‘It’s on me’: Jalen Hurts takes accountability after loss
Following Monday night’s loss against the Seahawks, quarterback Jalen Hurts was not focused on the illness he was battling.
“All of that is irrelevant at this point,” Hurts said. “We didn’t play good enough; I didn’t play good enough.”
Hurts came into the game questionable and flew separately from the rest of the team due to an illness that had him under the weather over the weekend. He missed Saturday’s practice and was downgraded to questionable on Sunday.
The quarterback completed 17 of his 31 passes for 143 yards and two interceptions. Hurts had a passer rating of 40.1, the third lowest of his four-year career.
“You can point the finger at whatever,” Hurts said. “I like the opportunity to go out there and execute regardless of what the circumstances are, and I didn’t do a good job with that; I didn’t lead good enough.”
Philadelphia entered the fourth quarter of Monday’s game in rainy Seattle with a 17-10 lead. The Eagles were 30-0 with a seven-or-more-point lead with Hurts at quarterback in the fourth quarter.
Two crucial interceptions, the 11th and 12th of Hurts’ season, prevented the offense from putting the game away and, ultimately, sealed the game.
“We had multiple opportunities in the game to open it up and we didn’t; I didn’t do that,” Hurts said.
His first interception came with 8:15 remaining. Hurts went deep for wide receiver Quez Watkins, but Seahawks safety Julian Love won the one-on-one aerial duel, making an impressive interception.
His second pick sealed the comeback win for the Seahawks. With 13 seconds left and the Eagles closing in on Jake Elliott’s field goal range, Hurts aired one out to A.J. Brown deep down the near, right sideline. A flying Love came in to take the ball away, just getting both feet in bounds for his second interception of the night.
“I mean, we just have to be better. I have to be better,” Hurts said. “Minimizing mistakes, the penalties, the mental errors, just playing team football. It starts from me leading that. We’ve lost games because I couldn’t be better. That’ll change everything, and I accept that.”
As the leader of this team, Hurts knows how tough this three-game losing streak has been, but he believes in himself and the group of players he goes to battle with every week.
“It all starts with me, the quarterback,” Hurts said. “It is a…
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