Hurts had one of the best games of his career in the Super Bowl LVII loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, completing 27 of 38 passes for 304 yards with a touchdown and a 103.4 passer rating. Hurts reached 5,183 total yards and 43 total touchdowns to just seven turnovers in his 18 starts, as the Philadelphia Eagles were 16-2 in those starts. ![]() Hurts completed 66.5% of his passes for 4,280 yards with 25 touchdowns to just six interceptions for a 100.8 passer rating in his 18 starts (including playoffs), while also having 903 rushing yards and 18 rushing touchdowns. Goedert has enough to back up the runner-up for the NFL MVP award (Mahomes won the MVP). "But personally speaking, Jalen is top two." You go down the list and there's probably 10 quarterbacks that could be in the top five, depends on what fan base you are. It's hard to take anything away from Patrick. "I think he should be top three, top two. "I think Jalen has to be at the top," Goedert said on where Hurts ranks amongst the game's best quarterbacks, via the "Pardon My Take" podcast. Not only has Hurts become one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, but Goedert has ascended with him into one of the best tight ends in the league.Įxcuse Goedert for putting Hurts amongst the elite quarterbacks in the game, yet alone behind Patrick Mahomes. ET at Lincoln Financial Field.Dallas Goedert has actual evidence toward how much Philadelphia Eagles teammate Jalen Hurts has improved over the course of the last two years. The Giants vs Eagles game kicks off this Saturday evening at 8:15 p.m. Hurts is making his second NFL playoff start this weekend and is continuing his quest to make his original critics eat their words. Jones had an incredible performance last week and he’ll be riding that wave when he meets the Eagles on Saturday, but taking them on in Philadelphia is a whole different ball game. Against the Eagles, Jones has a 66.7 completion percentage, 169 passing yards, and one touchdown.ĭespite the fact that Hurts is coming back from an injury, he has the edge over Jones. Against the Giants, Hurts has a 62.1 completion percentage, 446 passing yards, and two touchdowns. The Week 14 game was a bit more telling, as Week 18 had Hurts just back from an injury and the Eagles doing the bare minimum to get the win and earn the top seed. When the two met during the regular season, the Eagles and Hurts got the best of the Giants and Jones, both times. T he Eagles defense allowed just 22 passing touchdowns but had 17 interceptions in the regular season. Richie James finished the season as the Giants’ lead receiver with just 57 catches and Darius Slayton finished with the most yards with 724. Unfortunately for Jones, he doesn’t have any reliable or consistent receivers he can count on. Jones has one talented running back in Saquon Barkley. Hurts has two very talented receivers in A.J. Let’s talk about the weapons they have around them. Hurts ranks 10th in passing yards and 11th in passing touchdowns while Jones is 15th in passing yards and tied for 21st in passing touchdowns. In passing, however, Hurts has the clear edge. Where Jones bodes well here is in running the ball. Jones finished the season with a 67% completion rate, 3,205 passing yards, 708 rushing yards, 22 touchdowns, and five interceptions. Hurts finished the regular season with a 67% completion rate, 3,701 passing yards, 760 rushing yards, 35 touchdowns, and six interceptions. It’s just that he took longer to have the good part of his season, while Hurts has been on fire since Week 1. (I’m kidding, the only shocking part of that statement is the “nearly” part.) Jones hasn’t had a bad season by any means. This may come as a shock to you, but Jalen Hurts beats Daniel Jones in nearly every statistic. Daniel Jones vs Jalen Hurts: How do they compare? When the two quarterbacks meet on Saturday, it will be the first NFL playoff game in history in which both starting quarterbacks had at least 600 rushing yards in the regular season. ![]() They’ll be coming into the Divisional game against the Giants fresh, rested, and ready to play. ![]() The Eagles are the NFC’s top seed and thus earned the first-round bye week. Jones put up 400 total offensive yards and two touchdowns in the Giants’ 31-24 win over the Minnesota Vikings in the Wild Card round last week, shutting up the critics, at least for now. Giants quarterback Daniel Jones was never and is still not in that conversation, but he is coming off of his best performance ever when he faces the Eagles in the playoffs this week. Before Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts injured his shoulder and missed two games at the end of the season, he was up there in the MVP conversation.
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