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Cowboys beat Bears

- The Associated Press

Dallas quarterbac­k Dak Prescott (4) throws a pass under pressure from Chicago Bears defensive end Mitch Unrein in the first half of Sunday’s game in Arlington, Texas.

PHILADELPH­IA — Carson Wentz threw for 301 yards and two touchdowns, a fierce defense shut down Ben Roethlisbe­rger and Antonio Brown and the Philadelph­ia Eagles beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 34-3 on Sunday to remain unbeaten.

The rookie No. 2 overall pick connected with Darren Sproles on a 73-yard, catch-and-run TD and tossed a 12-yard TD pass to Jordan Matthews.

After beating the Browns and Bears in the first two games, the Eagles (3-0) proved they could compete with the big boys. The Steelers (2-1) averaged 31 points the first two weeks and are considered Super Bowl contenders.

Pittsburgh was 19-2 against rookie quarterbac­ks since 2004. But Wentz is no ordinary rookie.

Everyone is jumping on the Wentz wagon in Philadelph­ia. And he was the No. 3 quarterbac­k until Sam Bradford was traded to Minnesota just eight days before the season opener.

Sproles finished with six catches for 128 yards and Kenjon Barner and rookie Wendell Smallwood each had their first career rushing TDs.

The previous Bronco to throw for four touchdowns was Manning in 2014 against the Dolphins. Siemian went 23 of 35 for 312 yards and a passer rating of 132.1. Ron Jenkins / The Associated Press New York.

Kirk Cousins threw touchdown passes of 44 yards to DeSean Jackson and 55 to Jamison Crowder as the banged-up Redskins (1-2) handed new coach Ben McAdoo his first loss with the Giants (2-1).

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