Jalen Hurts’ crazy move in loss to Broncos proves his relentless drive for Philly to come out on top
Jalen Hurts wants to win and he doesn’t care how the Eagles get there.
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was so hungry for a win on Sunday against the Denver Broncos that he threw a Hail Mary attempt in the fourth quarter and then tried to catch it.
You never know,” Hurts said. “I hate to lose.”
Hurts takes a ton of heat, but one thing he’s good at is winning and doing everything he can to do so. That 21-17 loss to Denver marked the Hurts’ and the Eagles’ first defeat in over a year.
“Thank God it’s a short week,” Hurts said. “Tough week in my house.”
Philly will now look to bounce back against the New York Giants on Thursday Night Football, and exactly how they do that isn’t what Hurts is really thinking about.
“I’m not thinking about [stats] during the game. I’m not thinking of how many times I’ve thrown the ball, how many times I’ve ran the ball, if I’ve had zero completions in a half or number of yards we’ve thrown for in a half,” Hurts said. “You don’t catch a feel for those things. … It’s a matter of having a very, very fine focus on each play and trying to execute that.”
Eagles Face a Tough Task Bouncing Back During a Short Week
A short week following a loss isn’t easy, but the Eagles got started on Sunday night with recovery and mental preparation. They have also spent the last two days holding walk-throughs as opposed to full practices and having meaningful conversations.
“It is about us, and how we look into our process and we have to truly take that a day at a time so we can make it as difficult or as easy as it needs to be,” Hurts said. “Ultimately, we just have to have the right mentality going into this week and every week and take [control of] the things that we can control, assess our systems, assess our process, assess all of these things and say, ‘What can we improve on? What’s working?’ Not even what’s working, what’s efficient, what can we improve on, and really evaluate that and grow. But I say this again, it’s not a capability thing.
“We just have to really stay focused on the task at hand, stay focused on the main thing, and be bought into the collective of doing that by any means necessary. So this is a great one [loss] to learn from, and we will learn from it.”
Fans can catch Hurts and the Eagles get back on track Thursday night on Prime Video at 8:15 pm ET.
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