Looked like Jalen Hurts was the one with the broken hand.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
But this was horrifying.<\/p>\n
Five turnovers, four interceptions, including one down at the goal-line in overtime.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
This is bad.<\/p>\n
What a mess.<\/p>\n
1. Let\u2019s get this out of the way: He\u2019s not getting benched. I\u2019m the world\u2019s biggest Tanner McKee fan and I\u2019m convinced he\u2019s a starting-caliber quarterback and I believe he’ll get that opportunity somewhere. But you\u2019re not going to bench the Super Bowl MVP sitting here at 8-5 and almost certainly headed into the playoffs for a guy who\u2019s started one game in his life. Nick Sirianni would just never do that, and he shouldn\u2019t. But I don\u2019t need to sit here and say if Hurts doesn\u2019t get his act together this team isn\u2019t going to go anywhere close to where it wants to go. It\u2019s just hard to watch right now. Four straight games Hurts has been anywhere from mediocre to awful. He\u2019s had these stretches before and worked his way out of them. Maybe he\u2019ll work his way out of this one. But for the first time maybe ever, I really wonder.<\/p>\n
2. And beyond Jalen, this offense is just such a mess right now. They had drives to the Chargers\u2019 12, 17, 21, 23, 26, 30, 36 that didn\u2019t lead to touchdowns. That\u2019s insane. That can\u2019t happen. And that\u2019s everything. That\u2019s o-line. That\u2019s quarterback. That\u2019s play calling. That\u2019s receivers. That\u2019s seven drives inside the Chargers\u2019 36 that didn\u2019t result in touchdowns. How can that even happen? The Eagles moved the ball well at times \u2013 they did pile up 365 yards \u2013 but 19 points? Look at the Eagles\u2019 last five point totals: 10-16-21-15-19. That\u2019s 81 points in five games, their fewest in any five-game span since \u2013 get this \u2013 early in 2012, Andy Reid\u2019s final season. And the 21 points \u2013 their biggest scoring output since the bye week \u2013 came in a game when they blew a 21-point lead. This offense is a disaster and I\u2019m not going to rant about Kevin Patullo again and it\u2019s important to remember that this is on Nick Sirianni as much as K.P. Worst offensive stretch in 13 years.<\/p>\n
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\u2019t get how these coaches continually get away from Barkley, especially in games where he\u2019s moving the chains and especially when the passing game isn\u2019t functioning. Barkley has had some rough games this year. But lately he\u2019s shown some signs of life. He\u2019s actually averaging 4.7 yards per carry in the Eagles\u2019 last six games. Somebody tell Nick Sirianni and Kevin Patullo because Barkley\u2019s talents lately have been going to waste at moments when they could really, really help.<\/p>\n
4. It\u2019s hard not to compare Jake Elliott and his former teammate, Cameron Dicker. Elliott missed a 48-yarder wide left in perfect conditions and Dicker \u2013 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 \u2026 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\u2019ll 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 \u2013 low-scoring, one-possession \u2013 you just can\u2019t miss a 48-yard field goal in a dome. You can\u2019t. Elliott isn\u2019t this team\u2019s biggest issue, but he is becoming an issue.<\/p>\n
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