For the first time since 2017, the Eagles earned a win against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium, powering their way to a 34-6 win.

With the win, the Eagles improved to 7-2 and took over first place in the NFC East. There were highlights on both sides of the ball. The offense has scored at least 28 points in four straight games, tied for the fourth-longest streak in franchise history. Meanwhile, the defense scored five points, its highest total in a game since Oct. 2, 2022, against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Here are four stats that paint the picture of the Eagles’ fifth straight win after the bye week:

53.6%

Jalen Hurts was under pressure during a season highlight 53.6% of his dropbacks against the Cowboys, which is the most pressure he has faced since Week 4 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (48.6%, per Next Gen Stats). In contrast to his performance last year, Hurts continued this season’s trend on Sunday of performing under pressure. He finished 7 of 9 for 115 yards and two touchdowns passing under pressure.

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According to Next Gen Stats, Hurts had a completion percentage plus -27.2% above expectations, which explains the difference between a quarterback’s actual completion percentage and the expected completion percentage, determined by the difficulty of each pass. That figure is his best of the season. Since Week 3 against the New Orleans Saints, Hurts has thrown four touchdown passes and no interceptions while under pressure.

2

The Cornerback kids have done more than well this season. Rookies Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean each allowed only two receptions on four and five targets respectively against the Cowboys, according to Next Gen Stats. Mitchell, the No. 22 overall pick out of Toledo, forced Cowboys quarterback Cooper Rush to throw three of Mitchell’s four targets in a tight window.

Meanwhile, DeJean, the Eagles’ second-rounder out of Iowa, allowed a catch rate of -22.9% above expectations. He gave up just five yards on his five targets. Their efforts helped limit Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb to just six receptions for 21 yards, his quietest performance of the season in the passing game. In 75 regular season games, Lamb has posted fewer receiving yards just three times.

According to Pro Football Focus, Mitchell allowed just one reception for 5 yards on one target against Lamb. DeJean had two receptions for 1 yard on three targets when matched up against the top receiver.

6

Zack Baun continued to make his case Sunday as the Eagles’ top defensive free agent of the offseason. The 26-year-old inside linebacker scored six defensive stopsa statistic that Next Gen Stats defines as a tackle that results in a successful play for the defense. Baun ranks third in the league with 52 defensive stops this season.

Baun also helped the Eagles win the turnover battle. He forced two fumbles and recovered one off Bryce Huff’s sack of Rush in the fourth quarter. Baun has contributed results in three straight games (one forced fumble in Week 8 against the Cincinnati Bengals and one interception in Week 9 against the Jacksonville Jaguars).

“Zack is a great athlete,” coach Nick Sirianni said. “He is tough, you see him making tackles in the open field. You see him sticking his face in, in tight spaces. You can see that he can hurry. He is now taking the football away and the ball in his mind.”

-0.74

The Eagles defense had the best single-game performance of the season in expected points added, finishing with -0.74 EPA allowed per game. EPA tracks the value of each play by determining how it affects the offense’s chance of scoring.

Let’s be honest: Their competitive quality wasn’t that high when Rush filled in for the injured Dak Prescott. The Cowboys gained just 146 yards of total offense, which is the second-lowest total the Eagles got this year (119 yards against the New York Giants in Week 7). They managed just 2.6 yards per play, the third-lowest rate of any NFL team this season.

Since the bye week, Eagles opponents have scored just five touchdowns, which is the fewest in the league over a five-game span. Only three of those touchdowns came against the Eagles’ defense. For the first time since the 2008 season, the Eagles have scored a limited number of goals the opposition to fewer than 300 yards in five consecutive games. That year they did so in eight consecutive games.

But the real test for the Eagles looms. In four of their next five games, the Eagles will face teams that scored in the top half of the league in their last three games: the Washington Commanders (24 points per game; No. 12 in the league), the Los Angeles Rams (25.3; No. 9), the Baltimore Ravens (33.3; No. 2) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (30.3; No. 6).