On Monday, we shared our 10 favorite Eagles pass defense numbers in a bonus Roob’s Stats.

Now, it’s time for our usual weekly general stats piece, which this week focuses mainly on the good (Dallas Goedert, Saquon Barkley, Jalen Hurts) with a brief foray into the bad (Jake Elliott, Jake Elliott, Jake Elliott). 

Roob’s Eagles Stats are definitely more fun when they win.

1A. Let’s start with Dallas Goedert, whose 10th touchdown catch of the season not only tied Pete Retzlaff for most TDs in a season by an Eagles tight end, it doubled his previous career high of five from back in 2019. Retzlaff, who like Goedert went to South Dakota State, had 10 TD catches in 1965. Goedert is tied for third in the NFL among all players in TD catches behind only wide receivers Davante Adams (14) and Amon-Ra St. Brown and tied with Trey McBride for the lead among tight ends. The only Eagles with more TD catches in a season in the last 30 years are T.O. (14 in 2004) and A.J. Brown (11 in 2022).  

1B. Including postseason, Goedert now has 5,230 career receiving yards. He’s one of five tight ends the Eagles have drafted with 5,000 career yards, joining 1973 1st-round pick Charle Young (5,308), 1988 1st-round pick Keith Jackson (6,117), 2007 5th-round pick Brent Celek (5,255) and 2013 3rd-round pick Zach Ertz (9,128). The Eagles are the only NFL team to draft five tight ends who had at least 5,000 career yards. The Patriots and 49ers are the only other teams to draft four. The Patriots drafted Russ Francis in the first round in 1975 (5,736), Ben Coates in the fifth round in 1991 (5,813), Ben Watson in the first round in 2004 (5,813) and Rob Gronkowski in the second round in 2010 (10,675), and the 49ers drafted Wesley Walls in the second round in 1989 (5,370), Vernon Davis (8,162) in the first round and Delanie Walker (5,665) in the sixth round, both in 2006, and George Kittle in the fifth round in 2017 (8,319). 

1C. Again including postseason, Goedert has had seven consecutive 500-yard seasons (680, 524, 922, 843, 613, 711, 583). The only other Eagles with seven straight 500-yard seasons are Hall of Famer Harold Carmichael (11 straight from 1973 through 1983) and Retzlaff (nine straight from 1958 through 1966).

2A. In wins over the Raiders and Commanders, Jalen Hurts completed 75.6 percent of his passes with five touchdowns, no interceptions and 79 rushing yards. He’s only the third quarterback in NFL history with 75 percent accuracy, five TDs, no interceptions and at least 75 rushing yards in a two-game span. Lamar Jackson did it in 2019 and Drake Maye in October. 

2B. Hurts improved his career record to 56-25 in 81 career starts. Only eight quarterbacks have won more games in their first 81 starts: Patrick Mahomes (64), Ken Stabler (61), Roger Staubach (60), Tom Brady (60), Lamar Jackson (59), Daryle Lamonica (58), Danny White (57) and Ben Roethlisberger (57). 

2C. Hurts now has 171 touchdowns in his 81 starts – 108 passing, 63 rushing. Only five QBs have had more combined TDs in their first 81 starts: Mahomes (206, 194-12), Aaron Rodgers (196, 178-18), Josh Allen (190, 149-41), Dan Marino (184, 181-3) and Andrew Luck (178, 164-14).

3A. The last three weeks the Eagles have allowed 275 yards to the Chargers, 75 to the Raiders and 220 to the Commanders. The 570 total yards is the fewest the Eagles have allowed in a three-game span since 1992 and the 2nd-fewest since 1954. The first three weeks in 1992 they allowed 202 in a win over the Saints at the Vet, 185 in a win over the Cards at Sun Devil and 82 in a shutout win over the Broncos at the Linc for 459 yards in a three-game span. 

3B. Going into the Chargers game, the Eagles were 25th in the NFL in yards allowed per game (347 yards per game). In just three weeks, they’ve improved to 12th (316).  

4. He hasn’t even finished his second season with the Eagles, but Saquon Barkley now has more 100-yard rushing games than all but four players in franchise history. Barkley’s 132 yards Saturday gave him 17 100-yard games as an Eagle, which trails only Wilbert Montgomery (26), LeSean McCoy (23), Brian Westbrook (20) and Steve Van Buren (19). Barkley has played 34 games in an Eagles uniform and has had at least 100 yards in exactly half of them. Barkley now has as many 100-games in 34 games as an Eagle as he had in 76 games as a Giant.

5. Going into the Washington game, DeVonta Smith was 10th in Eagles history with 4,900 receiving yards and A.J. Brown was 11th with 4,871. But Brown’s 95 yards gave him 4,966, and Smith’s 42 gave him 4,942, so Brown bumped his teammate and friend out of the all-time Eagles top-10. For now. If Smith has 25 more yards than Brown Sunday in Buffalo, he’ll bump Brown out of the all-time top-10. Brown needs 33 yards to pass Brent Celek (4,998) and move into ninth place. Unless Smith gets there first. 

6A. With two more misses Saturday, Jake Elliott is now 6-for-11 on field goal attempts over the Eagles’ last five games. He’s the first Eagles kicker to miss five field goal attempts in a five-game span since Chris Boniol in 1997, and his 54.5 accuracy during that span is worst by an Eagles kicker over five games also since Boniol in 1997. Elliott is making 70.8 percent of his field goal attempts this year on 17-for-24. Over a full season, that would be the worst by an Eagles kicker since Boniol made 66.7 percent in 1998. Elliott made 77.8 percent of his attempts last year and is on pace to become the first Eagles kicker below 78 percent in consecutive seasons since Boniol in 1997 and 1998. 

