“It was the definition of a team win,” added Eagles coach Nick Sirianni. Hurts said the Eagles didn't play up to their standards, but ”it was enough." Hurts finished with 198 yards on 22 of 37 passing and ran for 30 yards on nine carries, while DeVonta Smith had seven catches for 77 yards and a 2-point conversion for the Eagles (2-3). He capped the score by imitating Cam Newton's Superman celebration, pretending to rip open his jersey. Edwards blocked a Carolina punt, Hurts took advantage with a 6-yard TD run after faking a handoff to give the Eagles their first lead of the game with 2:38 remaining. “It was the zone read making it happen.”Ĭarolina's defense controlled the tempo for most of the game and kept Hurts in check, but the momentum began to slip away late in the third quarter when he connected on a 53-yard pass to Quez Watkins to set up a 1-yard TD run.Īfter T.J. “We were just executing at its purest form," Hurts said. Hurts took matters into his own hands, running for two second-half touchdowns on Sunday and the Philadelphia Eagles battled back from a 12-point deficit to defeat the Carolina Panthers 21-18 and snap a three-game losing streak. That all changed with the game on the line. (AP) - Jalen Hurts was quiet in the run game for the better part of three quarters, often handing off on zone-read options instead of keeping the ball.
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