the third.
Injuries
Eagles: CB Darius Slay sustained a groin injury in the second half.
Bengals: OT Orlando Brown went out with a right knee injury in the first half.
Up next
Eagles: Host the Jacksonville Jaguars next Sunday.
Bengals: Host Las Vegas Raiders next Sunday.
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