Philadelphia kept their postseason push moving and in doing so, damaged rival Washington’s chances with a 27-17 win on Tuesday night.

The victory was the Eagles’ seventh, taking them to 7-7, meanwhile Washington slid back to 6-8 after their second straight loss. Philly can be confident of a playoff berth and have a very good chance of returning to the postseason with the Giants, Washington and Dallas their three remaining games.

Washington were spirited in defeat and amidst trying circumstances after 13 of their players were on the COVID list, crucially including quarterbacks Taylor Heinicke and Kyle Allen — both of whom were unavailable. Enter Garrett Gilbert, signed from New England’s practice squad less than week ago. After just four days in the building, Gilbert gave a fantastic account of himself during started his second ever career game.

The former Cowboys backup went 20-of-31 for 194 yards without throwing an interception, keeping the Football Team in the game for four quarters. Though try as he might, Gilbert and Washington were unable to overcome the absentees and Philadelphia’s running game.

For the fifth time this season, Philly ran for over 200 yards, amassing 238 in total. Star running back Miles Sanders was big-time as he set a a career-high with 131 yards on 18 carries. While backup Jordan Howard more than chipped in, adding 69 yards on 15 carries.

Eagles sophomore quarterback Jalen Hurts started shakily, throwing an interception and losing a fumble early — gifting Washington 10 easy points, but what matters is how he finished. Hurts went 20-of-26 for 296 yards with a touchdown and an interception — adding for 38 yards and two touchdowns on the ground.

Philadelphia’s offense thrived in the air in large part due to the superiority of tight end Dallas Goedert, who is thriving in Zach Ertz’s absence. The 26-year-old also set a career high, in receiving yards, with 135 yards on seven catches.

Meanwhile for Washington, it was a bad night on both sides of the ball. Ron Rivera’s defense gave up a whopping 7.4 yards per play. Their offense wasn’t much better, struggling in both the run and pass game — averaging just 4.4 yards per play. Critically, Washington lost the time of possession battle by almost 11 minutes. It’s one thing to know what the Eagles will do to you, and another to stop it as the Football Team found out. It certainly doesn’t help when you’re missing most of your defensive line to COVID and injury reasons. Though Johnathan Allen was bright spot for WFT, making 5 tackles-for-loss and sacking Jalen Hurts once.

Washington will hope to keep their faint playoff hopes alive at Dallas on Sunday Night Football. While Philadelphia host to the New York Giants as they look to spoil the Eagles’ playoff party as revenge for last season.