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Top 5 questions surrounding Eagles going into 2024 opener originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
SÃO PAULO — It’s a bit tough to get a read on the 2024 Eagles as they prepare to kick off the 2024 season in Brazil.
On one hand, this is a talented roster without many holes. It’s the type of roster Howie Roseman should be proud he created. The Eagles have elite talent on offense and might not have any glaring weaknesses on defense.
But there are also plenty of reasons to doubt the 2024 Eagles too, starting with the fact that talent didn’t stop a complete collapse in 2023. There’s also the presence of two new coordinators and plenty of new pieces on both sides of the ball.
Expectations are definitely high entering this season and it begins with the Packers tonight in São Paulo..
But here are my five biggest questions about this team going into 2024:
Will Jalen Hurts return to form?
Even though Hurts was in the MVP race for a good portion of the 2023 season, that was mostly a product of being the quarterback of a team that began the year with a 10-1 record before the collapse. He took a step back last season from his impressive 2022 campaign when he led the Eagles to the Super Bowl.
2022: (15 games) 66.5%, 3,701 yards, 22 passing TDs, 6 INTs, 101.5 rating; 760 rushing yards (4.6), 13 rushing TDs
2023: (17 games) 65.4%, 3,858 yards, 23 passing TDs, 15 INTs, 89.1 rating; 605 rushing yards (3.9), 15 rushing TDs
The big difference between those two seasons was turnovers. Hurts turned the ball over 20 times last season — 15 interceptions and 5 lost fumbles. And he had a career high interception rate of 2.8% in 2023.
But there might be some regression to the mean with the interceptions. Hurts was toward the top of the league in the PFF stat Turnover Worthy Plays at 2.3%. Of 41 qualified QBs, just seven had a lower TWP percentage.
After a shaky spring, there was plenty of curiosity about how Hurts would fit in Kellen Moore’s offense. But Hurts had a tremendous…
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Publish date : 2024-09-06 11:00:00
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