Jalen Hurts disproves perceived struggles of Eagles passing game as numbers back up stat he cares most about
Jalen Hurts knows the numbers everyone talks about: 131 passing yards, 5.3 yards per attempt, 21 attempts, six passing first downs, seven attempts over 10+ air yards, one attempt over 25+ air yards. He's not oblivious.
What’s going on with Jalen Hurts and the Eagles’ passing offense?
On the latest episode of the “Scoop City” podcast, we touched on a point that Chase has been making for a while now: Jalen Hurts might be a good quarterback, but he isn’t throwing like one right now. The partial transcript below has been edited for clarity. The full episode is available now in The “Scoop City” podcast feed.
Why Eagles Jalen Hurts is playing better than Super Bowl season, despite poorer stats
The Eagles have gone 14-3 in both 2022 and this season, tying the best regular-season records in franchise history. Hurts as the starter was 14-1 in 2022, when he led the Eagles to the Super Bowl and was the best player on the field in the Eagles' 38-35 loss to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl with 304 yards passing and 70 yards rushing.
Hurts was a full participant in practice Thursday, with the Eagles gaining key assets just before the playoffs begin.
This time last year the coach's job was in peril. Fifteen wins later, two games from a second Super Bowl appearance, he ...
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