Eagles Jalen Hurts accepts blame after losing to Cowboys

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“This one’s on me” – Jalen Hurts takes blame for the Cowboys’ loss Originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

ARLINGTON, Texas – Jalen Hurts made no bones about his words following the Eagles’ embarrassing 41-21 loss to the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on Monday night.

“It’s on me,” Hurts said. “This one is on me.”

Of course, Hurts didn’t lose this game on his own. There were plenty of reasons the Eagles were completely intimidated by their biggest rival on the national stage. It was truly a group effort.

But Hurts was definitely a big part of the loss. The 23-year-old hasn’t played well.

“Things didn’t go my way,” Hurts said. “Things did not go our way. It’s hard. It’s hard. All I can do is take full ownership of the way I played and how it affected the team. I have to do a better job. Clearly.”

Clearly.

Hurts finished the game completing 25 of 39 passes for 326 yards with 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. One of his interceptions was returned for a touchdown.

After making 77% of his passes in the Eagles ‘Week 1 win over the Falcons, Hurts’ accuracy issues have surfaced over the past two weeks. He only completed 52% of his passes in week 2 and 64% of his passes in week 3. On Monday night he had just pitched a few games that would have been big wins and he again struggled with some in-depth sub-jets. balls.

Whatever questions Hurts were asked after the loss, his answers were very similar:

I need to get better.

I didn’t play as well as I needed to.

I will learn from it and improve myself.

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It’s refreshing to hear this level of responsibility from the starting quarterback – he spoke using ‘I’ and not ‘us’. It’s easy to see why Hurts’ teammates revolve around him. He was ready to take responsibility on Monday night and that’s admirable.

The problem is, as refreshing as it may be to hear all of this, it doesn’t take away from the fact that Hurts was right. He needs to play better.

“I didn’t do my job,” Hurts said. “I didn’t do my job and we didn’t win the game. When I do my job, we win the game. I didn’t do my job.

Head coach and caller Nick Sirianni didn’t make it easy for Hurts either. After spending the entire offseason talking about building the offense around the Hurts’ forces, Monday night’s game plan was basically to push the Hurts back and pass a million times in an attempt to keep up with the Cowboys. Running back Miles Sanders – as healthy as an ox – had just two races.

Hurts noted that Sanders hadn’t touched, but still had no excuse for his game.

“Game calls were not a problem in the game,” Hurts said. “I was the problem in this game.”

We all understand what’s at stake for Hurts this season. The Eagles will want to know by the end of the year whether or not the 2020 second-round pick has what it takes to be their long-term franchise quarterback. Fair or not, the Eagles appreciate the quarterback position and appreciate having an elite player there. If they don’t think Hurts can be that type of player, they’ll have the ammo to make a move for someone they think they can.

We’re down to three games this season and only seven starts in Hurts’ career. He’s still young, he’s still learning, he’s still making mistakes and showing flashes.

The good news for Hurts is that he will have another chance next week.

“I’m going to learn from it and we’ll be a better team for it,” said Hurts. “I believe that. I really believe it. You know, you two get two, you don’t sit there and watch him. You rinse him, move on. We’re going to rinse him, move on.

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