Want to know how far the Eagles have come from Week 1 of the regular season? Look no further than the defense, which on Sunday dominated a potent Green Bay offense, producing three interceptions and keeping running back Josh Jacobs under wraps as the Eagles opened the NFC Postseason with a hard-fought 22-10 win in the NFC Wild Card Weekend opener.

There are plenty of things upon which to improve, but what matters is that the Eagles move on now to next weekend's Divisional Round at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday at 3 PM against the winner of Monday night's Wild Card Round finale between the Minnesota Vikings and the Los Angeles Rams.

Here are some takeaways from the Eagles' victory – their eighth straight win at Lincoln Financial Field ...

1. Eagles open the game with a bang – and a TD

Special teams can change a game, right? You hear that all the time, and on Sunday late afternoon in 40-degree, low-wind conditions, that's exactly what happened. The Eagles won the coin toss and elected to defer, so Green Bay received the opening kickoff. Jake Elliott kicked off to the dangerous Keisean Nixon, who brought the ball out from 1 yard deep in the end zone. Oren Burks popped Nixon at the 27-yard line, forcing the ball loose, and Jeremiah Trotter, Jr. was there to wrestle the football away in a scrum. Eagles football, Green Bay 28-yard line.

"I turned around and I was already celebrating and saw that Trotter got on it as well," Burks said. "It was just kind of in the flow of the game, so, just tried to make a big play.

"That was just the mindset. In the playoffs, nobody's going to give you anything, you have to go and take it. I feel like that play from the jump just exemplifies what it's going to take to take the ball away."

Saquon Barkley ran left, spinning away from defenders, for a 16-yard gain to the 12-yard line on the game's first play from scrimmage. He ran again on the left side on first down, gaining 1 yard. On second-and-9 from the 11-yard line, quarterback Jalen Hurts had a straight dropback to pass, had a lot of time as the Eagles blocked a four-man pass rush, and drilled a pass to a wide-open Jahan Dotson in the back of the end zone as Philadelphia took an early lead.

Jake Elliott drilled the PAT and the Eagles had a 7-0 lead right off the bat in a wire-to-wire victory.

2. Defense pitches a terrific game

The Eagles have the No. 1-ranked defense in the NFL for a reason. And in this game, they showed every bit of it. Philadelphia picked off three Jordan Love passes – one by Darius "Big Play" Slay, one by Zack Baun, and, late in the game, one by Quinyon Mitchell, his first in the NFL, after a terrific regular season by the top draft pick.

Philadelphia held Green Bay to 107 rushing yards, limited Love – who was sacked twice and under pressure a lot, and took the football away three times. Green Bay lost two offensive linemen and two wide receivers (they were already without deep threat Christian Watson, out with a knee injury) and the Eagles stuffed them until some late-game garbage yards.

Great performance by a defense that lost linebacker Nakobe Dean to a knee injury in the first half. He was replaced by Burks, who had four tackles. Nolan Smith was outstanding with both quarterback sacks and great tackling (Head Coach Nick Sirianni presented Smith was a game ball in the locker room after the win), the interior of the defensive line dominated, and Jacobs, who rushed for more than 1,300 yards during the season, had only 81 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries.

"To play an explosive, good offense, balanced offense like that and hold them to 10 points is really big, especially in the playoffs," Baun said. "Obviously, by no means was it a clean game by any of us linebackers, I know for sure, but to hold a team like that to 10 points gives us confidence."

3. QB Jalen Hurts shows some rust, but efficiently produces a winning effort

This wasn't vintage Jalen Hurts, who had not played for three weeks after suffering a concussion in the loss at Washington. He opened fast out of the gates, completing his first six passes, including the touchdown to Dotson, his first as an Eagle. He played smart, he recognized that giveaways would have been problematic, and he did it right: 13 of 21 passing for 161 yards and two touchdowns. A passer rating of 111.4. He also gained 36 yards on 6 runs as the Eagles worked hard to gain 169 rushing yards – Saquon Barkley picked up 119 yards on 25 carries.

"Ultimately, just kind of want to impose your will and style to play, and I think we know we're capable of doing a number of different things, but we just have to find our rhythm and go out there and ultimately, execute," Hurts said. "It's all about winning. You know that's the only thing when you've got to the point where we are. So it's about finding ways to win."

4. The turnover ratio tells the tale: 4-0 Eagles

The NFL produces all kinds of statistics and you can extrapolate them any way you want. But one stat that means so much every week is the turnover number. And the Eagles, against a team that has been just as dominating as the Eagles this season in the turnover ratio game, won 4-0. The Burks big hit on special teams to open the game. The Slay interception down the sideline – a great play running stride for stride with wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks, the Baun interception just before halftime, and then the Mitchell theft in the end zone late in the contest. All great plays.

Meanwhile, the Eagles had great ball security and it meant everything.

"We just try to go out there and do our job at a high level and we did of course all season. But like I said, this is a new part of the season that's way bigger. So all of us got bigger goals to go reach, and we're trying to reach them," Slay said.

5. Coaching staff played it the right way

Look, this wasn't necessarily a pretty win, but style points don't matter, especially against good teams in the playoffs. Offensive Coordinator Kellen Moore eased Hurts back into action with some easy throws and it worked as the offense gained 290 total net yards. Late in the game, Philadelphia reached scoring position and had some penalties and instead of forcing throws in the red zone, ran the ball and gave Jake Elliott a chance to kick a field goal – he was good from 31, 30, and 32 yards on the day – as the Eagles took a two-possession lead with just over seven minutes to play. Vic Fangio's defense crashed the line of scrimmage – the front seven played downhill throughout the game – and the coverage on the back end was super-sticky. This was as much a credit to the coaching staff as it was to the players in this game. Great job of knowing the opponent and executing game plans in all three phases.

6. Name of the game in playoffs: Survive and move on

The best play of the game? Hurts throwing to tight end Dallas Goedert (4 catches, 47 yards) in the red zone as Goedert used a great block from A.J. Brown to create some space and then stiff-armed cornerback Carrington Valentine three times on the way to the end zone.

Some notes about how the Eagles won ...

• Philadelphia scored all of 17 points through 13 first quarters and then had 55 points in the first quarters of the final five games of the regular season. The Eagles led 10-0 on Sunday night after 15 minutes. It was a really great start.

• Philadelphia gained 103 total net yards in the first quarter and limited Green Bay to just 16 total net yards.

• The Packers ranked among the league leaders in plus-20-yard plays this season, but had only four on Sunday night – three in the passing game and one 29-yard Jacobs run. Kudos to the defense.

• The special teams coverage was strong – Dixon had the big fumble and punt return man Jayden Reed averaged 13 yards on two punt returns (he also was limited to 4 catches for 46 yards after hurting the Eagles in Week 1 with big plays in the passing game and running the football).

• The interior of the defensive line was also terrific clogging the running lanes and pressuring Love up the middle. Overall, just a top-shelf performance from the defense, which clearly benefited from taking a "bye" week in the regular-season finale against the New York Giants.