Jalen Hurts Week 15 Analysis

[@nidog]

Jalen maturity on that 22yd pass to Devonta on last drive was great to see. He would've bailed pocket earlier this year. He trusted pocket and subtly manipulated it to buy time for Smith to get open. Outstanding and shows true growth.

[@Itsmattz]

And this d line is scary.

[@GHOSTOFONYX10]

the second play of the video is about how he still bails early

[@ktcjrproductions]

@@GHOSTOFONYX10you’d bail too if TJ Watt was breathing down your neck

[@NATUR3F33LS]

​@@GHOSTOFONYX10 Yeah, every player has things they need to improve on. But it's kind of weird to hammer his lowlights when all he does is win and make the right play when they need it.

[@GHOSTOFONYX10]

@NATUR3F33LS without Barkley Eagles are probably 7-7 right now

[@drizzyovereverything]

Jalen finally passed enough for my boy to do a video 😂

[@prodbyscriptz6878]

He’s done a Jalen video already 😂

[@51bombersdavi78]

@@prodbyscriptz6878he’s done a lot of Jalen videos just not recently

[@wolfszn]

i need to see the lesser passing games because they be tearing him apart people have worse games & its crickets i wonder why

[@weedasaurusrex]

@@wolfszn It's crickets because 29 other starting QBs don't have anywhere near the talent around them, like Jalen has.

[@zacdykas1027]

​@@wolfsznprobably because they ran for over 200yards in those games

[@danlittle447]

Love the energy for a great Jalen Hurts passing day, keep up the awesome work 👍🏼🦅

[@YSBG_]

Shallow Cross.... keep doing it until they stop it lol

[@ercstefan]

I promise things are much slower in film then in the actual game lol just in case anybody is wondering as much as this guy. Great explanations

[@s.i.cbeats3066]

What I’m seeing is Calcaterra being an open.. a lot!

[@selfmademanification]

Might be the next Goedert

[@infinitexpain]

I’m convinced at this point that the more open you are, the less likely Hurts is to throw you the ball lol

[@t-raw2lit578]

He been like that tho. He’s fast as shit for a TE go look at bro college highlights

[@ghos7kam779]

The plays he was open was still positive plays. I think Hurts already predetermined where he wanted to go with the ball. Lol

[@DankBirdGang52]

​@@infinitexpainHe's open, but is he the read?

[@JG-vy5pc]

Some things on the first two plays: 1. I don't think Hurts is truly reading Devonta on his left, then moving to the stick nod on his right. The eagles are in empty and know the steelers are playing zone with a single high safety. I think he looks to Smith to keep the safety away from the stick nod that leaves a backer isolated. That route was his first progression, which is why Hurts takes his eyes off Smith "early" (credit: Fran Duffy) 2. The second play, it's 3rd down and steelers have 10 men. Preston Smith comes off the field late, and neither Higgsmith nor Herbig make it onto the field before the snap so steelers drop 7, not 8, and only have 3 rushing. And it still resulted in a turnover

[@GHOSTOFONYX10]

1st play Jalen at his best, 2nd play Jalen at his worst. His worst is still too common.

[@mentalvibrations8128]

@@GHOSTOFONYX10 it would have been fine but Gainwell blew that block so hard on the run

[@jay-rock0458]

I was waiting for this one!!! Didn’t get to see the game live either.

[@henrywilliams4781]

The Eagles' offensive braintrust seems to have been putting a high emphasis on ball security recently. After the TB game in week 4 Hurts had turned the ball over 27 times in his last 21 games. Since then he's turned it over 3 times. The Eagles' passing game was very good on Sunday, and the way it functioned speaks to the overall identity of the offense: the offense wants to make high-percentage plays that chew the clock (2 (!!) Pittsburgh possessions in the second half). If I were a betting man I would say Moore, Stout & co. would rather run the football more often than they did vs. Pittsburgh. Either way, the desire to chew clock probably makes the shallow cross a more appealing option (even if there are better ones out there). For me, Sunday's game was a moment in which the Eagles deviated from their previous preference for the run because Saquon didn't look right and Pittsburgh was ready for it. I am also growing concerned about Philly's ability to adapt to new coverages but for now the offense passed an important test with flying colors.

[@757CitiesReppa]

Kenny looked good though, and so did Hurts. Run game doesn’t mean “just Saquon”

[@mrhumble2937]

I never see him throw the deep in vs zone. Its like he doesnt trust the protection to wait for it to be open. Because what if its not. If he can figure that out hed be unstoppable.

