Jalen Hurts has assisted the Philadelphia Eagles reach the Super Bowl.
If you appearance at the quarterback’s playoff statistics, though, Hurts had an simple time assisting Philadelphia play in Super Bowl LVII. He tossed for 154 backyards and 2 goals, including 34 hurrying backyards and a hurrying goal, in the Eagles’ 38-7 win over the New York Giants in the divisional round. In the NFC Championship Game, Hurts tossed for just 121 lawns while hurrying for 39 backyards and a goal in their 31-7 win over the San Francisco 49ers.
Hurts’ pedestrian playoff efficiencies came after he tossed for 229 lawns with an interception in a 22-16 win over the Giants’ backups in the regular-season finale, in which he returned from a two-game lack due to an injury on his tossing shoulder.
FOX Sports lead NFL expert Greg Olsen, who called the NFC Championship Game on FOX, concurred with Colin Cowherd that Hurts’ deep ball hasactually been a bit off giventhat he returned from the injury throughout an look on “The Herd.” But he believes the huge concern that stays to be addressed is if the Eagles haveactually held Hurts back due to his injury or duetothefactthat they sanctuary’t required him to toss much in their playoff wins.
“They sanctuary’t done it in a high volume. They sanctuary’t been in that kind of shootout,” Olsen stated. “Their course here to the Super Bowl hasactually been fairly light, ideal? They beat up on New York – in the 2nd half they simply get into a handoff, run videogame. And then we all understand what tookplace in the NFC Championship Game where they didn’t actually requirement to run in the 2nd half duetothefactthat San Francisco couldn’t effort a forward pass.
“So, in the course to getting here, as far as Jalen Hurts being required to play quarterback, being required to play in the pocket,[hasn’t been answered] I wear’t think is a knock on Jalen, duetothefactthat we saw at times this year when they had to go score 30, they could. He can do it. He simply hasn’t done it giventhat the injury occurred, so I believe there is a bit of an unidentified.”
With the huge unidentified surrounding Hurts and his tossing shoulder, Olsen thinks Chiefs defensive planner Steve Spagnuolo must gointo the Super Bowl with simply one technique.
“If you’re Kansas City and you’re Spags, you desire to discover out,” Olsen stated. “I understand the kid can do it. He’s an MVP prospect for a factor. He’s a wonderful gamer. Is it a item of the injury that they’re not [throwing it as much]? Or is it since they’re blowing everyone out so they’re not asking him to do it? I believe on Super Bowl Sunday, if I’m Spags, I’m putting an 8th person in the box and state, ‘Go ahead Jalen Hurts, beat me.’”
Olsen, who is calling the Super Bowl on FOX and the FOX Sports app (6: 30 p.m. ET), stated that he thinks that Hurts’ shoulder is “OK” based on discussions he’s had with individuals in the Eagles’ company. Still, he believes that both sides needto discharge whatever they’ve got, with the Chiefs requiring Hurts to toss and Hurts having to do physically whatever it takes to get the win.
“I puton’t think they thinkabout him at all restricted,” Olsen stated. “All the RPO things, all the zone checksout, all the developed quarterback runs, I puton’t think we’re going to see him actually moving and actually offering himself up there like he did inbetween the last videogame of the routine season and the divisional round. I believe that was simply defense.
“I think Sunday, all bets are off.”
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