The Eagles scored 23 straight points in the second half on Thursday night before Commanders tight end Zach Ertz scored a late touchdown and two-point conversion against his former team. Philadelphia won 26-18 despite three missed kicks by Jake Elliott.

With its sixth straight win, Philadelphia (8-2) now leads the NFC East by 11/2 games over the Commanders (7-4). The teams will play again on December 22.

The Eagles outgained the Commanders 434 to 264, including 228 rushing yards at Philadelphia, but Elliott missed field goals of 44 and 51 yards and an extra point. All three were wide left. He made a 31-yarder.

Jalen Hurts’ 1-yard touchdown run gave the Eagles their first lead at 12-10 with 12:00 to go.

Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels looked like the rookie he is as he battled through a rib injury, and the interception he threw to safety Reed Blankenship allowed Saquon Barkley to score two touchdowns in 20 seconds in the fourth quarter. Barkley’s 23-yard touchdown run with 4:58 left iced it, and his 39-yard touchdown run with 4:38 left provided the exclamation point.

Barkley, who had 56 yards in the first half, finished with 146 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries. He also caught two passes for 52 yards.

Hurts was 18 of 28 for 221 yards and ran for 40 yards on nine carries.

The Commanders could have taken the lead midway through the fourth quarter. But after failing to pick up a first down on Brian Robinson’s runs on second-and-1 and third-and-1 from the Philadelphia 25, Washington opted to bypass the go-ahead field goal on fourth down. Instead of leading 13-12 with a successful kick from Zane Gonzalez, Daniels was stopped for no gain on fourth and second by Zack Baun and Blankenship.

During the team’s six-game winning streak, the Eagles’ defense has allowed just six touchdowns.

Ertz’s touchdown came with 28 seconds left as the Commanders took too much time on their 15-play, 70-yard drive, burning 4:10. They did get a chance for an onside kick, but Dallas Goedert recovered for the Eagles.

Daniels was 22 of 32 for 191 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Running back Austin Ekeler caught eight passes for 89 yards as the Eagles captured the Commanders’ wideouts. Terry McLaurin had just one catch for 10 yards and that came in the fourth quarter.