From risky throws to a lack of pocket awareness, there are identifiable issues that are leading to Hurts turning the ball over.
Atlanta Falcons linebacker Kaden Elliss pressures Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts to throw the ball late in the fourth quarter, and the pass was intercepted by the Falcons. Philadelphia Eagles lose 22-21 to the Atlanta Falcons at Lincoln Financial Field on, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.Going into the bye week, the turnovers that have plagued the Eagles offense so far this season were on the top ofemerges as the main culprit.
The most common denominator is Hurts pressing the issue down the field in either late-game situations or when facing third-and-long. In the season opener against the Green Bay Packers, Hurts threw his first interception of the season targeting a tightly coveredwhile he worked up the seam. Even on third-and-15, it was a dubious attempt from Hurts considering the traffic in the middle of the field and the field position the Eagles faced deep in their own territory.
That level of pressing hasn’t been limited to just third-and-long situations, though. A few of Hurts’ turnovers have come in late-game situations on early downs, including his game-sealing interception against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 2. A similar sequence played out against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the Eagles facing first-and-10 late in the third quarter.picked up a blitzing Lavonte David in the A-gap to slow his momentum breaking into the pocket and blocked him behind Hurts. After sidestepping David, Hurts moved up in the pocket and starting his throwing motion toward an open Grant Calcaterra downfield, but David had shaken free from Barkley by then to strip-sack Hurts.
It’s fair to acknowledge Hurts put the ball into a tight window against a proven safety, the play call and the route didn’t do him any favors.Even with the couple of giveaways not squarely on Hurts’ decision-making, his turnover-worthy play tally tracked by PFF shows his current numbers aren’t misplaced.
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