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An ominous Jalen Hurts stat, an ignominious Eagles streak that dates more than 30 years and the insane story of Davey O’Brien’s record-setting NFL game.
You should know by now there are no bye weeks for Roob’s Observations. We’re old school. We never stop. You’ll get 10 random Eagles observations every weekend of the year. Here’s this week’s edition:
1. This is sobering. Take a look at how far Jalen Hurts’ performance has plunged from the start of his career to the present (kneel downs removed from rushing stats):
Hurts’ first eight career starts: 89.7 passer rating, 503 rushing yards, 6.6 rushing average, 3-5 record.
Hurts’ last eight career starts: 79.4 passer rating, eight touchdown passes, nine interceptions, 314 rushing yards, 4.6 rushing average, 3-5 record.
Hurts was actually better in his first eight career starts – four after replacing Carson Wentz at the end of 2020 and the first four weeks of 2021 before Shane Steichen took over play calling – than his last eight. This kind of regression at this point in his career is alarming.
I’m still not convinced Hurts can’t snap out of this funk. He’s done some good things this year when he wasn’t turning the ball over, and that 68 percent accuracy is encouraging. But it’s hard to have a lot of success when you do turn the ball over nearly twice a game.
Hurts will presumably have all his weapons – and offensive linemen – back after the bye, and only one of the Eagles’ next nine opponents currently has a winning record. If he can’t turn it around during that stretch … we’ll see.
1B. Hurts has three red-zone turnovers this year – two interceptions and one fumble. No other quarterback has more than one. And every other quarterback combined has nine. Hurts has 25 percent of all quarterback red-zone turnovers in the NFL this year.
2. When Nick…
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Publish date : 2024-10-05 17:51:12
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