It just turned into a weirdo play.īut Sirianni went back to the well later in the first quarter, just flipping the play to the other side of the field, and the Birds picked up 20: It was a great way to play the threat of their dynamic run game off the threat of Hurts' feet. Ironically, I really loved the play design on the Hurts throw that bounced off Goedert's ankle for an interception in the first quarter. Sirianni was flat-out balling Tuesday night, and every coming week has made the first-year head coach look more and more like an absolute steal. READ: Turns out Sirianni wasn’t joking as Slay gets snap on offense The Eagles were using misdirection to their advantage all night both in the pass and run game they were bunching up wide receivers at the goal line before sneaking it with Hurts they were tossing Darius Slay out there on offense as a decoy in order to pick up a first down. Sirianni came out of a 16-day layoff with the same verve that Andy Reid often possessed after he was given time to think during a bye week.
Nick Sirianni wasn't the Eagles' first choice when they sought out a new head coach last offseason, and he was only interviewed by one team during the coach-hiring process.īut right now, other than Brandon Staley out in Los Angeles, it seems the Eagles made the best hire of the bunch. Nick Sirianni has really grown into this job It's exciting to see the second-year QB making strides, and for his sake I hope he continues in that direction. Those are two plays I don't see happening in the first 10 weeks of the season as Hurts was largely relying on his mobility to make the really big plays.Īnd that's not even mentioning the absolute dart of a touchdown throw midway through the fourth quarter to Greg Ward, a perfect anticipation throw that landed exactly where it needed to be. Instead he buys time, sees Dallas Goedert open at the second level, and puts some extra oomph on the throw to hit his tight end right in stride: Here Hurts moves the pocket but doesn't bail, as he did earlier in the season. I loved this throw in the second quarter, for example. Was he perfect? No, not at all.Īpple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher | Art19 | Watch on YouTubeīut there were moments in this game that made me think he's growing as the season goes along, which is what he needs to show if he wants another chance at the starting job next season. He made plays both with his arm and with his feet, and he didn't make any plays that had me truly scratching my head. On the whole, though, I thought Hurts played a very strong game on Tuesday night. His fumble on the second drive of the game was tough, as was his miss on a wide-open Kenneth Gainwell in the end zone when he tried to force a pass into double-coverage to DeVonta Smith. I've been hard on Hurts this year because I'm not convinced he's the future, but it seemed like he didn't get the benefit of the doubt Tuesday night - when I think he should've. I was kind of surprised to see the fans get so uncomfortable so fast, considering Hurts hadn't played football in 23 days and the first mistake of the game wasn't even his fault.Įagles OTAs observations: Christian Elliss finishes off strong
There was a lot of weirdness in the first quarter, which led to wide swaths of Eagles Twitter getting angry with Hurts and starting to think about G***ner M***hew. Let's overreact to a weird midweek win in South Philly: 1. It wasn't a perfect game, but the Eagles don't have a losing record for the first time since they were entering Week 3, and there were a lot of things I liked from the Birds. RELATED: Watch Hurts throw turn into weirdest interception ever The Eagles' long-awaited Week 15 matchup with Washington basically couldn't have started worse, with a physics-defying interception, an ugly Jalen Hurts fumble, and just general chaos across the board.īut once the Tuesday night weirdness settled down and the Eagles actually played some football, they looked pretty sharp against a shorthanded Washington squad en route to the 27-17 win.
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