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The Leftovers: Making The Bills Pay

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Sam's Club ... QB Sam Bradford threw for 247 yards, including a 53-yard touchdown pass to WR Nelson Agholor. It was the third-longest touchdown of Bradford's career ... Bradford has thrown four 40-plus yard touchdowns to four different receivers this season ... Four of Bradford's seven career 40-plus yard touchdown passes have come in 2015 ... Over his last four starts, he has completed 80 of 123 passes (65.0%) for 898 yards, five touchdowns, one interception and a 96.9 rating ... The Eagles are 5-1 in the last six games Bradford has started and finished and 6-2 in the last eight.

Full Nelson ... Nelson Agholor scored his first-career touchdown on a 53-yard reception, the longest touchdown reception by an Eagles rookie since Hank Baskett had an 89 yarder and an 87 yarder in 2006 ... Agholor became the 10th Eagle to score a receiving touchdown this season, tying for the highest total by an Eagles team since 2008 (11 players).

Offensive Quick Hits ... RB Darren Sproles scored his second rushing touchdown of the season and the 19th of his career ... TE Zach Ertz led the team with seven receptions and 98 yards, the second-highest yardage total of his career.

Defensive Nuggets ... DE Fletcher Cox picked up a sack and now has a career-high 6.5 this season ... S Ed Reynolds sealed the game with his first-career interception in his third NFL game, becoming the eighth different Eagle with an interception this season, which is tied for the third-highest total in the NFL ... In the fourth quarter, the defense held the Bills to 60 yards on four possessions, forcing three punts and an interception ...The Eagles held Bills QB Tyrod Taylor to a season-low 74.8 quarterback rating. Taylor came into the game ranked fifth in the NFL with a 104.3 rating and had not thrown an interception since Week 4 ... Bills RB LeSean McCoy was held to just 11 yards on eight attempts in the second half after racking up 63 on 12 carries in the first half.

Birdseed ... The Eagles improved to 4-2 all time at home against the Bills ... The Eagles have won eight of their last nine games against the AFC, including 3-1 this year ... P Donnie Jones averaged 50.4 gross yards per punt and 43.3 net yards, including a 63-yarder. He now has five 60-plus yard punts this season ... LB Bryan Braman recovered a fumble on special teams that led to an Eagles touchdown ... K Caleb Sturgis connected on all three of his field goal attempts, his 11th career game with three or more field goals ... The Bills accumulated 15 penalties, which tied for the fourth most in a single game against the Eagles and also tied for the fourth most by a Bills team since 1950.

A quick recap at some of the key players who powered the Eagles to their 23-20 win over the Bills. View the full gallery here...

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