No reason not to finish the job with a big effort in the Super Bowl.įor what it’s worth, there is little doubt among the Eagles. The championship game benching had been the defining moment of his career until he completely rewrote the script this season.
Sunday is his chance to rewrite that narrative or prove he is the big-game player his talent suggests. That is a cumulative 50 completion percentage for 109.2 yards in five college playoff games.īetween his college football and NFL careers, Jalen Hurts has never really played well in the playoffs. In 2016, at Alabama, he completed 7 of 14 passes for 57 yards in a semifinal victory over Washington but then just 13 of 31 for 131 yards and a touchdown in a title game loss to Clemson. Tide head coach Nick Saban famously pulled him at the break and inserted Tua Tagovailoa in the game. In 2017, playing for Alabama, he completed 16 of 24 passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns in a semifinal victory over Clemson, then struggled going 3-of-8 for 21 yards in the first half of the national title game against Georgia. In 2019, playing for Oklahoma, he went 15-of-31 for 217 yards and an interception in a college playoff semifinal loss to LSU. San Francisco 49ers kicker Robbie Gould had this assessment of Hurts this week: "if you make Jalen Hurts play quarterback, you're going to have a pretty solid day on defense."ĭating back to college, he was no better. His best game featured 16-of-24 passing for 154 yards and two touchdowns against the New York Giants in last month’s NFC divisional game. He also rushed for 37.3 yards a game and carried the ball for two scores. In three NFL playoff games, Hurts is a cumulative 54-of-92 (58.7 completion percentage) for 533 yards (177.6 average) with three touchdowns, two interceptions and four sacks. Or maybe after nearly two weeks of breaking everything down, even an MVP candidate can become a question mark. Or maybe Philly is going to need more out of him to get past Patrick Mahomes, who most certainly has risen at times to play his best ball in the biggest of games. Not in college.Ĭonsidering his Philadelphia Eagles are in the Super Bowl on Sunday against Kansas City, maybe that doesn’t matter.
PHOENIX - Jalen Hurts has never really performed well in a playoff game.
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