PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Carson Wentz eluded defenders John Simon Color Rush Jersey , scrambled, threw his body around and played the samefirst game since he tore two ligaments in his left knee last Dec. 10, Wentz had no fear and no hesitation, even on a wet, soggy field. He threw a touchdown pass to Dallas Goedert on his first drive and engineered a go-ahead score in the fourth quarter as the Philadelphia Eagles held on for a 20-16 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.“I don’t want to put restrictions on him,” coach Doug Pederson said. “I don’t want to put him in bubble wrap.”Wentz took five sacks but escaped a few more on three scrambles. He also extended plays with his legs, including a clutch 10-yard pass to Nelson Agholor on third-and-9 on the decisive drive. He didn’t mind taking hits and wasn’t afraid to dive headfirst out of bounds on a run.“It felt like riding a bike, get hit and pop back up again,” he said. “It was normal.”Adam Vinatieri provided most of the scoring for Indianapolis, which couldn’t take advantage of two turnovers by Wentz inside the 20 in the second half. Vinatieri tied Morten Andersen’s career record of 565 field goals by connecting on all three tries.“I like to step out there and kick field goals,” Vinatieri said, “but it’s better kicking extra points, that’s for sure.”The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles (2-1) needed two defensive stops against Andrew Luck in the final 90 seconds to secure the win.Derek Barnett sacked Luck for a 16-yard loss on fourth down from the 4.“We just wanted to collapse the pocket and put as much pressure on Luck as possible,” Barnett said. “We just keep rushing and playing fast.”The Eagles will hit the road next week to face the Tennessee Titans (9-6). The Colts (1-2) will host the Houston Texans (0-3).Here’s some things we learned from Philadelphia’s win over Indianapolis:BACKFIELD OPTIONSMissing their top two running backs — Jay Ajayi and Darren Sproles — didn’t slow the Eagles down on the ground. They had a season-high 152 yards rushing. Wendell Smallwood and Corey Clement each had 56 yards, and rookie Josh Adams added 30. Smallwood’s 4-yard TD runs gave the Eagles the lead for good.“We know we had to step up to the plate and have a bigger role,” Clement said.DALLAS SIGHTINGGoedert had seven catches for 73 yards and his first career TD. The team had high expectations for the rookie second-round pick but he only made one reception in the first two games.“When you have three tight ends in the game https://www.coltsfanshop.com/Chester-Rogers-Jersey , you are going to get quite a few targets,” Goedert said. “Nothing better than getting the first (TD) out of the way. It felt real good.”GOING DEEPLuck, who missed the entire 2017 season after having shoulder surgery, said he needed a second to realize why Jacoby Brissett replaced him on the final play but understood his backup gave the Colts a better chance to make a desperation throw.“I support the decision 100 percent,” he said. “Jacoby has a stronger arm than I do. It’s what I see in practice. I’ll keep working to where my arm can make an 80-yard throw from the minus 30.”RED ZONE WOESThe Colts were 1 for 5 inside the red zone. They couldn’t convert after reaching the Eagles 11 and getting two cracks from the 4 in the final minutes. Luck’s pass to T.Y. Hilton sailed over his shoulder in the left corner of the end zone on third down and Derek Barnett sacked Luck on fourth down.“It’s unacceptable,” Colts coach Frank Reich said. “We have to learn from it and get better.”The Eagles have held opponents to 2 for 10 in two games at home.HURRY BACK, ALSHONWentz completed only six passes to wide receivers, including two to Jordan Matthews, who returned to the team on Wednesday. Alshon Jeffery has missed the first three games following offseason shoulder surgery and Mike Wallace went on injured reserve last week. The Indianapolis Colts figured Darius Leonard would emerge as a defensive playmaker one day.He skipped the learning curve.Two weeks into his rookie season, the weakside linebacker leads the NFL with 27 tackles, already has forced one fumble, recovered another, had a sack and provided a new, dynamic dimension in the Colts’ rebuilt defense.“When we came here, there were only one or two guys (at linebacker),” defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus said Tuesday.“He was kind of thrust into that position and we treated him as such. He’s grabbed that role Antonio Morrison Jersey , taken it and he’s done a good job with it.”Just how impressive has the 6-foot-2, 234-pound, 23-year-old been?Leonard’s 18-tackle performance Sunday at Washington was the fifth-best grade by a linebacker since Eberflus implemented his points system in 1995.Some view Leonard’s immediate impact as a surprise, but he was pretty impressive in college.Leonard set the career record for tackles (394) at South Carolina State, a Football Championship Subdivision school largely overshadowed by the state’s more prominent programs at Clemson and South Carolina as well as Furman, the 1988 FCS national champions.Twice he was selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference defensive player of the year and Leonard got his nickname “Maniac” following a 19-tackle performance against Clemson in 2016. The knock on him going into the draft was he needed more size and strength to hold up in the NFL and time to make the transition from small-school star to NFL contributor.Colts general manager Chris Ballard saw it differently after watching Leonard for one week in Mobile, Alabama, in January.“You always want to watch the small school guys when you go to the Senior Bowl because now they’re facing the bigger competition,” Ballard said after making Leonard the first of Indy’s four second-round draft picks in April.“I thought he stood out. His speed, his athleticism, his ability to cover. When the four ‘backers went, we thought Darius was the fifth-best backer in the draft.”Leonard certainly has played like it.Despite missing all but one day of offseason workouts, Leonard returned to the field when the Colts’ rookies reported in late July and made a quick impression on the veterans.“I think it was pretty much the first time you saw it, the first practice of training camp when he caught the interception off of Andrew Luck,” second-year linebacker Anthony Walker said.“First of all, that’s a big-time quarterback there and that was a big-time play. We knew right there 鈥?that’s why we drafted him.”Leonard continued playing well during the preseason and his ability to stay healthy allowed him not only to win a starting job Kenny Moore Color Rush Jersey , but also the right to call the defensive signals in the huddle.So far, he’s flashed the speed to make plays from sideline to sideline and deliver game-changing ones, too.But Leonard’s best attribute might be his attitude.He’s eager to clean up mistakes, remains humble and enjoys breaking down game tapes.That’s hardly a surprise from someone who helped decipher prep games so he could help coach players at his high school while he was in college.“I just work hard and just take coaching,” he said. “That’s the big thing, I take all the coaching I can get, follow all the details and do all the little things.”It’s made a huge difference in one of the league’s most inexperienced linebacker groups.Leonard, Walker and free-agent signee linebacker Najee Goode have combined for 12 NFL starts 鈥?exactly half coming during the first two weeks this season.And, so far, Leonard has been the star with back-to-back memorable performances that have surprised the doubters but nobody in the Colts’ locker room.“As a rookie, it’s hard to find someone like that 鈥?someone who prepares the way he prepares. The things that he does really sets him apart,” Walker said.“He’s miles ahead of where I was last year and just the confidence and stuff he plays with, he’s miles ahead of me.”