Gunn's Bullet Points: An all-around dominant day vs. Steelers

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The Eagles on Sunday dominated the Super Bowl contender Steelers, 34-3, to improve to 3-0 on the season (see Instant Replay). Derrick Gunn has some bullet points from the win.

• The Steelers were 18-2 vs. rookie quarterbacks since 2004, but as they found out Sunday, Carson Wentz is no ordinary rookie. Wentz turned in another gem, going 23 for 31 for 301 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. He became the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to not throw an interception in the first 100 passing attempts to start a career.

• Ryan Mathews found no room to run, but his young backups did. Rookie Wendell Smallwood had 17 carries for 79 yards, a 4.6 yards per carry average and a touchdown. Kenjon Barner had eight touches for 42 yards, a 5.3 yards per carry average and one touchdown.

• Darren Sproles sure doesn't act like he's 33 years old. His 73-yard touchdown reception weaving his way to the end zone was a thing of beauty.

• The Eagles' defense got tired of hearing about the Steelers' explosive offense, so what did the Birds do? Four quarterback sacks, one interception, one fumble recovery and held the Steelers' offense to 251 total yards.

• After the game, Jordan Matthews told me the Eagles want their offense to be like the San Antonio Spurs. "You never know who's getting the ball," he said.

• The Steelers are now 0-9 in Philadelphia since 1965. Enjoy your bye week. I know the Eagles will. They deserve it.

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