By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor 
It came down to the final minutes and was a close and unpredictable game, but the Eagles came out on top in their first game of the season for a 30-17 win over the Washington Redskins.
In their first win against the Redskins after five straight losses, it was some impressive escapability by Carson Wentz and clutch plays from the defense that proved to be the difference.
Here are this week's grades for the Eagles in their win over the Redskins.
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Pass Offense - B-
By the numbers, Carson Wentz played a solid game — 26-for-39 for 307 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. But actually watching Wentz, this was a quarterback who was under pressure far too much and probably got more lucky than anything.
Wentz had several deep passes to the likes of Alshon Jeffery and Torrey Smith be overthrown or underthrown, nearly resulting in interceptions. The fact that Wentz only had one interception was really almost shocking given some of the dangerous passes made. The decision-making process by Wentz on those plays was fine, but the execution just isn't there yet.
Two players who really impressed were Zach Ertz and Nelson Agholor. Ertz led the team with eight catches for 93 yards. Agholor's catches were still interesting, but he was targeted eight times and made six catches.
Jeffery was a bit underwhelming in his first game. Obviously you have to take what you're given, but Jeffery was still targeted seven times and only made three catches. Similarly, Smith only had one catch — granted a big one for 30 yards — and was targeted three times.
There are moments in the passing offense where playcalling is baffling. The screen play to Agholor that resulted in a fumble? Rip that age out of the playbook. The short targets to receivers on 3rd-and-long plays just don't make any sense. There is a lot to be desired there.
Overall, Wentz and the receivers were solid, but it was an inconsistent showing that won't be successful in Kansas City next week.
Related: Constructive on Carson: Wentz inconsistently impressive in win over Redskins
Run Offense – D-
In a word: pathetic. There may be some new faces, but not much has changed with this group.
LeGarrette Blount has the potential to make this group better, but there are times where it feels like the Eagles aren't utilizing him properly. Running out of the shotgun isn't something that worked with him in New England. Aside from that, no other running back got more than four carries.
Bottom line: this group averaged 2.4 yards per carry, with Blount getting 3.3 yards per carry on his 14 touches. The team's longest carry was seven yards. It's not good enough and needs to improve over the coming weeks.
Pass Defense – B
When the Eagles brought pressure, Kirk Cousins really didn't look comfortable. Fletcher Cox and Brandon Graham looked excellent, teaming up on one of the two key plays in the game for a strip sack and fumble returned for a touchdown.
The other key play also came against Cousins and the pass. Jordan Hicks led the pressure and forced a bad throw from Cousins that was intercepted by Jalen Mills in the redzone. With Washington driving, that was a game-changer.
Cousins didn't really carve up the Eagles defense as he did in years past. He wasn't on his game either, so call that a wash more than anything, but you could really see how effective the Eagles defense can be when the pressure the quarterback.
There was a rough patch during the second quarter, notably when Chris Thompson managed to avoid three weak tackle attempts by the Eagles to score on a 29-yard touchdown, but otherwise, there weren't many big plays to note for the Washington offense.
To start the season, this was a solid day that was marred more by the injury to Ronald Darby than any singular play. Losing Darby will force the Eagles to make some pretty radical adjustments going into Week 2.
Run Defense – A
If you take out a couple of good runs for Cousins — who accounted for 30 rushing yards for the Redskins — then the Eagles held down the fort against the running back duo of Thompson and Rob Kelley. Kelley averaged three yards per carry and Thompson had just four yards on three attempts. The longest run for either in the duo was six yards.
The running back group has been effective in seasons past, with a really strong front seven, and that looked no different in Week 1.
Special Teams – B+
Caleb Sturgis missing an extra point that could have proved to be big, but luckily wasn't. Sturgis was successful on three other field goal attempts from 50, 42 and 37 yards.
Otherwise, special teams coverage was good. The punt team recovered a muffed return and Donnie Jones did his job effectively as usual.
Overall – C
Much like last season, the areas that were the Eagles strongest remain. This team is very good at disrupting the quarterback when they get pressure and can effectively stop the run. It's the offense that was a big problem.
Overall, this was just a very inconsistent and ugly game. At times, the Eagles looked like they should have had a more comfortable lead than two points or the one-point deficit they faced until the final seconds of the first half. By the end of the game, it was almost a wonder how the Eagles managed to pull off a two-score win.
There's a lot to like about Wentz's debut, notably his willingness to go for bigger plays with his newly-added weapons and his escapability from pressure he faced, but some of the passes are just slightly off the mark and can set up dangerous situations for the Eagles.
Basically, this is a performance that proved to be good enough for a win this week, but it was ugly. Next week in Kansas City, it will be a much bigger challenge and these kinds of mistakes will not end well for the Eagles.
But to start the season with a win is a good start, no matter how it happens. 1-0 sounds a lot better than 0-1 and the Eagles will take that.
