“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.
The Eagles have gone 14-3 in both 2022 and this season, tying the best regular-season records in franchise history. Hurts as the starter was 14-1 in 2022, when he led the Eagles to the Super Bowl and was the best player on the field in the Eagles' 38-35 loss to the Chiefs in the Super Bowl with 304 yards passing and 70 yards rushing.
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 Jalen Hurts skeptics are out in full force as the Philadelphia Eagles host the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday in the NFC divisional-round matchup, three wins away from winning a Super Bowl. What’s behind criticism this time? A lot of what has plagued the Eagles quarterback over the past two seasons: His ability to win a game based on his passing.
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His struggles were amplified by pressure as the Packers began putting extra defenders up to the line of scrimmage to stress the Eagles’ protection plans. According to Pro Football Focus, Hurts was 2-for-8 for 19 yards when pressured and had a passer rating of just 39.6.
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The Los Angeles Rams head to Philadelphia to take on the Eagles in the NFC Divisional round of the playoffs on Sunday afternoon. Los Angeles has won 6 of their last 7 games and are coming off of a 27-9 win over the Vikings in the Wild Card round.
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