Jalen Hurts is hoping yesterday’s capitulation to the Dallas Cowboys “lights a hearth” within the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Eagles had been cruising 21-0 inside 18 minutes with Hurts seemingly on a mission to silence ideas he had misplaced the assist of his offense in latest weeks.
The quarterback rushed for 2 touchdowns and linked with AJ Brown for an additional as Philadelphia dominated in each side of the sport and seemed firmly on course to move to 9-2 for the season.
However issues fell aside in a short time. George Pickens and Brevyn Spann-Ford scored touchdowns for Dallas earlier than Dak Prescott additionally reached the top zone.
Dallas quarterback Prescott then led a late drive that ended with Brandon Aubrey slotting over a 42-yard subject purpose for the win.
“We’ve bought to discover a solution to end the sport, and we’ve bought to seek out some consistency in what we do,” Hurts mentioned. “Undoubtedly the story of two halves. In the long run, we didn’t play an entire recreation as a crew, and at the moment it bought us.
“We’ve bought to personal this one, let it gentle a hearth in us as a crew and keep collectively and transfer ahead.”
Little time for sulking for the Eagles
The Eagles have a brief turnaround as they play the Chicago Bears in Philly on Friday.
“My message is so simple as you are taking delight in all the things as a result of you understand these moments now we have proper now final a lifetime,” Hurts added. “So how do you wish to reply? How we reply is essential, and I’ve mentioned it earlier than, you understand, after moments like this, I’ve numerous confidence in how we reply. So we’ll be again to work and bought one other alternative coming ahead.”
It was a irritating afternoon for Hurts however one to have a good time for Prescott, who broke Tony Romo’s report of 34,183 to turn into the franchise’s all-time chief in passing yards.
He did it on a nine-yard completion to Pickens within the third quarter with Dallas 21-7 down. He shrugged off the congratulations of his team-mates to give attention to the job in hand however admitted afterwards it’s one thing he’ll look again on with fondness.
“I imply, it’s a particular recreation and it’s a recreation that I positively received’t overlook,” Prescott mentioned. “I’m not a man [who is] even interested by data or taking memorabilia or issues like that. After this recreation, one of many [athletic] trainers requested me, ‘What do you wish to do with the jersey?’ I mentioned, ‘Yeah, I’m going to maintain that one.’ I do know it’s a recreation that I received’t overlook. It’s a recreation that hopefully I can look again and say, ‘This was the second, this was the time, this recreation [that] meant all the things to that season.’ Proper now, I’m simply staying the place my toes are. Tremendous, tremendous grateful for this crew, for the lads, for the chance actually.”
Prescott earns reward of Schottenheimer
Dallas moved to 5-5-1 with the win and head coach Brian Schottenheimer was delighted for his star man.
“I do know he received’t say it, however that’s a reasonably cool report that he broke,” Schottenheimer mentioned. “And to do it in a recreation like this the place we beat a extremely good soccer crew the way in which we did, I’m certain it makes it even sweeter.”
