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Mitch Goldich

Jalen Hurts Discusses Winning Octopus of the Year Award

The Super Bowl. Fourth quarter. Nine minutes and change left. Taking over possession down by … eight.

Maybe not exactly the situation you dream of as a kid—I think most kids fantasize about throwing the winning score, not needing two plays to tie it—but it’s the situation Jalen Hurts found himself in last February against the Chiefs.

And, of course, it’s the situation I’d been waiting four seasons to see.

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