The Eagles have kept finding ways to survive games, but their second-half problems finally caught up with them in Chicago.
After opening the season with two wins despite sluggish finishes, Philadelphia’s luck ran out Monday night at Soldier Field in a loss to the Bears. Now, with a Week 4 matchup against the Los Angeles Rams looming, Jalen Hurts is still searching for the answer to why the offense keeps stalling after halftime.
Hurts pointed to the details that need tightening up.
“I think there are a lot of things that on the field we’ve got to be better at just from alignment, assignment, key technique, controlling the things that we can’t,” Hurts said.
He continued by stressing the basics the Eagles can clean up themselves.
“You know, controlling the things that we can control, we gotta be better at that, controlling things that we can control, and secondly, you know, making sure we’re in the right place and you know making the proper adjustments. So, you know, we’re ahead of the sticks and we’re doing the things that we need to do, and so that’s those are all been conversations that everyone’s been having.”
Hurts also said the team is leaning on the coaching staff to sort through the halftime process, while recognizing the players have a role in making it work.
“Everybody has a different approach in that thing for us we just got to find out what’s best for us right that’s been something that it’s been that way for the first three weeks or something that we obviously got to improve on, and I’m following coach’s lead with that,” Hurts said.
The numbers underline the issue. Through three games, the Eagles have been outscored 40-20 in the second half of their first three games, and they were shut out after halftime against Chicago. Hurts said the offense has to stop letting chances slip away.
“We’ve just got to apply that to all the aspects of our offense and be able to help stop leaving meat on the bone,” Hurts said.
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