Before driving into the Official Review, presented by AAA, make sure to check out these features from the Eagles' 28-22 win over the Minnesota Vikings.

• Eagles Insider Dave Spadaro offers his 10 observations from the bounce-back win.
• Matt Ryan analyzes Jalen Hurts' perfect day and DeVonta Smith's career-best performance.
• If you missed the game, here's how everything unfolded in real time.

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Jalyx Hunt's pick-six proves pivotal

Early in the second quarter, Jalyx Hunt dropped into coverage and pressure from Jalen Carter forced an errant throw from Carson Wentz that went right to Hunt for his first career interception.

Hunt, who played safety early in his college career, returned the pick 42 yards for a touchdown, giving the Eagles an early 14-3 lead. Minnesota never got back in front, but it was a back-and-forth game late, with Hunt's pick-six proving to be a huge swing in a one-possession game.

"We got a whole other half left," Hunt said of his mindset after the interception. "We still got to play football. And as you can tell, you know, I'm glad that I was able to be important, that touchdown was important in the game. I kind of locked in right after." – Matt Ryan

Nick Sirianni's trust in Jalen Hurts paid off

On the Eagles' opening possession, Head Coach Nick Sirianni elected to go for it on 4th-and-4 instead of kicking a long field goal. The result? A 37-yard touchdown pass from Jalen Hurts to A.J. Brown to give the Eagles an early lead.

Sunday's victory was Hurts' best game of the season, numbers-wise, but Sirianni has seen the quarterback make huge plays all year long.

"We always look at just passing yards and we look at like touchdowns, like today, obviously, we had a lot of passing yards, but you know, he's always clutch in those moments," Sirianni said. "It's why I have the confidence to go for it on the first drive, on the fourth-and-4, because you know the guys will make plays. I think there's sometimes you watch a game, it's like analytics say you should go for it here. Do you trust your players in those moments? That's what you lean on.

"Jalen obviously gives you a lot of confidence to be able to do that. And every time we get a fourth-down conversion I look at him and I say, 'Hey, I trust you in these scenarios. Thank you for making me right.' Because he makes you right in those. Good coaching is your players going out and making plays, and them making plays makes you look like a good coach, that's for sure."

Hurts made plenty of key plays in the game, not just on fourth down. He has a big-time throw on a scramble drill to A.J. Brown for a first down on third-and-13, and then he called game with a deep ball to Brown on third-and-9. After losing back-to-back games, Hurts was a major reason why the Eagles are back in the win column. – Matt Ryan

Offensive line finds a way, even after Pro Bowl center Cam Jurgens' injury

Cam Jurgens played just 15 offensive snaps before exiting Sunday's win with a knee injury.

Brett Toth, who has started at left guard due to injury, was once again the next man up.

"Brett does a great job of just preparing throughout the week," said right guard Tyler Steen. "He's a really smart dude, so he knows all the calls and knows how to make all the points."

Toth solidified the line and helped keep Jalen Hurts upright as the quarterback threw for a season-high 326 yards and finished with just the third perfect passer rating of 158.3 in Eagles history.

"He's got so much swag. When he's in control, you can see it in the look in his eye," left tackle Jordan Mailata said. "My favorite play was that four-minute bomb to A.J. (Brown). I turned around, and he just locked in. I thought it was a great check by him. There's a look in his eye when he's in that mode."

The Eagles incorporated more plays from under-center to help keep the Vikings' blitz-happy defense at bay.

"I think it presents just different things for the defense to worry about," Steen said. "I think obviously we didn't have the success we wanted to have in the run game today, but I think eventually we can definitely get that going."

"I think it frees up the passing game a lot more," Mailata added. "You don't know if it's going to be a run. You don't know if it's going to be play-action, or you don't know if it's going to be a shot play. So I think it gives us versatility. Definitely helps us a lot up front with our angles."

"Different weeks call for different things, but that was a direction we wanted to go," Head Coach Nick Sirianni said of the under-center plays.

Mailata said the message after two straight losses was simple: "Just do your job up front. Whatever it takes to get the win."

And that, they certainly did, improving to 5-2 on the season. – Chris McPherson

Red zone defense keeps Vikings at bay

Minnesota entered Sunday's game tied for seventh in the league in red zone offense, scoring a touchdown on 66.7 percent of its previous attempts inside the 20-yard line.

On Sunday, the Eagles allowed just one touchdown to the Vikings in six red zone possessions.

"Nobody in our end zone," said defensive tackle Jalen Carter, who returned to the lineup after missing a game with a heel injury. "We don't want them to score at all, but if we can do that, it's a big game-changer."

From Minnesota's opening drive, the Vikings reached the Eagles' 19-yard line before a bad snap lost 22 yards, forcing them to settle for a field goal.

Head Coach Nick Sirianni noted that the Eagles' run defense factored into Minnesota's playcalling in the red zone. Whenever Minnesota needed 1 or 2 yards for the first down, the Vikings only ran the ball once, and that was a direct snap to Jordan Mason for the only red zone conversion.

"I thought that our run defense did a lot of good things. They obviously thought so too, because they think they were second-and-1, third-and-1, fourth-and-1, they passed it every time. So they saw something in that as well," Sirianni said. "So when you get in those scenarios and you're able to get stops, those are huge, like we work at those a lot, right? Those four-point plays that we kind of call it down there, because that can just like a turnover, those four-point plays in a red zone can make swings as well.

So, great job, Vic (Fangio), putting the guys in positions to succeed, and then our guys going out there and making plays." – Chris McPherson

Nakobe Dean's role expands, adds more versatility to defense

"Finally, finally," linebacker Nakobe Dean said after Sunday's win, one in which he played 29 snaps on defense, his first of the season.

Dean made his season debut in the Week 6 game against the Giants, but was limited to special teams. After missing the first five games of the year rehabbing a knee injury suffered in the playoffs, Dean is closer to being the playmaker who teamed with Zack Baun to form one of the league's best linebacker duos last season for the top-ranked defense in terms of yards allowed.

"I've been wanting to get back out there for a couple of weeks. Just to be out there with the guys, to be out there and tackle somebody and hit people, it felt great. I'm blessed. I thank God that I'm even able to be back out there and doing the things that I love," Dean said.

Baun teamed up with rookie Jihaad Campbell in Dean's absence, but even with Dean's return, there is still room for the rookie to make an impact. Campbell played 58 defensive snaps and has the flexibility to line up as an edge player as well as off the ball.

"You see a guy who can do literally anything," Dean said of Campbell, the team's first-round pick in April. "He's got the size. He's got the ability. He's got the speed. He's got the physicality to walk up on that edge, but he can also get off the ball and cause havoc, too." – Chris McPherson