The Philadelphia Eagles continued their winning ways in their Week 5 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals this past weekend. The Eagles beat the Cardinals by a score of 27-20. This game came down to the wire, as the game was won by a missed field goal by Arizona kicker Matt Ammendola. This article will give a complete game recap of the Philadelphia Eagles Week five game against the Arizona Cardinals
Philadelphia scored most of their points in the first half. They scored first during their opening drive of the game. Jalen Hurts found A.J. Brown a few during this drive and Dallas Goedert also got some passes thrown his way. Goedert has been a crucial part of this Eagles’ offense. He had 72 yards against the Jaguars and shined again in this game. He had a season-high 92 receiving yards against the Arizona Defense. The drive was capped off by a quarterback sneak by Jalen Hurts at the goal line. Goedert also had a role in this as he basically pulled Jalen Hurts into the end zone.
The Eagles kept the momentum going after this drive as C.J. Gardner Johnson picked off Kyler Murray off on the ensuing Cardinals drive. This really was a bad pass by Murray. He took a shot downfield and threw the ball into double coverage. However, the Eagles were unable to do anything with the ball after the interception.
The next scoring drive for the Eagles began late in the first quarter. The drive was started by two huge catches by DeVonta Smith. Jalen Hurts also got a big chunk of yardage that got the Eagles close to the goal line. Hurts would then cap the drive off with another quarterback sneak into the endzone. The quarterback sneak has really worked to the Eagles’ benefit. Jalen Hurts is strong and the offensive line is one of the best in the league.
The Eagles would not get back into the end zone again during this game. They would kick two field goals that would get the Eagles up to 20 points. However, the Cardinals would score another touchdown through the legs of Eno Benjamin. This was a 10-yard run into the end zone that would tie the game 17-17. After Jake Elliot would kick the eventual game-winner with under two minutes left in the game, the Cardinals would get one more opportunity.
They went down the field pretty quickly and set themselves up for a 43-yard field goal. Matt Ammendola would end up missing the field goal wide left that would seal the game for the Eagles.
The first player of the game would have to be Dallas Goedert. He really gave the Eagles a lot of chunk yardage plays that set Philadelphia up to score. Jalen Hurts also shined in this game. He was sharp passing the ball as he was 26 of 36 and passed for 239 yards. However, he did most of the damage on the ground with 61 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
On defense, C.J. Gardner Johnson had a stellar game. He had ten total tackles and that interception in the first quarter. Darius Slay also had a good game with nine total tackles. The Eagles only had one sack in this game which came from Hasson Reddick. Overall, the Eagles played well throughout this game. They will need to carry this momentum into their next against the Dallas Cowboys. This concludes this Philadelphia Eagles Week five-game recap against the Arizona Cardinals.
You can like The Game Haus on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for more sports and esports articles from great TGH writers along with Matthew!