[@nazzynaz97]

Dude your the absolute best at breaking down tape

[@Afrado31]

I need hurts to play like this every time he throws. My problem is. Ok we run the ball more then we pass. I get that we got saquon, but when we do pass this should be the standard everytime. This should be the level he plays at every time. Like if you agree.

[@worship-ondemand]

Great point on Smith not settling. He settles. Then even if he doesn't get the 1st down, they would likely be close to tush push call.

[@bluejob6160]

On the second play I agree that in general a QB should go through the reads here. But Jalen is just at his absolute best when he is being decisive above all else. When he is sitting back there in the pocket and taking his time he loses that instinctual skill that turns him from average to elite.

[@TheWholeManSpeakz]

Yes and also I think showing open windows after he has already run is skewed. Makes it look like guys are more open due to the defense reacting to him taking off.

[@GHOSTOFONYX10]

@@TheWholeManSpeakz He bailed the pocket before even letting the routes develop. The fact that Jalen was already running is not an excuse, it makes him look worse.

[@TheWholeManSpeakz]

@@GHOSTOFONYX10 Some plays yes and other plays no. It's not as black and white as you think.

[@kruksog]

Really well done as usual. Thanks.

[@757CitiesReppa]

On the sack, Lane was expecting Calcaterra to chip Watt.

[@ajmarshall6430]

Hurts definitely felt that LT spin move that made him escape left

[@snowgoons]

🦅🦅🦅

[@phillipyangmusic]

FLY EAGLES FLY!

[@LucRice]

I think those shallow crosses were specific to that steelers game due to the run game not flourishing like usual

[@tbailey1978]

Good analysis.

[@beefbreen]

2nd to last on was a zone beater

[@waynecsmith5145]

Nice JT!

[@danielvalentino3675]

The RPO that led to Brown TD....the read makes no sense. Any chance it was a fake RPO and the "read" was meant to freeze the middle line backer so AJ can get to the middle?

[@roadagain6574]

Makes sense that there was something funky going on there as not much else does.

[@dionmccall6581]

When you run the rpo its like play action, you have to go through the motion to achieve its goal. Goal was to make this look like a read option to the left, which means to make it look real the QB needs to make it seem he is reading a player on the left. This action also help create the window needed to get that ball to AJ

[@ghos7kam779]

What are you confused about? That play Barkley and Hurts both sold the run. They experienced the Saquon effect. Lol. MattyDubs channel explain that play. There was no read confusion.

[@mattheifner1465]

First play of the game is a weird horizontal stretch they had to see on film, single high safety was frozen by hurts enough to let the stick nod come open, which is nice if it works. I agree the mid level pass game is iffy if you want to be playing in the post season, wouldn’t be surprised to see some drive concepts with a mills concept attached to it if they’re putting stress on LB play. It’d probably be nice to stand in and get to #3 on the dagger concept, but happy feet + good athlete + color in your face is a bad equation sometimes when pushing the ball down the field (IMO). I felt like the shallow cross where smith should’ve shut it down could’ve been a delayed WR with a built in screen with the TE late in the concept. Could be a bit of reach, but possible

[@757CitiesReppa]

2nd play he wanted 41 to get deep enough and he was hoping AJ and Kenny would turn around and BLOCK.

[@Eugenio-i1u]

Excellent critical analysis. Passing game wasn't perfect (both Hurtz and WRs) but good enough!

[@alanf5615]

you analysis of the 3rd down pass to devontae smith is just off. hes the crosser and the tight end is the sitter. additionally the eagles are a team that goes for it often and in this part of the field they are definitly ok with throwing in front of the marker to a pretty good yac guy and setting themselves up for a manageable 4th down. i dont see how your not ok with this pass by hurts given the way his teams operate and where they were on the field.

[@dionmccall6581]

His analysis is correct, as a receiver you dont run yourself into being covered if theres an open zone thats were you sit. It would be very abnormal to have the TE sit in that region against cover 2, and it was only open because smith over ran his route so much he was picked up by the flat defender

[@alanf5615]

@dionmccall6581 the idea is that the tight end distracts the linebacker or that a linebacker overcompensate for the crosser. The 2 routes work in tandom to stress the defense. multiple curl routes would be way easier to defend. Additionally getting the ball to devante smith on the move is usually a good idea. When you have a team that goes for it on 4th down it materially changes your strategy in different parts of the field. Throwing it in front of the sticks becomes a solid strategy and I think actually is very healthy for an offense bec it promotes yac and reduces the stress on the qb

[@Itsxmusic]

I liked the back shoulder fade but I’d prefer he hit the crosser. I need Jalen to get used to taking the easy completions. Too often he misses wide open crossers on 3rd and 6+ only to take an unnecessary down field shot or a sack.

