Hurts gave an example of how he processes a play. He was asked about his touchdown pass to Dallas Goedert just before halftime Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys. The 14-yard TD pass gave the Eagles a 14-6 lead on their way to a 34-6 win.

One of the most jarring parts of the Washington Commanders’ loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 10 was Jayden Daniels’s stat line of three rushes for five yards. The rookie quarterback’s legs hadn’t been neutralized like that in years.

No secrets were hidden when the Philadelphia Eagles were discussing Jayden Daniels. Every player that was asked about the Washington Commanders standout rookie came away impressed. The one Eagles player that played with Daniels over the summer envisioned his success.

The Eagles are coming off a laugher in Dallas while the Commanders were in a slugfest with the Steelers right down to the bitter end. That means Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley, A.J. Brown and company sat out the fourth quarter. That gives the Eagles the ultimate tiebreaker in a short week: Rest.

As well as this, I thought the Eagles’ offense was too focused on taking shots down the field and didn’t give Jalen Hurts a lot of easy answers. If you add all of these things up, including some poor individual pass protection reps such as the one below from Kenneth Gainwell,