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In Roob’s Eagles Observations: A concerning Jalen Hurts trend originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
A disturbing pattern in Jalen Hurts’ three seasons as a starter, a dark-horse cornerback with crazy college production and a Wes Hopkins stat you’ll definitely appreciate.
We’re just three days away from the Eagles’ 12th training camp at the NovaCare Complex after 17 years at Lehigh, 16 years at West Chester, seven years at Widener, five years at Albright in Reading, 17 years at Hershey and 11 sites in the franchise’s first 18 seasons.
So this is our last offseason 10 Observations until … we shall see!
1. Here’s what concerns me about Jalen Hurts: In 36 starts over the first 13 weeks of the three seasons since he became the Eagles’ full-time starting quarterback, Hurts has a 95.4 passer rating, 52 TD passes and 21 INTs and a 65.0 percent completion percentage. His passer rating ranks 12th out of 37 quarterbacks who’ve thrown 400 passes during that span, and the Eagles are 26-10 in those 36 games – the best record in the NFL. In 11 starts over the last five weeks of the season? Hurts has an 82.7 passer rating with nine TDs, nine INTs and a 63.0 percent completion percentage. That 82.7 passer rating ranks 22nd of 29 quarterbacks who’ve thrown 200 passes the last five weeks of the last three seasons, and the Eagles are 7-4 in those games. Four of his eight-lowest passer ratings have come over the last five weeks of a season. My theory is that late-season injuries and general wear and tear have had a dramatic cumulative effect on Hurts’ performance each year. He’s had some very good games late in the season and obviously he was tremendous during the 2022 playoff run, but he also only played one game the four weeks leading up to the 2022 postseason and had a bye week the week before the postseason started and then two easy wins and then another bye week before the Super Bowl. But it’s clear whether he’s had a known injury or not, that…
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Publish date : 2024-07-21 16:50:09
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