They lost linebacker Mychal Kendricks before the game. Didn't matter.
That was compounded early when Jordan Hicks hobbled off the field with an injury that could end his season. No sweat. Next man up, you know.
They lost maybe their best player, right offensive tackle Jason Peters, with a knee injury.
They survived a horrendous start, including a wave of penalty flags that saw them marching backward on their first possession of the game.
None of that mattered.
Because Carson Wentz is that good.
And his teammates are starting to think they might be as well.
Wentz, who was under siege most of the night, combined 'North Dakota tough' and a Houdini-like escapability to once again dazzle.
He went onto a national stage on Monday Night Football and basked in the limelight.
He pulled off a play that will now reside beside a similar piece of QB lore pulled off by Randall Cunningham, also on a Monday night game, in which he appeared to be in the grasp of several Redskins defenders early in the fourth quarter, only to someone escape, pick up a first down, and lead the Birds to another touchdown.
The bottom line? Wentz and the Eagles are 6-1 and can rightfully lay claim - at least for now - to being the best team in the NFL.
Wentz went 17 of 25 for 268 and four TDs.
But that does not come close to describing what Wentz did.
Everything with the Eagles begins and ends with him. He's that good.
Injuries don't bother this team, because they have confidence that Wentz will find a way for them to win.
After one of the ugliest first quarters in recent memory, you look up and realize this team is only down three points.
They went into halftime with a 17-10 lead.
They saw one key player after another either hobble off or be loaded into a cart.
Doesn't matter.
Not so long as No. 11 is lined up behind center, coolly dissecting the defense the way you would expect a veteran NFL QB to take control, not some kid from North Dakota State in his second season in the NFL.
The Eagles just might be that good.
Carson Wentz already is.
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