Philadelphia Eagles Slump to Third Successive Loss After Blowing Lead Against the Seattle Seahawks
Though the Philadelphia Eagles have long since secured a playoff berth, their recent loss of form will concern head coach Nick Sirianni and is seemingly angering their star player, quarterback Jalen Hurts.
Having gone 10-1, the Eagles lost to the San Francisco 49ers and then the Dallas Cowboys before making it three defeats in a row when they were edged out by the Seattle Seahawks 20-17 at Lumen Field.
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Hurts commented on that latest loss and made it clear that things need to change if the Eagles are going to make up for last season’s painful Super Bowl defeat at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs,
"I've been talking about execution all year, being on the same page, everyone being on the same page,"
"We didn't execute. I don't think we're, we're all, we're committed enough. Just got to turn it around. You know, it's a challenge that we have to embrace. Just continue to see it through."
When asked to elaborate on more specific issues, Hurts added.
"Commitment. I don't have a dictionary on me now. ... I don't know how else to say that."
"Everyone has their role in it. It starts with me,"
"We've got to pick ourselves out of this. ... We have to make an internal change in how we attack things. How we come to work every day. It starts with the little things, how committed we are to doing what we're doing. And it all starts with me, the quarterback. It's a challenge I'm embracing. As challenging as these times are, I still see light at the end of the tunnel. Just a matter of believing."
"It's a matter of being on the same page,"
"It takes everyone being all in, in all aspects. And it starts with me. There's multiple opportunities out there. In the end, there's just not another way you'd have it. The trust that we have in one another, how much we communicate as players. ... We just have to be better; I have to be better. Minimize the mistakes, the penalties, the mental errors. Play team football and it starts with me leading that. We've lost games because I can be better. That will change everything, and I accept that." Hurts added.
If Philadelphia wants to enter the postseason in a good frame of mind, they could have hardly selected better match-ups in their final three regular season games.
They host the New York Giants and the Arizona Cardinals next, two teams who are not in form and have nothing to play for; they then visit the Giants at the MetLife Stadium in NFL Game Week 18, and as such, Sirianni will be looking for his side to go three from three to get this side in the right place ahead of the postseason challenges that lay ahead.