Eagles down Packers as Rodgers exits, Bengals win

LOS Angeles: Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles ran over Green Bay on Sunday, knocking Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers out in the third quarter of a 40-33 NFL victory.

The Eagles improved their Nfl-best record to 10-1 while the Packers, their playoff ambitions in taters, fell to 4-8.

“We got the GOAT!” Eagles quarterback Hurts said in a post-game television interview, though he was quick to wish four-time NFL Most Valuable Player Rodgers a speedy recovery.

Rodgers, already nursing a broken thumb, said he suffered a rib injury in the first half, which was aggravated in the third quarter apparently when he absorbed one of three sacks on the night.

“I was just having a hard time breathing and rotating my upper body,” Rodgers said. “I was worried about a punctured lung as well, so I wanted to get that checked out. I’ll get a scan tomorrow.”

Rodgers said his lung was fine, and despite “intense” pain he envisioned playing next weekend “as long as I check out OK tomorrow.”

The Packers had trimmed the deficit to 34-23 with a field goal before Rodgers departed.

Backup Jordan Love connected with Christian Watson for a 63-yard touchdown and authored a field goal drive, but it wasn’t enough against the formidable Eagles offense.

Hurts piled on 310 total yards, completing 16 of 28 passes for two touchdowns. His 157 rushing yards set the Eagles’ single-game record for a quarterback as the team gained a whopping 363 yards on the ground.

Hurts connected with Quez Watkins for a 30yard touchdown to make it 27-20 at haltime, and pushed the lead to 34-20 midway through the third with a six-yard scoring pass to A.J. Brown.

Elsewhere on Sunday, the suddenly surging Cincinnati Bengals claimed a third straight victory on Sunday as the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs both took their win streaks to five games.

The Bengals, who fell to the Los Angeles Rams in last season’s Super Bowl, beat the AFC Southleading Tennessee Titans, 20-16, in Nashville.

Quarterback Joe Burrow hit Tee Higgins with a 27-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to secure a fith win in six games for the 7-4 Bengals.

Tampa Bay had led 17-10 going into the fourth quarter ater Brady had found Ko Kiet with a five-yard pass in the third.

But with 32 seconds let on the clock, Browns quarterback Jacoby Brisset found David Njoku in the endzone to take the game into overtime.