Looked like Jalen Hurts was the one with the broken hand.

Hurts has won so many big games for this team, made so many big plays, reached two Super Bowls, won one of them. A month ago he was in the MVP race.

But this was horrifying.

Five turnovers, four interceptions, including one down at the goal-line in overtime.

After a 22-19 overtime loss to the Chargers at SoFi Stadium, the Eagles are now 8-5 with their third consecutive loss, all of them in nightmarish fashion.

This is bad.

What a mess.

1. Let’s get this out of the way: He’s not getting benched. I’m the world’s biggest Tanner McKee fan and I’m convinced he’s a starting-caliber quarterback and I believe he’ll get that opportunity somewhere. But you’re not going to bench the Super Bowl MVP sitting here at 8-5 and almost certainly headed into the playoffs for a guy who’s started one game in his life. Nick Sirianni would just never do that, and he shouldn’t. But I don’t need to sit here and say if Hurts doesn’t get his act together this team isn’t going to go anywhere close to where it wants to go. It’s just hard to watch right now. Four straight games Hurts has been anywhere from mediocre to awful. He’s had these stretches before and worked his way out of them. Maybe he’ll work his way out of this one. But for the first time maybe ever, I really wonder.

2. And beyond Jalen, this offense is just such a mess right now. They had drives to the Chargers’ 12, 17, 21, 23, 26, 30, 36 that didn’t lead to touchdowns. That’s insane. That can’t happen. And that’s everything. That’s o-line. That’s quarterback. That’s play calling. That’s receivers. That’s seven drives inside the Chargers’ 36 that didn’t result in touchdowns. How can that even happen? The Eagles moved the ball well at times – they did pile up 365 yards – but 19 points? Look at the Eagles’ last five point totals: 10-16-21-15-19. That’s 81 points in five games, their fewest in any five-game span since – get this – early in 2012, Andy Reid’s final season. And the 21 points – their biggest scoring output since the bye week – came in a game when they blew a 21-point lead. This offense is a disaster and I’m not going to rant about Kevin Patullo again and it’s important to remember that this is on Nick Sirianni as much as K.P. Worst offensive stretch in 13 years.

3. Explain to me how Saquon Barkley gets just five carries in the second half after a really strong first half with 13 carries for 69 yards? Your quarterback is struggling badly and your all-pro running back is grinding out productive yards against a beat-up Chargers defensive line and five carries in the second half? Barkley finished with 122 rushing yards and a 6.1 average, including that 52-yard touchdown run, but I just don’t get how these coaches continually get away from Barkley, especially in games where he’s moving the chains and especially when the passing game isn’t functioning. Barkley has had some rough games this year. But lately he’s shown some signs of life. He’s actually averaging 4.7 yards per carry in the Eagles’ last six games. Somebody tell Nick Sirianni and Kevin Patullo because Barkley’s talents lately have been going to waste at moments when they could really, really help.

4. It’s hard not to compare Jake Elliott and his former teammate, Cameron Dicker. Elliott missed a 48-yarder wide left in perfect conditions and Dicker – who played for the Eagles for a week in 2022 when Elliott was hurt – made all five of his field goal attempts. And when you go into overtime … well, we can all do the math. Dicker is the most accurate kicker in NFL history and Elliott has now missed six field goals and a PAT this year. Elliott has won a lot of games for this team, and we’ll never forget his huge 42- and 46-yard field goals in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis. But in a game like this – low-scoring, one-possession – you just can’t miss a 48-yard field goal in a dome. You can’t. Elliott isn’t this team’s biggest issue, but he is becoming an issue.

More coming …