PHILADELPHIA -- Carson Wentz threw for 301 yards and two touchdowns, a fierce defense shut down Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 34-3 on Sunday to remain unbeaten.The rkie No. 2 overall pick connected with Darren Sproles on a 73-yard, catch-and-run TD and tossed a 12-yard TD pass to Jordan Matthews.Everyone has confidence and high expectations for themselves, Wentz said. Were playing inspired ftball.After beating the Browns and Bears in the first two games, the Eagles (3-0) proved they could compete with the big boys.The Steelers (2-1) averaged 31 points the first two weeks and are considered Super Bowl contenders.Pittsburgh was 19-2 against rkie quarterbacks since 2004. But Wentz is no ordinary rkie.Everyone is jumping on the Wentz wagon in Philadelphia. And he was the No. 3 quarterback until Sam Bradford was traded to Minnesota just eight days before the season opener.What hes doing is special and its a testament to his preparation and demeanor, Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins said of Wentz.Sproles finished with six catches for 128 yards and Kenjon Barner and rkie Wendell Smallwd each had their first career rushing TDs.Roethlisberger had 257 yards passing, one interception and no TDs after tossing six in the first two games. Brown caught 12 passes for 140 yards, most of which after the outcome was decided.This is a very gd NFC team, Roethlisberger said. They got after us and made us one-dimensional.THEY SAID IT: Steelers coach Mike Tomlin: We lost just about every aspect of that one. It was a pr performance by us, and I mean all of us. It starts with me. They outcoached us. They outplayed us. They were better fundamentally. We were highly penalized. We didnt get it done and they did.FAST START: The Eagles scored on their first drive for the third straight game. Caleb Sturgis 29-yard FG put them up 3-0. Wentz tossed a TD pass to Matthews on the next possession to make it 10-0. Sturgis kicked a 38-yard FG on Philadelphias third drive for a 13-3 lead.MISSED OPPORTUNITY: After Pittsburghs Markus Wheaton dropped a TD pass in the back of the end zone on the games opening drive, Bennie Logan blocked Chris Boswells 36-yard FG attempt.INJURIES: Steelers LB Lawrence Timmons injured his left shin in the first half and was taken to a hospital for evaluation. He returned to the locker rm after the game with a huge bandage on his shin. SS Robert Golden (hamstring) and LG Ramon Foster (chest) also didnt return in the second half for Pittsburgh. WR Eli Rogers injured his toe in the third quarter and didnt return. ... The Eagles were missing two starters for the second straight game: TE Zach Ertz (rib) and CB Leodis McKelvin (hamstring).BOTHERING BIG BEN: Fletcher Cox had two sacks, including one that forced a fumble recovered by Brandon Graham. Logan and Graham also had sacks as the Eagles put plenty of pressure on Roethlisberger. The Steelers allowed only two sacks in the first two games combined.NIFTY MOVES: The speedy, elusive Sproles left Artie Burns on the ground by zig-zagging his way into the end zone after catching Wentzs pass down the right sideline near the Philadelphia 48, cutting to the middle of the field, back to the right and then scoring down the middle.STATS: Wentz is the first rkie in NFL history without an interception in his first 100 pass attempts to begin a career. ... The Steelers are 0-9 in Philadelphia since their previous win here in 1965. ... Eagles RB Ryan Mathews carried only two times for minus-5 yards. ... Barner had 42 yards rushing, including an 8-yard TD. ... 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Kerala conceded a slender first-innings lead before half-centuries from Bhavin Thakkar and captain Rohan Prem led them to a healthy lead of 222 with five wickets in hand, against Andhra in Guwahati.Andhra added 53 to their overnight score of 173 for 6 with the help of Ricky Bhuis half-century. He stretched his score from 47 to 62 as Andhra were wrapped up for 226 after Vinod Kumar dismissed the two overnight batsmen.Paidikalva Vijaykumar, who shone with a six-for in the first innings, jolted Kerala again by dismissing Vishnu Vinod and Sanju Samson cheaply. However, opener Thakkar scored a brisk 56 and Prem, at No. 3, strengthened Kerala with 89, his sixth straight 50-plus score, to lead them past 200. Vijaykumar struck also removed Mohammed Azharuddeen for 36 as Kerala ended the day on 229 for 5.Hyderabad bowlers turned things around in Valsad by taking the last six Chhattisgarh wickets for a healthy first-innings lead of 163 runs which came in handy when Hyderabad were reduced to 115 for 9 in the third innings of the match.Chhattisgarh lked set to give Hyderabad a fight by resuming on 124 for 1. However, Chama Milind struck twice in the first over of the day to dismiss Abhimanyu Chauhan for 55 and Amandeep Khare for a duck. Milind also removed overnight batsman Sumit Ruikar 11 overs later to reduce them to 132 for 4. There was a brief resistance from Ashutosh Singh and captain Mohammad Kaif but both fell in consecutive overs and legspinner Akash Bhandari bagged the last three wickets to limit Chhattisgarh to 188.Chhattisgarh fought back when medium-oacers Pankaj Rao and Abhishek Tamrakar tk four wickets each. The duo bowled economical spells to dismiss the top six batsmen before Bhandari, at No. 8, resisted with an unbeaten 29 to stretch the innings to setup an exciting last day, with a competitive lead of 278.An unbeaten and maiden double-century from opener Nitin Saini kept Haryana on track to take a first-innings lead against Goa in Ghaziabad. Haryana ended the third day on 392 for 3 in reply to Goas 413.Haryana were 110 for no loss overnight but Shubham Rohilla could score only nine runs on the day before handing a return catch to Amulaya Pandrekar for 41. Saiani ccrusied to his century but Mohit Hda also gave a return catch, to Shadab Jakati, for 27 before Saini and Chaitanya Bishnoi combined for a massive stand of 227 for the third wicket.ddddddddddddBishnoi scored 90, his seventh first-class fifty, with 11 fours while Saini clubbed 20 fours during his 12th hundred in the format. Bishnoi was dismissed just before stumps and Saini was unbeaten on 211 as Haryana were only 21 away from Goas score.Services put themselves in the drivers seat in Surat by bowling Himachal Pradesh out for 296, for a first-innings lead of 105, and then ending the third day on 197 for 4 after a strong opening stand.Himachal were 182 for 4 overnight and even though some of their lower-order batsmen got starts, nobody crossed 50 on the third day. Robin Bist scored 49, Sumeet Verma was unbeaten on 40 and captain Bipul Sharma scored 47 but Sachidanand Pandey and Anshul Gupta spoiled Himachals plans by taking three wickets each to restrict them under 300.Gupta then scored 60 and Nakul Verma 42 in their opening stand of 91 before both were dismissed by left-arm spinner Mayank Dagar. Services lost two more wickets and Rahul Singh (32*) and Vikas Hathwala (2*) saw them through till stumps.Jammu & Kashmir finished the third day 216 ahead, after taking a narrow first-innings lead against Tripura at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai.Tripura had begun the day on 193 for 6, 122 behind J&Ks 315. Opener and overnight batsman Bishal Ghosh was dismissed in the eighth over of the day, for 95. Tripura were still 96 behind when he was dismissed, but allrounder Gurinder Singh batted with the tail to bring them close. He batted with a strike-rate of 75.67 in an unbeaten 84 with 12 fours and a six, as the last three wickets added 78 runs, but could not manage to push the score further than 297.In the second innings, J&K lost their openers within the space of three balls with the score on 44, before Ian Dev Singh (67*) put on 63 for the third wicket with Pranav Gupta (26) and an unbroken 91 with Parvez Rasl (60*) to take them to 198 for 3 at stumps. ' ' '