Week 9 is here, the trade market is closed until March and teams have a pretty good idea of what they have for the rest of the year. So here we go with the second half of 2023 …
• Jalen Hurts played a starring role Sunday in the Eagles’ 38–31 win over the Commanders, completing 29 of 38 passes for 319 yards, four scores, no picks and a 135.7 rating.
He also did it looking—from my perspective—hobbled. Last year, when Hurts played through a shoulder injury against Chicago, Nick Sirianni told me he saw it as “Michael Jordan–type s---.” And if you’ve watched Hurts the past two weeks against Miami and Washington, he’s clearly playing through injuries again.