[@CDotHoncho24]

One of the only real ones on here that does jalen hurts videos and the other ones don’t bat an eye when he has a good game, but all of them are ready to criticize after the Tampa loss and falcons bs lucky win

[@kevodaprince4547]

I feel like it was a miscommunication with that fumble play by Jalen. I think the call was a pass but he checked into a QB draw and no heard it cause no one blocked or cleared out

[@Basketball26269]

Is that Patrick queen at corner at 15:00 lol

[@frankl3518]

Yes. He's playing Man to Man vs a RB

[@aidanmccoy5964]

Steelers fan here to see how we let Hurts shred us😂. Honestly some good and bad from the defense. Hurts played well, and Brown/Smith were causing problems. There were plays that we actually covered well but their oline allowed hurts time to make plays. Our D being on he filed that much made our pass rushers tired and then our whole defense was vulnerable.

[@danielvalentino3675]

That 3rd Q shallow cross to DeVonte on 3rd. You were wondering what happened. Could Jalen have thrown to the wrong person. Looked like Smitty pulled the CB off the TE that was open. I think Jalen misread this

[@dionmccall6581]

No, he called it correctly, and this is a problem smitty has, he frequently runs himself into being covered instead of sitting in the zone,

[@ghos7kam779]

Man you just confused about everything. There's no wrong read if both routes are open. Smitty has to get in between the zone defender and sit there. Or it's the route design that should have options vs man or zone to sit or keep running on shallow crossers.

[@bass518man]

13:32 it's called peripheral vision. Becton was beaten. Trusting his pass pro there would have resulted in a sack

[@jameswing9932]

"A glorified first down for the eagles with the tush push."

[@DownSouthPhillyShow]

🦅🦅 #GoBirds

[@MKoikkalainen]

What's crazy is that on the second play with the fumble, Steelers have 10 men on the field.

[@mikeyj.philly]

Crazier was Jalen trying to run over 3 guys for no reason.

[@mrhumble2937]

​@@mikeyj.phillyhe was trying to get the first

[@yg7434]

27-13

[@josephsherman6506]

Can you do him all the time? Appreciate your videos. I noticed you haven’t done hurts the last couple weeks.

[@travismetheny894]

For the love of god can we get a Baker Mayfield breakdown

[@SecondWindStories]

Baker has put up numbers comparable to Dak Prescott's All-Pro season last year, yet not one video this season. Im beginning to think this is personal.

[@wolfszn]

maybe hes got beef with baker 😂

[@SecondWindStories]

@wolfszn I'm thinking the same 🤣. Baker just put up 4TD's and 40 points on the #1 defense in the league that was only giving up like 15ppg. This gotta be personal.

[@DNotzz]

Nobody cares about the Bucks.

[@Jonathan_Freeman]

But we'll do a dozen of Bryce Young and Brock Purdy and Anthony Richardson 🙄

[@SecondWindStories]

@@Jonathan_Freeman He's done a breakdown of Kyle Trask, the Bucs back-up QB for goodness sake, and posted it and still hasnt done a breakdown of Baker. I think Baker is the only QB this season to have 3 separate 4TD games, with 2 of those games having also completed 80% of his passes or better in those games. But Baker's name isnt Brock...so there's that.

[@yerkomelgar4184]

🙏🏻

[@charlesmenifee7886]

I think they were out of rhythm for a number of reasons, but a lot of those same plays were there last week. Hard for me to be critical of the repetition when they complete such a high percentage and have 401 yards. Really could’ve put up 34.

[@Quiji215]

Could you do a Garrett Nussmier

[@crayhack]

Does Jalen just not feel comfortable stepping up into his linemen because he's short and will have a tough time going over them?

[@757CitiesReppa]

Smh he is not short, he doesn’t have too keep “stepping up” that is where most unescapable pressure has come from. That is where the biggest runs come from. Why do y’all keep repeating nonsense. “He’s short” negative, “doesn’t go through progressions” negative, “cant throw in the middle of the field” negative…”only throws to AJ” negative. When you people gon learn?

