CINCINNATI – Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley led Philadelphia to another impressive performance on Sunday.

The Eagles are gaining momentum at the right time.

Hurts rushed for three touchdowns and passed for another touchdown, helping Philadelphia beat the Cincinnati Bengals 37-17 for their third straight win.

“We're at a high level right now,” said DeVonta Smith, who made a big 45-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter. “The boys are in the right place at the right time.”

Hurts was 16-for-20 passing for 236 yards. He also had 10 carries for 37 yards.

Barkley rushed for 108 yards as Philadelphia (5-2) won for the fourth time in five games. The Eagles scored the final 20 points of the afternoon.

“I think today was a great team win, a great performance as a team,” Hurts said. “When you play like that on defense and you're able to stop an offense that's capable of playing at a high level and with the star players you have on this team, that's a great job.”

Hurts' 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter capped an 85-yard march that took up 7:37 of the clock and gave Philadelphia a 34-17 lead with 4 1/2 minutes left. This drive was followed by an interception by Burrow.

“The team we just played is a really good football team,” Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said. “They've won a lot of games, so I thought it was great to be able to do that and get the points off that and take the time off the clock.”

Nakobe Dean then recovered a Mike Gesicki fumble and Jake Elliott kicked a 47-yard field goal to end the game.

Smith had six catches for 85 yards and AJ Brown had five for 84 yards. The Eagles racked up 397 yards on offense.

Cincinnati (3-5) finished with just 58 yards rushing, continuing a season problem. Burrow was 26 for 37 for 234 yards and a touchdown.

The Bengals had won two straight, beating the Giants and Browns – the same teams that had defeated the Eagles in their previous two games. They started the season 1-4 and tried to get back to .500 against Philadelphia.

What's up?

The Bengals have emphasized that they need to start games faster. On the first possession, it looked like it was going to be their day.

Their first drive went 70 yards, lasted more than 10 minutes and ended with a 2-yard TD pass from Burrow Yes'Marr Chase. Cincinnati trailed 5-5 on third down on the drive.

But on the second drive things stalled and Evan McPherson kicked a 27-yard field goal. Cincinnati only managed one more goal – a 4-yard run over Chase Brown in the third – the rest of the way.

“The second half wasn’t good enough,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said. “I didn’t make enough plays.” Lost the turnover battle. They scored on every possession in the second half.”

Brotherly love

It was the first NFL duel between the 24-year-old twin brothers Chase and Sydney Brown. Sydney is a second-year safety for the Eagles. The twins played for the University of Illinois before being drafted in 2023.

Chase had 12 carries for 32 yards. Sydney also came into the game for Philadelphia.

Injuries

Eagles: CB Darius Slay suffered a groin injury in the second half.

Bengals: OT Orlando Brown was sidelined in the first half with a right knee injury. … The Bengals were without WR Tee Higgins, who suffered a quadriceps injury in practice last week.

Next

Eagles: Host the Jacksonville Jaguars next Sunday.

Bengals: Host the Las Vegas Raiders next Sunday.

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