ON FIRST DOWN Sunday from the Washington 11, a minute and a half remaining in a disastrous first half, the Eagles suddenly did something right.
Quarterback Sam Bradford found tight end Zach Ertz in the end zone, laying the ball into Ertz' hands despite close coverage from safety Trenton Robinson and linebacker Will Compton. Touchdown. The Eagles, down 13-0, had life.
It looked a little like the game-winning pass that came a while later, Washington's Kirk Cousins hitting Pierre Garcon in the end zone despite double coverage from Walter Thurmond and Eric Rowe, with 26 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.