Jalen Hurts is judged by different standards than his quarterback peers around the league, and the morning after a game is usually a Monday rundown with former signal-callers, pundits, and ESPN experts providing various reasonings for why the Eagles star is somehow his team’s biggest weakness.
Hurts is sometimes asked to play a perfect brand of football, while Kirk Cousins, Brock Purdy, and others are judged with a lower standard. Hurts has been the NFL’s most consistent winner since the 2022 season and has the best won-loss record in the NFC since that time.
The Eagles quarterback was asked about what matters in evaluating the position and how it impacts his way of thinking.
Hurts on playing to his standard vs. game result: “It’s a tough balance. Both of them are hard. When you place the importance of winning as a priority, you can weather through all the other stuff. I never want to compromise my standard. And I think when you’re talking about — how… https://t.co/lvaUthKiWR
— Zach Berman (@ZBerm) November 23, 2024
During the Eagles six-game winning streak, Hurts has averaged just 21.8 pass attempts per game, with Philadelphia using the explosive Saquon Barkley to help set up the pass. Last season, Hurts averaged 31.6 pass attempts per game. This year, he has thrown 31+ passes in just two games, and according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, is on pace to finish the season with 447 pass attempts, which would be 91 fewer than last year.
Still, Hurts has led the Eagles to the playoffs in all three seasons; he’s been the primary starter and has been 33-9 since 2022.
This season, Hurts ranks T-4th in the NFL with 23 total TDs, trailing only Joe Burrow (28), Lamar Jackson (27) and Baker Mayfield (26). He leads the
The NFL has had 17 total touchdowns (8 passing, nine rushing) since Week 6.
This season, Hurts leads all NFL quarterbacks in rushing touchdowns (11) while ranking fourth in yards per attempt (8.4), sixth in completion percentage (69.2%), and seventh in passer rating (101.8%).
Since Week 6 of this season, Hurts has completed 92-of-131 (70.2%) attempts for 1,267 yards, 8 TDs, 1 INT, and a 118.1 passer rating, which is the 3rd-highest mark in the league in that span, behind Jared Goff (126.4) and Lamar Jackson (126.1).
