Philadelphia put an interesting clause in Barkley's contract that protected him from the way the team runs their offense.

Well, look at Sirianni and the Eagles now. The Eagles have a top-five offense and a top-five defense. And Sirianni is one of only five coaches over the last 30 years to start a season 8-2 or better in three straight years, joining Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, Tony Dungy and Mike Shanahan. He's also the only coach in Eagles history to do it.

PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts played through a violent blow to his head. Saquon Barkley turned a close game in the fourth quarter with the NFC East lead at stake into a comfortable victory. Nick Sirianni shakes off his critics and keeps winning games.

There have been good starts for the Philadelphia Eagles under Nick Sirianni in each of the last three seasons, but this one just feels different. The Eagles are off to a 6-2 start and riding a four-game win streak in which they have outscored their opponents 113-59.

Over at NFL.com, the league's website recounted a handful of things they learned about the Commanders and the Eagles in the Thursday night bout. And one of them was singling out the play of the Eagles' secondary in totally shutting down rookie phenom Jayden Daniels and the Washington passing attack:

After inserting himself firmly into the NFL MVP race with 146 rushing yards and two touchdowns in the Philadelphia Eagles' 26-18 win over the

Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley already has more rushing yards than he did in four individual seasons with the New York Giants, and is getting real close to a career high in that category.