The Philadelphia Eagles remain the NFL’s only undefeated team as Jalen Hurts threw four touchdown passes in a game for the first time in his career in a 35-13 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday.

As the Eagles won their first six games of the season, Hurts had at least nine rushing attempts in each of them, with a high of 17. But against the Steelers, Hurts had two carries for 10 yards while he completed 19-of-28 passes for 285 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions.

“I think it’s bigger than just the overall development of one part of my game,” Hurts said. “I think it’s about being able to be a threat in many different ways. … You call it a dual-threat, but I call it a triple-threat. You have to be able to kill them with your legs at times, make the throws when you need to in the passing game and kill them with your mind, what you see, how you react, because you get to a point where you get different looks and they try to get you, but you just want to try and be ready for all of those looks and have an answer for it. That’s a testament to the preparation, to the people I have around me.

“It’s just an uphill climb. That’s what we always talk about. It’s an uphill climb. I honestly feel like there is no arrival. You will never get to a point where you say I’ve arrived. There is no arrival. There’s only the journey. I’ve embraced that journey, and I’ll continue to do that and take it day-by-day and just try to climb.”

In the first half, Hurts connected with wide receiver A.J. Brown on touchdown passes of 39, 27 and 29 yards, then had a 34-yard touchdown throw to tight end Zach Pascal in the third quarter.

Hurts’ performance was the 41st in NFL history in which a player has thrown at least four touchdown passes of 25 or more yards in one game.

Hurts is the third Philadelphia player to do so. Sonny Jurgensen had five touchdown passes of 25-or-more yards against the Dallas Cowboys on Nov. 26, 1961, and the St. Louis Cardinals on Dec. 16, 1962, and Norm Snead had four against the Steelers on Sept. 28, 1969.

Hurts became the second former Alabama quarterback with at least four TD passes of 25 or more yards in a game, joining Joe Namath, who had five against the Baltimore Colts on Sept. 24, 1972, and four against the Houston Oilers on Sept. 18, 1966.

“You want to be able to win many different ways,” Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said, “and he went out there and he executed today in the air and threw some great deep balls and read the defense well. He just continues to develop.”

Hurts’ passing-efficiency rating of 140.6 ranked as the highest of his NFL career.

“Jalen’s the type of guy that’s just going to continue to get better,” Sirianni said, “because of the type of person he is, the football IQ he has, the type of football character he has, the toughness that he has, how much he loves football. He’s just going to keep ascending. I was always taught those are the type of guys that reach their ceiling, and I don’t know if we know what his ceiling’s going to be.

“I know this: I know he gets better every day, and he’s committed to that. I that’s a good thing for the rest of your team when your best player and your captain’s getting better every day.”

Philadelphia reached 7-0 for the second time in team history. In 2004, the Eagles won their first seven games on their way to a 13-3 finish. That team won the NFC championship before losing to the New England Patriots 24-21 in Super Bowl XXXIX.

“The beautiful thing about this team is we’ve grinded together,” Hurts said. “We’ve had OTAs, we’ve had training camp, we’ve bonded, we’ve put in so much valuable time together to chase this feeling of achievement, to chase this feeling of going out there and playing at a high level. …

“It’s a testament to the work we put in as a team. No man is an island, and you got to draw your strength from others.”

Hurts became the first Philadelphia QB to win 10 consecutive regular-season starts on Sunday.

“I feel like I could have done more,” Hurts said. “You look at the third quarter, I think there was an opportunity to make some plays. Had some negative plays there. …

“It’s a testament to the receivers we have, the protection we had all day. We were unwavering, and I think we just kind of kept focused on playing to the standard and chasing it.”

Hurts said the Eagles had until dinner to enjoy the victory over Pittsburgh because Philadelphia’s next game is on Thursday night, when it visits Hurts’ hometown of Houston to play the Texans.

“Going back home and playing in Houston has always been a dream of mine,” Hurts said. “I’ve never had the opportunity to go and play in Reliant as a kid – now known as NRG (Stadium). I spent a lot of time in the Houston Texans facility, my godfather being on staff as a child, and I have a lot of memories of that place. It’ll be exciting.”

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.