quarterback needs to have a Pro Bowl-caliber season to prove he is THE long-term face of the franchise in his upcoming third season and second with head coach Nick Sirianni. "Need" may sound extreme, but the Eagles have two first-round draft picks in the 2023 , one courtesy of the . The upcoming draft has Heisman Trophy-winning Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, as well as Heisman finalist, Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud.However, Hurts has put together an early career resume that stylistically resembles another quarterback whose team has gone all-in to build its offensive system around his skill set -- 2019 unanimous NFL MVP and quarterback . Hurts is the only player in NFL history with over 4,000 pa sing yards and 1,000 rushing yards within his first 20 career
Vince Carter Jersey starts. Jackson is the only player with over 3,000 pa sing yards and over 1,000 rushing yards in a single season in NFL history, while breaking the league's single-season record for rushing yards by a quarterback in that MVP season.HurtsJacksonPa sing yards 4,205 3,791 Pa sing TD-INT 22-13 33-9 Pa ser rating 84.7 100.9 Rushing yards 1,138 1,573 Rushing TD 13 11 Yards/rush 5.6 5.8 Entering Week 8 last season following a 2-5 start to 2021, Sirianni halted his attempt to run an offense that suited the style of the prototypical, drop-back pa sers he had coached like quarterbacks and Andrew Luck in his last eight seasons as an a sistant coach with the (2013-17) and (2018-20).The Eagles transformed from one of the more pa s-oriented teams to the NFL's No. 1 ground attack (51% rush percentage, highest in the NFL), which allowed Hurts to help orchestrate a 7-3 finish and a playoff appearance. It was the first time Philadelphia reached the playoffs after starting a season 2-5 or worse. Thanks to Hurts, the Eagles' leader in rushing yards and
Henry Ellenson Jersey rushing touchdowns, 2021 also marked the first season of Jackson's career as a full-time, starting quarterback that his Baltimore Ravens weren't the NFL's rushing yards leader. Weeks 1-7 Weeks 8-18 PPG 22.7 (18th) 28.5 (4th) Pa sing att/game 34.7 (18th) 25.1 (last) Pa sing YPG 231.0 (21st) 178.7 (28th) Rushing att/game 23.4 (28th) 38.6 (1st) Rushing YPG 116.7 (1st) 189.9 (1st) 3rd-down pct 40% (T-17th) 49.3% (1st) NFL rank Rushing pct 51% 1st Rushing yards 2,715*1st Rushing TD25 1st According to the , Hurts led the NFL in designed QB runs (72), rushing yards gained on those runs (377) and yards per carry on such runs (5.2, min. 30 such runs).Pa sing yards3,144 TD-INT16-9 Rushing yards784* Rushing TD10* "What we've done as coaches is figured out what he Hurts likes and what he's Hurts good at, so it's now just accumulating those reps," Sirianni said.One downside of an offensive system that leads to more running plays than pa sing plays like the Eagles did in 2021 is it works significantly better with a lead, which isn't something any team, even the best ones, can expect to have through the majority of its games. In games in which they trailed at halftime, the Eagles went
NBA Toronto Raptors Jeresy 2-7. Against better teams, there's a higher likelihood of falling behind early, and the Eagles lost all six games against teams that did make the playoffs last season while winning nine of 11 games against teams that mi sed the postseason.Naturally, an offense that allows for a larger margin of error, a better pa sing attack, is something the Eagles will look to build in 2022. Hurts certainly isn't a finished product at 23 years old and entering his third NFL season, so having consistency in the coaching staff he works with for the first time in his career could pay huge dividends. He has played for four different coaches and their staffs in his last four seasons of football: Nick Saban at Alabama (2018), Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma (2019), Doug Pederson with the Eagles (2020) and now Sirianni (2021-present)."I think the biggest thing is just coming in with having the same coach consecutively, all the plays being in the same system, so I think that's been very pivotal going into the offseason and as we go throughout the plays," Hurts at the Eagles' organized team activities in early June. "Just going through the plays and running them against our defense, just being decisive out there on the field knowing where I'm going to go with the ball based on the look that they give me. I think there's a natural maturation as I've always talked about. Just taking
Toronto Raptors Hoodie it day by day."His head coach echoed the sentiment that Hurts has exhibited continued growth in his offense."Jalen is, in my opinion, more comfortable in the offense," Sirianni . "That's just the part of the proce s in the second year in this offense . He knows where the receivers are going to be vs. different looks. He knows where to go with the football a little bit quicker."Another factor that allows any quarterback to be more decisive with his throws is trust in his receivers and after this past offseason, the Eagles have done as good a job as any in building out a talent-rich offense. Wide receiver , the 10th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft from Alabama, enters his second season after breaking the team's rookie receiving yards record (916), the fourth-most among rookies last season. That's significant considering it was previously held by one of the NFL's most explosive playmakers of the last decade, former Eagle ."With the time we've put in and the reps we've had, I think that's been beneficial for our connection and it will be good for the ," Hurts said when asked about his former Crimson Tide teammate's growth. "I think it's important for us to keep stacking days on days whether that's me throwing to Zach Pascal , throwing with A.J. Brown , DeVonta Smith , Quez Watkins , or whoever."Sending a first- and third-round pick in the most recent draft to the for Brown, the NFL's leader in receiving touchdowns of 50 or more yards (7) since he entered the league in 2019, allows for Hurts to have more than one bona fide option on the outside when dropping back to pa s."It takes the pre sure off the other guy," Brown at OTAs when asked about playing alongside Smith. " If I take cornerback No. 1 and I go against him, that gives another really talented receiver to go against cornerback No. 2. In my opinion Smitty's a wide receiver No. 1 and he's going against a cornerback No. 2, and I expect Smitty to dominate."In addition to the Eagles top rookie receiver in franchise history (Smith) and one of the NFL's best at finding the end zone (Brown has 24 career receiving touchdowns since 2019, tied for the 10th-most in the NFL), Hurts also has a top five option at tight end back in the fold in . His 830 receiving yards ranked fifth among tight ends in 2021 and his 14.1 yards per catch ranked
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