Jalen Hurts has won over 70% of his starts, so when did winning not become the main thing with the Eagles QB?

PHILADELPHIA — No player should ever have to apologize for winning a football game, especially in a league where it’s tough to win them on a consistent basis. The statistics may not be pretty every single week, yet winning is typically the divider between success and failure. 

Jalen Hurts does a lot of winning as the Philadelphia Eagles starting quarterback. But over the last few weeks, winning football games doesn’t seem to matter. 

The Eagles are currently on a nine-game winning streak, sit at 11-2, hold the No. 2 seed in the NFC and are tied for the third-best record in the NFL. Hurts has been playing well during the stretch, completing 68.4% of his passes and averaging 8.7 yards per attempt with 12 touchdowns to one interception for a 113.7 passer rating. 

The completion percentage, touchdown-to-interception ratio, yards per attempt and passer rating each rank in the top six in the NFL. And this doesn’t even include the 11 rushing touchdowns Hurts has piled up, giving him 24 total in that span (top three in the NFL).

Notice passing yards weren’t included in this bundle of statistics. That has been the criticism regarding Hurts and the Eagles offense, as Hurts has just 1,672 passing yards over the past nine games for an average of 185.8 per contest. The numbers have been egregious over the past two games, as Hurts has thrown for just 226 yards and 5.7 yards per attempt. Of the quarterbacks who have made two starts over the last two games, Hurts ranks dead last. 

The Eagles also have the fewest pass attempts in the NFL at 196 over the last nine games, yet they sit at 9-0 during the stretch. They are fourth in points per game (28.4), fifth in yards per attempt (8.6), third in passer rating (112.6), third in touchdown-to-interception ratio (12.0) and eighth in completion rate (68.9%). 

Still, this isn’t good enough. Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown said as much when asked about…

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Author : Jeff Kerr

Publish date : 2024-12-10 16:23:00

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