Hurts cupped the ear hole of his helmet after the big play, and Collinsworth reacted by tolling those who doubted the Eagles star quarterback, stating: “Do we need Saquon to run over the Rams?” Collinsworth asked the national audience. “No we do not.”
Donovan McNabb had the statistics but never won the rings. Jalen Hurts has a shot at doing both. One Eagles QB seems to be climbing the ladder toward another.
Wide receiver remains one of the Patriots’ biggest needs. Can they fill it with a blockbuster trade this offseason?
“He wants to be great,” Barkley told The Athletic. “He’ll do anything to be great.”
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.
Hurts has missed Philadelphia's past two games and has not yet cleared the NFL's five-step concussion protocol.
Russell Wilson, who started 11 games for the Steelers this season, finished 14th in the NFL in passer rating, 26th in QBR and 15th in adjusted net yards per attempt. Justin Fields, who started the first six games, ended up 19th, 27th and 25th in those three statistics.
•The wild-card round of the NFL playoffs continue on Sunday with three matchups that promise to be intriguing. •First up it’s the Denver Broncos visiting the Buffalo Bills. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m. ET. and the game is airing on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
With each round of the playoffs, the milestones, records and achievements add up, and several notable Eagles playoff records could go on Sunday. The main goal – the only goal – is winning the game and advancing to the NFC Championship Game.
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.
The seventh-seeded Green Bay Packers couldn't get out of their own way in what was a winnable game against the second-seeded Philadelphia Eagles, en route to a 22-10 defeat. They