Eagles grades by position after a quarter of the 2024 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
There’s a long way to go.
But after just about a quarter of the 2024 season, the Eagles are coming off their early Week 5 bye with a 2-2 record. You can view that record a couple different ways. On one hand, the Eagles have overcome some stuff and emerged with a .500 record. On the other, this team might not be as good as you thought it was entering the season.
After starting off the season with a tough win on a bad field over the Packers in São Paulo, the Eagles returned to the Linc and lost an absolute heartbreaker late against the Falcons. Then they outplayed the Saints and escaped with a tight win in New Orleans, only to go to Tampa and lay an egg against the Buccaneers.
It has been a roller coaster so far.
But before we look ahead to the final 13 games of the 2024 season, let’s take a look back at the position grades for the first quarter(ish) of the season. All of these position grades were handed out after each game. We’ll take an average of them, weighing each game equally:
Quarterback
Jalen Hurts: 68.2%, 930 yards, 4 TDs, 4 INTs, 85.7 rating; 42 attempts, 163 yards, 2 TDs, 3 fumbles lost
Grades: C+, B-, B-, D+
Hurts has done some really good things through four games but all of that is being overshadowed by his turnover problem. Hurts has 7 turnovers through 4 games and is behind just Will Levis (9) this season. Hurts has turned the ball over in all four games this season. What’s worse is that 3 of Hurts’ 7 turnovers this season have come in the red zone, so he’s taking points off the board.
Grade: C (2.25)
Running back
Saquon Barkley: 73 carries, 435 yards, 4 TDs; 12 catches, 85 yards, 1 TD
Grades: A+, B+, A, A-
Sure, Barkley had a drop at the end of the Falcons game and it was a big one. If he catches that ball, the Eagles are 3-1 right now. But even after dinging him in that game, Barkley deserves his A. He has been the Eagles’ best player…
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Publish date : 2024-10-08 11:00:00
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