‘All you need is a crumb:’ Hurts searching through the rubble for answers

‘All you need is a crumb:’ Hurts searching through the rubble for answers originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

After yet another loss, after yet another unthinkable performance, after yet another embarrassing collapse, Jalen Hurts was like everybody else.

Searching for answers.

And not finding any.

A 10-1 start had turned into an 11-6 finish, the Giants had become the latest awful team to embarrass the Eagles. Once again Hurts was powerless to stop the carnage.

After the Eagles finished the regular season with their worst loss to the Giants in 11 years – 27-10 at MetLife Stadium – Hurts tried to make sense of it all and tried to put on a brave face with a playoff game coming up a week from Monday in Tampa.

“Think about weathering it all, man,” he said. “Right now, regardless of what’s going on outside of us, anything external, it’s about controlling what we can. Controlling what we can.

“I truly believe this team is more than capable of taking advantage of what’s in front of us. You’ve got to do the work and you’ve got to do what you need to do. All you need is an opportunity, all you need is a crumb so we’re going to put our hands on deck to do that. It’s simply win or go home and nothing else matters. Nothing prior matters, anything, none of it.

“It’s always another opportunity. It’s about taking advantage of the opportunity. Do I think we’ve done a good job of doing that? No. Not as of late. That takes complete ownership of every individual doing that. Now, it’s about finding that deep in our souls and figuring out ways to win.”

So much has changed over the last month and a half and nobody really seems to know how to react to it or deal with it.

Hurts is the one guy everybody in that locker room turns to for leadership and guidance, and he knows he has to put up a brave front if the Eagles are going to have any chance to salvage the season and win a playoff game.

“I’ve talked about the standard for a long time and…

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Publish date : 2024-01-08 14:05:47

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