The 24-year-old quarterback made a single, costly error against the Kansas City Chiefs but was otherwise superb in defeat for Philadelphia
) and 304 yards passing, completing 71% of his throws on 38 attempts, one shy of his season high – and a fair few of his incompletions were intentional throwaways. Even his dicey pass attempts into double coverage hit his Eagles receivers dead on-target.
If Hurts appeared to stagger at any point, it was late in the second quarter, after ripping off a 28-yard run on 4th-and-5 to put the Eagles in scoring position. His head hit the grass hard at the end of the play and, for a moment, he looked dazed while reaching for a hand to help him up. But once back on his feet, Hurts picked up where he left off, right back in the zone. Apart from one three-and-out possession early in the fourth, all Hurts incompletions, the Eagles offense kept soaring.
But Hurts didn’t just prove that he deserves to be in their company. He kept right on emboldening the Eagles’ fearlessness on late downs, helping them make 11 of 18 third-down tries while converting both their fourth-down attempts himself. More to the point: he kept showing up for the Eagles on a night when their vaunted pass rush was nowhere in evidence.
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