When Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter met Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels in college, the Georgia-LSU game included a viral moment in which Carter sacked Daniels both by lifting Daniels off the ground and by simultaneously raising a finger in celebration.

When it was over, the old veteran found the kids, and he thanked them. “I told them I think that’s the best they played all year,” Lane Johnson said. “They took away multiple touchdowns.” Johnson and the Eagles hadn’t won at Dallas in six years,

As the Eagles and Commanders square off, Jalen Carter and Nakobe Dean look to contain former SEC foe Jayden Daniels in a critical divisional matchup.

Hurts gave an example of how he processes a play. He was asked about his touchdown pass to Dallas Goedert just before halftime Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys. The 14-yard TD pass gave the Eagles a 14-6 lead on their way to a 34-6 win.

The Eagles for a time were struggling in this game, but Carter had a huge tackle for loss and Hurts turned things around.

Coach Dan Quinn knows that star rookie Jayden Daniels and the rest of the Washington Commanders do not have a lot of time ahead of Thursday’s big NFC East matchup at the Philadelphia Eagles to fix the sorts of things that went wrong during a one-point loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.