For the first time since 2017, the Eagles picked up a win against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium, cruising to a 34-6 triumph.

With the win, the Eagles improved to 7-2 and assumed first place in the NFC East. There were big moments on both sides of the ball. The offense has scored at least 28 points in four consecutive games, which is tied for the fourth-longest streak in franchise history. Meanwhile, the defense recorded five shutouts, the most 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 coming off the bye week:

53.6%

Jalen hurts was under pressure at a season high 53.6% of his dropouts against the Cowboys, marking his highest pressure rate since Week 4 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (48.6%, according to Next Gen Stats). Unlike his performance last year, Hurts continued this season’s trend of thriving under pressure on Sunday. He finished 7 of 9 for 115 yards and two touchdowns when passing under pressure.

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

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The kids at cornerback have been more than fine this season. Beginners Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean each allowed just two receptions on four and five targets, respectively, against the Cowboys, according to Next Gen Stats. Mitchell, pick no. Toledo’s 22 forced Cowboys Cooper Rush to throw in a tight window on three of Mitchell’s four targets.

Meanwhile, DeJean, the Eagles’ second-round pick out of Iowa, allowed an above-expected -22.9% catch rate. He only gave up 5 yards over his five targets. Their efforts helped limit Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb to just six receptions for 21 yards, the quietest performance of the season in the passing game. In 75 career regular season games, Lamb had 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 as he was tied for the top receiver.

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Zack Baun continued to make his case Sunday as the Eagles’ best defensive free agent this offseason. The 26-year-old inside linebacker hustled six defensive stopsa stat 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 on the Rush’s Bryce Huff sack in the fourth quarter. Baun has contributed takeaways in three straight games (a forced fumble in Week 8 against the Cincinnati Bengals and an interception in Week 9 against the Jacksonville Jaguars).

“Zack is a great athlete,” Coach Nick Sirianni said. “He’s tough, you see him in the open field making tackles. You see him sticking his face in there in tight spaces. You see him being able to rush. Now, now, it’s on a streak of getting the football and having the ball in your mind.”

-0.74

The Eagles defense had its best single-game performance of the season in expected points added, finishing with -0.74 EPA per game allowed. The EPA tracks the value of each play based on how it affects the likelihood of the offense scoring.

Let’s be real – their quality in the competition wasn’t all that high, with Rush filling in for the injured Dak Prescott. The Cowboys managed just 146 yards of total offense, which is the second-fewest total the Eagles have allowed this year (119 total yards against the New York Giants in Week 7). They managed just 2.6 yards per game, 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 stretch. Only three of those touchdowns came against the Eagles defense. For the first time since the 2008 season, the Eagles were limited opposition to less than 300 total yards in five straight contests. That year, they did it in eight straight games.

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