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Eagles answer Commanders score with a 5-yard D’Andre Swift touchdown run

The St. Joe's Prep grad finds the end zone again for the Birds.

D'Andre Swift (#0) scored the Eagles' first touchdown on Sunday against Washington.
D'Andre Swift (#0) scored the Eagles' first touchdown on Sunday against Washington.Read moreDavid Maialetti / Staff Photographer

Running back D’Andre Swift got the Eagles on the board Sunday with a 5-yard touchdown run against the Commanders to tie the score at 7-7 with 1:17 left in the first quarter.

Quarterback Jalen Hurts went 7-for-7 on the 12-play, 75-yard drive. The Eagles answered the Commanders opening-drive score with their own long drive, moving the ball down the field over six-plus minutes.