Jalen Hurts didn’t hide from the Eagles’ mess on Monday night.
After Philadelphia struggled on both sides of the ball against the Bears, the quarterback said he was responsible for not meeting his standard and pointed to a night full of negative plays. For Hurts, the issues weren’t just about isolated mistakes. He said the Eagles have to build continuity, clean up the things that are putting them behind the sticks, and get to work on fixing what they can control.
He also made clear he expects the week to turn into a deep dive on every play, but he said the bigger concern is the overall picture. Hurts said the team needs to keep working its process and keep finding itself on offense.
“We just got to take this brick-by-brick. This is an opportunity to learn from, but we have to choose to learn from it.
That was my message to everyone. Nobody’s gonna wait on us to do the things we need to do, so we all just need to dedicate ourselves to this, and keep pushing forward.”
Hurts also addressed the late-hit sequence that sent him through a concussion evaluation. He said he felt like he could have kept playing right away and didn’t believe he had any kind of head injury.
“I just went through my normal evaluation. They felt that I need to do the standard SOP for protocol.”
While he was on the sideline, Hurts said he was still waiting for the final word as Andy Dalton handled his third snap.
“Just waiting for the thumbs up. I felt fine, we already checked it.
I don’t know the extent of the process. Obviously, wish we could have expedited things, I know I felt fine.”
He said he was in a place mentally and physically where he could have gone back into the game, and he hoped the team could learn from the situation even if it wasn’t something they could really plan for. At the same time, he acknowledged the process was what it was based on what they saw, and he didn’t want to pile too much blame onto the time he missed.
Hurts also explained the sequence before halftime, when the Eagles tried to clock the ball.
“We went in to attempt to clock the ball. I didn’t think we’d have enough time to clock it. So, we’re pretty good at the quarterback sneak.”
On the 4th-and-1 decision to punt, Hurts said he always wants to go for it from a competitive standpoint, but he trusts Nick Sirianni to make the right call.
“Competitively, I’m always gonna want to go for it. I always trust Coach [Sirianni] to make the right decision in these situation.
I just sung his praises this past week and how he’s been managing those situations. So, there’s no difference with that.
Win some, you lose some, obviously there’s always something we can learn from.”
Hurts was also direct about his interception, calling it a play that didn’t meet his standard in situational football. He said the Bears did a good job showing all-out blitz before dropping out, and he viewed it as an aggressive defensive call meant to set the tone.
“That’s one of those plays I say I didn’t play to my standard in situational football - 4th-and-5, they did a really good job defensively of showing all-out blitz and getting out of it. I think, really, [they] played aggressive defense, tried to set the terms of the game a little bit, and that’s something we got an opportunity to combat.
But, on that play specifically, just was trying to get the ball to 6 [DeVonta Smith], spot route. Felt like we could find a void in the zone.
His eyes didn’t turn the way I thought they were, [I] gave one up. And, had Makai [Lemon] right there to the field on a hitch route I could’ve taken.
So, not to my standard at all.“
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