Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts opened his postgame press convention on Sunday by addressing the elephant within the room.
Hurts mentioned “in order that’s what you all wished to see” when he got here to the rostrum after a 27-13 win over the Steelers and the remark was in reference to throwing for 290 yards and two touchdowns within the sport. The Eagles’ passing sport was underneath scrutiny all week due to important feedback from wideouts A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith within the wake of their Week 14 win over the Panthers and it got here by in a giant means on Sunday.
Brown and Smith mixed for 19 catches, 219 yards, and two touchdowns within the win. Hurts and Brown danced after Brown’s landing and the wideout referred to as it “our second to inform everyone to close up” when he spoke to reporters. Brown’s stance was a bit odd given the truth that he began a dialog that Hurts mentioned the workforce paid shut consideration to as they ready for Pittsburgh.
“As I’ve mentioned, whenever you’re in a position to win in a number of methods, clearly proficient, and the alternatives are there, but it surely comes right down to having good discernment of when to do one thing and when to not,” Hurts mentioned, by way of a transcript from the workforce. “I’ve at all times mentioned and believed that you simply wish to be sure that your entire instruments are sharp whenever you want them, so when it’s time to make use of them, you may go. I don’t suppose there’s a doubt in that. I feel, frankly, there’s an effort there. The strategy was a bit of completely different this week. The grass might be inexperienced the place you water it. We determined to water it and noticed the fruits of our labor in that. Obviously we’ve been watering the operating sport bit. It’s pure to place emphasis on one factor and take emphasis off of one other and see what you guys have seen. We wish to proceed to be well-rounded, push to be well-rounded, and water all areas of our yard.”
All of the fretting concerning the passing offense came about amid a nine-game successful streak and the way in which they pushed it to 10 in a row was a powerful reminder that the Eagles are going to be a workforce to reckon with within the postseason.