[@crayhack]

@@757CitiesReppa bro what? I love Jalen, I believe he does all these things well. I can also point out something he tends to avoid, which would be taking a step up in the pocket even when there's space. On the sack right before halftime he had space to step forward because Watt got too deep, but he tried to rollout to his left for some reason. This happens a tad consistently that it's noticeable. Jalen is my guy, he's my favorite QB for my favorite team and we can ask questions of what his process is. Also dude is objectively short for a QB, not on the outlier end, but still shorter

[@yg7434]

To be fair, he's missing a HOF center and this year is his first year calling protections. There's a learning curve there, but he's getting better.

[@RandomGuyCDN]

If Brees and Flutie could do it, so can Jalen. If he cant then his contract should be restructured because he doesnt deserve that kinda money for having the amount of missing skills he does at this point in his career

[@yg7434]

@@RandomGuyCDN To say he doesn't deserve his money is wild given Dak Prescott, Jordan Love, Trevor Lawrence, Tua, Jared Goff, and Justin Herbert all make more than him and has accomplished far less. We're talking about the person who balled in the SB (despite the lost).

[@ashleyjames5086]

can we please get a jayden daniels video

[@KyleBenner-z7w]

Can you do Jordan love, man put on a clinic

[@TrevorEMayo]

If Trent Dilfer can win a Super Bowl then as long as Howie can keep a strong supporting cast Jalen can win one, but he's not in the Mahomes league. Patrick doesn't need as much help.

[@frankl3518]

The Eagles run like 8 concepts. Lol. They're just so talented it doesn't matter

[@TheFlyingCougar]

At this point I'm pretty sure that Hurts would be on IR 3 times over if he didn't have the best oline in the league in front of him.

[@tommykern2336]

I think we need a canoe at a 45 degree angle to pop on the screen for the Shallow Hal alert every time the Eagles run Shallow Cross.

[@CTEagleCeltic]

Bruh, as long as the old bubble screen is retired… this play actually moves the ball forward, instead of backwards like last year.

[@mattmccegan7966]

Why won't you do Aaron Rodgers this season?

[@TheQBSchool]

cause i don't care

[@mattmccegan7966]

@@TheQBSchool wow dude for real? I asked cause I saw a breakdown that you did on him a few years back and I thought it was awesome.. You really do QB's justice.. Didn't expect this reply.. ok.. cool

[@lexthebest7689]

that first play was made bcuz they say jalen dont like to take chances 😂

[@jasonsuite8753]

He doesn’t trust that right guard. He’s the back up. Dickerson got injured.

[@RandomGuyCDN]

His RG is just a giant monster. No reason not to trust him. Even with that he's still had 4+ seconds to make throws and eats sacks for some reason.

[@DankBirdGang52]

He's not the backup, the right guard is the starter. Dickerson is a left tackle and Steen replaced him.

[@DankBirdGang52]

​@@RandomGuyCDNThe same reason he makes plays holding the ball. Sometimes it's too long, but guys like Prime Russel Wilson had that same issue. You take the good with the bad.

[@richardjackson1375]

Bro Jalen played great 😂😂

[@weedasaurusrex]

define great

[@DankBirdGang52]

​@@weedasaurusrexGreat I'd making the quick decisive play when it's there. 25/32 290 and Two TD's. Of course you were the remedial who doesn't know football at all.

[@SODIFFERENTSDEGANG]

could it be the hurts don't throw some of the passes in the middle because he can't see? He is 6'1 lol

[@ghos7kam779]

Could his line of sight get blocked? Possible. Also many linemen swat passes, but not just from shorter qbs. That could effect the trust factor, but I'm just guessing here. Hurts is still a decent enough height, so his line of sight is only an inch lower than Mahomes, Rodgers, and Jackson. Brock, Baker, Minshew, Tua, and Caleb are all the same height and throw well inside and outside the numbers including Hurts. The shortest QBs with the likes of Bryce, Kyler, and Russ would have the most visual over the middle struggles if anything. Notice how Russ throw outside the numbers a lot. On minimal occasions Bryce had to jump shot passes at times cus he and Kyler are 5'10 and Russ 5'11 so at least Hurts is a 6 footer.

[@BrandonSorenson-fb3gg]

All of this is what worries me about Jalen

[@mackboy2020]

My thing is y didn’t he play like he’s saying when he was in the league. I remember him being trash🤷🏾‍♂️

[@ryanyoung8886]

watch out bro youre talking about mr 2007 nfl europa

[@cecileasley9331]

This dude nitpicking

[@lesterdiamonds27]

I still think hurts is trash!!