The Eagles are continuing to give the city of Philadelphia something to celebrate. The 51-23 win over the Denver Broncos puts the Eagles at 8-1 on the season, and their seventh-consecutive win gives them the best record in the NFL as they head into their bye week.
Quarterback Carson Wentz continued to shine today as he had four touchdown passes and completed 15-of-27 passes for 199 yards. He leads the league in passing touchdowns and his performance today came after being named NFC Offensive Player of the month in October. Wentz threw 14 touchdown passes over the course of the month, which is the most thrown by any quarterback in a single month in Eagles franchise history.
Despite being up against the NFL's No. 1 ranked defense, Wentz and the offense were able to spread the ball and remain dynamic in order to find the end zone today.
"It was a great effort. The beautiful thing about what we did today is we were balanced, we spread the ball around the way we did, both in the run game and the throw game," Wentz said. "Zach [Ertz] went down, obviously we thought Ertz was going to be ready to play but we had [Brent] Celek and Trey [Burton] step up and make some big plays. That's how we're wired, that's how were built, next guy up. The O-Line, hats off to them because that D-Line, that front seven, I hear all about them and that's a great defense so our O-Line really did some business today and it was a good team win."
Wentz had two touchdown passes in the first quarter alone, the first being a 32-yard pass to wide receiver Alshon Jeffery followed by a 15-yard pass to running back Corey Clement.
That was the first of three times Clement would find himself in the end zone today. The rookie running back had a 2-yard run in the third quarter followed by a 4-yard run in the fourth.
"He's grown a bunch. I've seen Corey all through even Training Camp," Wentz said. "He's just a guy that wanted to work, wanted to learn, and he's just always ready whenever his number is called and today he made the most of them. He's a heck of a back, heck of a player, heck of a teammate as well. I just love seeing those backs celebrating when the other guys score. That's just the culture that we have, that's the relationship they all have and it's pretty special to be a part of."
This week's trade with the Miami Dolphins for running back Jay Ajayi also proved to add another successful layer to the Eagles' offense. Ajayi's 46-yard run in the second quarter gave him his first touchdown as an Eagle.
"We had a pretty good idea of how we wanted to utilize him in the running game, some of our simple stuff. He's picked up on things pretty quickly, he's a smart kid," Wentz said. "It's sweet to get him in on a long run, get him going early. He's a talented back so it's cool to be able to spread the ball to him, to LeGarrette [Blount], to Corey [Clement] today, Wendell [Smallwood] at the end. Just having those guys makes my life a lot easier."
"It's impressive. Hats off to him. He came in with a "wanting-to-work" attitude right away and that was great to see," Wentz said. "Great communication, he fits in well in the locker room as well. Like I said he's a smart kid so he's picked up on things pretty quickly and like I said it's huge to see him get that big score."
Adding another successful running back to the offensive only makes the Eagles more difficult to defend. Wentz touched on what makes the Eagles' dynamic offense so successful.
"We can spread it out and the best part about it is we have a ton of unselfish guys," Wentz said. "Any week it's somebody different, and no one really cares who it is as long as we're winning games and making plays. We just have a bunch of unselfish guys, and we do feel we can keep spreading the ball around, spreading the love like that and making plays."
The Eagles are heading into their bye week and will pick back up when they go to Dallas to take on the Cowboys on November 19. Wentz shared his outlook on how the Eagles will continue their success in the second half of the regular season.
"We're never going to settle," Wentz said. "We're going to enjoy this break that we have, but we're going to come back, we have a really good Dallas team to go up against next. We'll never settle, there's always things to learn from."
"Touchdowns, whatever, that's all great but being 8-1 is what it's all about," Wentz said. "I didn't know what to expect with stats and all that stuff, that doesn't really matter. But I will say I've always had high expectations for myself, for this team so we're fortunate where we're at."
The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Denver Broncos, 51-23, at Lincoln Financial Field. The Eagles are now 8-1 heading into the bye week.

Lincoln Financial Field

Lincoln Financial Field

QB Carson Wentz

S Corey Graham

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Eagles Salute to Service gear at the Pro Shop today

The Marine Silent Drill Platoon practicing before the game

Eagles drumline

Members of the Eagles Platoon

Members of the Eagles Platoon

Members of the Eagles Platoon

Members of the Eagles Platoon

RB Jay Ajayi

S Malcolm Jenkins

QB Carson Wentz

RB Kenjon Barner

G Brandon Brooks

All in

DT Fletcher Cox

QB Carson Wentz

QB Carson Wentz

QB Carson Wentz

RB Jay Ajayi

CB Rasul Douglas

RB Corey Clement

RB LeGarrette Blount

Defense

TE Brent Celek

Always good to have our fans here at home

LB Mychal Kendricks

RB Kenjon Barner and RB Wendell Smallwood

QB Carson Wentz

DE Brandon Graham

WR Alshon Jeffery

QB Carson Wentz and WR Alshon Jeffery

QB Carson Wentz

DE Vinny Curry

Head Coach Doug Pederson

RB Corey Clement

S Corey Graham

RB Kenjon Barner

TE Trey Burton

TE Trey Burton and QB Carson Wentz

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RB Jay Ajayi

RB Jay Ajayi

RB Jay Ajayi

RB Jay Ajayi

WR Alshon Jeffery

S Malcolm Jenkins

QB Carson Wentz

K Jake Elliott

RB Corey Clement

Pure bliss when at the Linc

WR Mack Hollins

Marine Silent Drill Platoon

QB Carson Wentz

DT Fletcher Cox

DE Derek Barnett

Honored to have the Frisons, a Gold Star family, with us today for #EaglesSalute

Eagles Platoon

RB Corey Clement

DE Vinny Curry

QB Carson Wentz

S Malcolm Jenkins

LB Nathan Gerry

TE Brent Celek

WR Nelson Agholor

WR Alshon Jeffery

LB Nigel Bradham

RB LeGarrette Blount and RB Corey Clement

WR Nelson Agholor

S Rodney McLeod

T Lane Johnson

In the trenches

RB LeGarrette Blount

DT Fletcher Cox
