HOUSTON This was supposed to be easy, a no-sweat laugher all the way to 8 Phil McConkey Jersey -0.The upset-minded and one-win Houston Texans had other ideas. They gave the Eagles all they could handle on their indoor turf at NRG Stadium on Thursday night, but in the end, the Eagles more-talented roster won out, capturing a 29-17 victory.The undefeated Eagles are now off for 11 days before returning to host the Washington Commanders on Nov. 14, on Monday Night Football.They head into their mini-bye as the first team in franchise history to be 8-0."Its just the next one," said head coach Nick Sirianni. "At this particular point, being 8-0 is sweet. It beats the alternative of being 7-1 or 6-2. We know our goal wasnt to go 8-0. Our goal was to take one game at a time. Thats our goal."There will be plenty to correct until then, such as a run defense that allowed Dameon Pierce to gash them for 139 yards on 27 runs. As a team, Houston ran for 168.The Eagles have allowed 100-plus yards to the last four teams they have played, and it doesnt get any easier with run-stuffer Jordan Davis placed on IR with an ankle sprain on Wednesday.The offensive line was porous, allowing four sacks. Left tackle Jordan Mailata struggled mightily against aging pa s rusher Jerry Hughes, 34, surrendering two sacks on the Eagles first po se sion coming out of the locker room.The Eagles emerged from that locker room without the Doug Kotar Jersey lead for the first time all season, with the Texans getting a 13-yard TD pa s from Davis Mills with 37 seconds to go in the second quarter to pull even at 14-14. "Some things didnt go our way early on, but no one blinked," said linebacker T.J. Edwards, who had seven tackles to tie for the team-high with Javon Hargrave and Kyzir White. "We made adjustments, found a way to get off the field, make some plays, it was huge. It was a big-time win."We knew we were in a dogfight. It felt like an absolute dogfight. Theyre a good team. I think their running back is really good. I have a lot of respect for him. Hes patient and their line does a really good job."It sucked. They hit a couple runs on us. Thats something we dont normally do or want to do. Well get that cleaned up. But its the league. They have really good players, too. Well take this win for sure."Jalen Hurts threw two second-half touchdowns and rushed for a two-point PAT to pull away from Houston, who managed just a 30-yard field goal over the final two quarters.Scroll to ContinueHurts, playing in his hometown for the first time as an NFL player, threw a 17-yard TD to A.J. Brown, his sixth touchdown reception of the season, with Julian Love Jersey 8:04 to play in the third quarter, and a 4-yard strike to Dallas Goedert, who had eight catches for 100 yards, with 11:22 to play in the game."I think about this game theres a lot to be grateful about," said Hurts. "Theres a lot to reflect on and look at the things that we did well. Theres also a lot of things that we can improve on."Im not going to make excuses about anything, or the short week. We have a standard of play, and we want to play to that at all times. So its a learning experience for us. Its a formative experience thatll only build us up."Javon Hargrave sparked the second-half defensive surge. The defensive tackle had a career-high three sacks and now has five in his last two games."I think NFL New York Giants Jersey I just stay positive every game," said Hargrave, who had only one sacks in the team's first six games. "I dont really pre s too hard, because I know any game can be my game. So, I keep working and Im happy one of those games came."The Eagles also got interceptions from Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, who now leads the NFL with five, and James Bradberry, who now has three this season. As a team, the Eagles now have 12 interceptions."To Eli Manning Jersey guy have a guy (like Gardner-Johson) whos a ball-hawk back there, in addition to other guys who are ball-hawks, with our corners, man, thats huge," said Sirianni. "You shift a game at any time. That shifted the game. That catch shifted the game and our momentum. It wasnt an easy catch."CGJ's interception and 25-yard return set the Eagles up at Houston's 17. On the second play from there, Hurts hit Brown to snap the tie and put Philly ahead 21-14. They wouldn't trail again."He had a huge interception at a critical moment in the game," said Bradberry. "We definitely needed some momentum. Hes been doing that for us. Last week he ended the game, this week he got us a big play when we needed it. Hes meant a lot to our defense."Hurts, who lost his first fumble of the season in the first half, led a scoring drive in the first quarter that tied the score at 7-7. He was 8-for-12 on the drive, using six different receivers and converting three third downs with completions to Quez Watkins, A.J. Brown Rhett Ellison Jersey , and Goedert.The drive covered 18 plays and traveled 91 yards in 8:04. It was the longest TD drive by plays for the Eagles since Dec. 30, 2018, against Washington. It ended with a 2-yard Miles Sanders TD on fourth-and-goal.Hurts finished 21 for 27 pa sing with 243 yards and now has six TD pa ses in his last two games and 12 TD pa ses overall with only two interceptions to go along with six rushing scores. He had a pa ser rating of 128.9.Sanders had 93 yards on 17 carries as the Eagles ran for 143.