The Philadelphia Eagles are not playing good football on either side of the ball right now. Defensively, they allowed the Bears to rush for 281 yards, and offensively, they had six punts, including four three, and two turnovers, both by quarterback Jalen Hurts.
Ultimately, the Eagles would lose their second straight game, falling to the Bears 24-15 at the Linc.
Hurts did not play one of his better games. He completed 19-of-34 passes for 230 yards, two touchdowns, an interception, and a fumble. In addition, Hurts missed open receivers.
After the loss, Hurts was asked about his miscues:
On his interception…
“It was really escaping the pocket. I saw [Bears DB] Kevin [Byard III] coming over, and I knew there was a chance he was going to be able to make a play on the ball. Just was trying to give him a chance and throw it to the sideline where [Eagles WR] A.J. [Brown] could try and make a play on it, and I wasn’t able to connect with him.”
On the fumble on the quarterback sneak.
“It was really escaping the pocket. I saw [Bears DB] Kevin [Byard III] coming over, and I knew there was a chance he was going to be able to make a play on the ball. Just was trying to give him a chance and throw it to the sideline where [Eagles WR] A.J. [Brown] could try and make a play on it, and I wasn’t able to connect with him.”
On the big miss to DeVonta Smith in the first quarter:
“No, not a check. It was two guys on two different pages and that’s a bit of the issues that we’ve kind of been having. We weren’t detailed enough in that. I wasn’t detailed enough in instructing him on what to do as we prepared and making myself clear on that, and so I’m trying to find as many particulars as I can when it comes to the level of execution we have, and that’s a group effort that has to be there.”
Hurts was also asked if he was still confident in Patullo.
His confidence in OC Kevin Patullo:
“Yeah, I have confidence in him. I have confidence in this team. I have confidence in us when we’re collaborative. I have a lot of confidence when we have an identity, so I think that’s the first thing that we have to establish that we’ve talked about.”
In the end, Hurts believes that the team has to stick together if they want to turn things around.
“We have to definitely stay together,” he said. “Stay committed to what the team is trying to accomplish. In the end, no one ever said it was going to be easy, and we’ve got to embrace the challenge. We’ve got to embrace this time and respond to it the right way.”
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