6B. Over the last two years, Elliott is 45-for-60 for 75 percent. Among 26 kickers who’ve attempted at least 40 field goals since opening day 2024, he’s 2nd-worst in the league, ahead of only Younghoe Koo, who is at 72.1 percent on 31-for-43. Koo is not currently on a roster after being released by the Falcons and Giants. Elliott is 5-for-15 from 50 yards-plus over the last two years, worst in the league (among 23 kickers who’ve attempted at least 10 50-yarders). League average for all other kickers is 70 percent (345-for-493). 

7. The Eagles have allowed only six sacks in their last seven games, matching the fewest in franchise history in any seven-game span since sacks became an official stat in 1982. They also allowed just six in a seven-game stretch early in the 2014 season. Their current streak of seven consecutive games allowing two or fewer sacks is their 3rd-longest ever and longest since a 12-game streak in 2008. Their o-line back then? Left to right, Tra Thomas, Todd Herremans, Jamaal Jackson, Max Jean-Gilles and Jon Runyan.

8. Tank Bigsby ran four times for 37 yards Saturday after a 9-for-104 (11.6) against the Giants and a 4-for-34 (8.5) against the Lions. He joins Saquon Barkley as only the second running back in franchise history with three games in a season averaging at least 8.0 yards per carry with a minimum of four carries. Barkley did it last year against the Saints (147 yards, 8.6 average), Giants (176, 10.4) and Rams (255, 9.8). The last Eagles running back with two games in a season with four or fewer carries and 34 or more yards was Correll Buckhalter in 2007 (4-for-37 vs. both the Seahawks and Saints). Bigsby’s 6.6 average is highest in franchise history by a running back through 15 games (minimum 40 carries). 

9A. After out-gaining the Raiders by 312 yards, the Eagles outgained the Commanders by 165 yards. That’s a combined 477-yard yardage advantage over the last two weeks, the Eagles’ largest yardage margin in a two-game span in 20 years and their fifth-largest since 1955. In 2005, the Eagles outgained Tim Rattay and the 49ers by 441 yards (583-142) in a 42-3 win at the Linc and a week later they outgained the Raiders 83 yards (448-365) in a 23-20 win, also at the Linc, for a combined 524-yard margin over two games. Before that? A 520-yard margin over the Vikings and Seahawks in 1992, a 579-yard margin over the Cards and Colts in 1981 and a 510-yard margin over the Broncos and Vikings in 1980. And that’s it over the last 70 years. 

9B. For those of you scoring at home, their largest yardage margin ever in a two-game span is 697 yards in wins at Connie Mack Stadium over the Giants and Colts in 1953. They outgained the Giants by 422 yards (514-92) in a 30-7 win and then the Colts by 270 yards (497-222) in a 45-14 win.  

10. The Eagles converted 10 of 13 third downs against the Raiders and four of nine against the Commanders for a combined 14-for-22 over the last two games. That’s 63.6 percent, their highest conversion percentage in a two-game span in 17 years, since they went 23-for-35 (65.7 percent) against the Giants and Browns late in the 2008 season. In just those two weeks, they’ve improved from 28th in the league on third down at 34.2 percent to 24th at 37.7 percent. The Eagles have won 21 straight games when they’ve converted at least 40 percent going back to that 35-31 loss to the Cards during the 2023 collapse. 

Bonus Stat I: The Eagles scored 15 points in the fourth quarter Saturday, and the last three times they’ve scored at least 15 points in a fourth quarter have been against the Commanders. Last year, they outscored Washington 20-8 in the fourth quarter at the Linc to win 26-18 after trailing 10-3 going into the second half, and in the NFC Championship Game at the Linc in January they outscored Washington 21-0 in the fourth quarter to win 55-23 after leading 34-23 after three quarters. They also outscored Washington 21-14 in the fourth quarter at the Linc in 2023, winning 38-31 and 20-13 at FedEx in 2019 to win 37-27. 

Bonus Stat II: With the Eagles winning 10 games this year and the Chiefs just six, the Eagles and Chiefs now share the 2nd-best record in the NFL since Nick Sirianni became head coach in 2021 at 58-25. The Bills are 59-23 so with a win Sunday the Eagles would share the most wins in the NFL over the last five years with the Bills (although the Bills would have a slightly higher winning percentage because that Bengals game in 2022 was cancelled). The Eagles have won seven more games since 2021 than any other NFC team. The 49ers are second with 51.

Bonus Stat III: With the Eagles clinching a playoff berth, Nick Sirianni became only the fifth coach in NFL history to reach the postseason in his first five years and Jalen Hurts became the sixth quarterback to reach the postseason in his first five years as a starter. The other coaches: Paul Brown, Chuck Knox, John Harbaugh and Bill Cowher. The other quarterbacks: Otto Graham, Donovan McNabb, Joe Flacco, Russell Wilson and Patrick Mahomes. Now, Brown and Graham came in together in 1946 and Harbaugh and Flacco came in together in 2008. But Pete Carroll predated Wilson by two years in Seattle and Andy Reid coached for 18 years before the Chiefs drafted Mahomes. So Sirianni and Hurts are only the third head coach-quarterback combo to reach the playoffs in their first five years after starting their head coaching and quarterbacking careers together.