Last season, quarterback Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles significantly regressed in his pre- and post-snap decision-making.
PHILADELPHIA: The movie substantiates that quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles, Jalen Hurts, showed greater indecisiveness in the previous season, marking the initial significant decline in his football career that dates back to his collegiate years at Alabama and Oklahoma.
And the numbers support it as well.
Hurts was remarkably decisive in 2022, both before and after the snap. He finished second in the NFL overall in terms of delivering the ball to his first read (73.5%), a sharp 10.6 percent improvement from his first full season as a starter in 2021 (65.7%), where he finished 24th in the NFL.
In 2023, Hurts fell back to his pre-2021 standards with a dismal 61.1 percent of first reads, dropping him back to 24th place in the league. The only player in the league with a worse regression percentage, after Seattle’s Geno Smith (27.9 percent), was him at 16.9 percent.
Although there is always going to be some degree of error in statistics such as these, the eye test immediately reveals that Hurts was far more erratic in 2023 as opposing defenses adjusted to the Eagles’ offensive success the year before. All numbers are from FantasyPoints Beta via @PHLEaglesNation.
The organization will be attempting to provide an explanation for the topic of why Hurts took a step back in the future.
Hurts’ regression from MVP runner-up to a respectable NFL starter who still has to develop cost former offensive coordinator Brian Johnson and rookie quarterback coach Alex Tanney their jobs.
When asked about Hurts, a veteran NFL executive told SI.com’s Eagles Today, “You have to do something.” “He appeared more hesitant this year, and where do you look when you can’t let go of a guy who is worth $250 million (really $255 million)?
The worst case scenario is when the problems have nothing to do with the place of blame. After that, all you’re doing is moving the deck chairs and losing good coaches. The easy landing areas [for Tanney and Johnson] show that, at least initially, the league isn’t arriving to the same conclusions as Philadelphia.
On Dan Quinn’s new Washington staff, Johnson was named assistant head coach and coordinator of the passing game. Under Shane Steichen, Tanney will oversee the passing game in Indianapolis.
The executive stated, “A lot of people around the league still think Johnson is a future head coach, but I don’t have a good feel on the QB coach because he just came off the field.”
Regarding Hurts, an insider from the organization mentioned a disorganized offseason.
