Hurts So Good 

Boy he was incredible. His improvement as a passer is remarkable, scary that he’s only going to get better. Glad chiefs slipped out of there with the win.

as an Eagles fan, I didn't think it was possible for me to not be a maniac after us losing the SB, but GAWD DAMN if Jalen hasn't made me so optimistic. He was AMAZING! Any doubts I had have been tossed out the window, set on fire, and run over by a truck lol

I can't wait to see that chemistry grow between AJ, Smith, Goedert and Hurts.

You said it best, Hurts bailed them out with his athleticism and still made plays WITH HIS ARM. Hurts is going to come out on a mission next year

It’s nuts how you can point out so many mistakes like this and how the Chiefs defense did make big plays, yet the Eagles still put up 35 points! Going to be exciting to see them next year and how the adapt following this loss.

Hurts left it all out on the field. His future is bright!

at 17:00 "never is a long-ass time for me" QB school spittin' truth!

Can we appreciate also how he powered into the endzone with his bad shoulder on that last play

No one can blame the loss on him. He balled out and made key plays when it counted. That 3rd and 14 pass to Goedert comes to mind

Once again JT, your analysis beautifully broke down the nuances of JH#1 and the Eagles' offense in SB LVII. Hurts put the team on his shoulders. That two point conversion was CLUTCH. It seemed to me if the Eagles gave just a 5% better all around effort, we'd be partying down Broad Street with the Lombardi again. However, it wasn't to be. There's a strong nucleus of players that the Eagles can build around. Having a significant upgrade at OC, DC, and ST will have the "Birds" in a position to succeed. Btw...I emailed Eagles' football operations about installing "hot routes/reads" for their offense based on your analysis. Obviously, no adjustments were made. "GO BIRDS!!" 🦅💚🦅

Now it makes sense why RG #56, (Seumalo) seemed to be upset and appeared to be apologizing to Hurts after the fumble. Like you suggested, JT , he may have been supposed to pick up #32 (Bolton).

I can’t believe that 2x2 Zone Read set made it to the SB either! 50% of me thinks AJ Brown did that hesitation on Can’t believe we didn’t have Hot answers all year

I think Brown's touchdown was a purposeful move with his centerfield background. Gives him even better ball tracking ability

I heard a great quote on a podcast earlier in the year (forget who said it) but it really summed up how much jalen improved: “Hurts has improved in areas that I previously didn’t think were possible to improve in. It’s like he became a different quarterback.” Can’t wait to see what he brings next year.

Offensive mvp in that game imo, Bolton #32 for the chiefs defense game mvp /defensive player of the game...hurts should be in the playoffs again for the next few years

34:50 Hurts looks like he takes something off his throw, rather than step into it. When Coach gives a chuckle - you know it's a good throw.

Been saying for two years that he’s been fixing horrible play calls and making his line look way better than they are for two years. He made the line look twice as good as they did with wentz as a rookie.

Hurts put the team on his shoulders

Great Video, worst time for the Eagles OLine to have a bad game.

“I can tell you, you never want an unblocked LB in the B gap on a QB draw. You’re welcome”. Best free advice ever!

AJ got away with a subtle push with his left hand. I think that’s why it looked a little funky. Not sure it rises to offensive PI, but it was definitely a subtle push.

I think that what happened on the fumble is that Seumalo melted down after the false start call. You could even see Hurts calming him down on the bench after the series.

Birds need an OC. Submit your resume JT.

Thank you for this analysis JT. The fact that Hurts was effective as he was despite the schematic disadvantages is super impressive, but unfortunately not sustainable. Hopefully the Eagles are able to bring a new coordinator in that will build in some help to these schemes.

“… especially if you’re an Eagles fans.” Lol I felt that one

Great video JT. Very clear that the Chiefs D with Spagnuolo was able to schematically work against what the Eagles were doing, what with the no hot routes. Also I think you did a great job on the Chiefs O and how well schemed they were, and you can tell that the coaching really made all the difference in this game.

Every time you break down the Eagles, Goedert’s football IQ looks horrendous

You go crazy with the titles

You're right JT about the fumble because after that play Jalen went and pulled the O Line aside and talked to them on the sidelines. The next time they called that play was on the big 4th and 5 and Hurts got 20 some yards.

Hoping Brian Johnson will fix these deficiencies. Heard from Mike at gate city sports that Brian Johnson was really good against blitzing.

Thank You 🙏

Hilarious watching that first Goedert reception and seeing the defender with his hands all over him way past 5 yards. Same with the Watkins pass. You can see the db with his hand on Watkins shoulder and the ball hasn't gotten to the receiver yet.

After watching both QB breakdowns it seems clear the SB was decided by coaching and that if you flip the QBs the outcome would have remained the same. Nothing came easy for Hurts schematically like it did for Mahommes. Obviously both are great QBs but the coaching edge for KC was the difference.

Amazing analysis. I’ve learned so much about blocking schemes from this channel, I used to just think of the o line as fat dudes that basically took up space lol

That coaching laugh on that smash route to Goedert (sp?). When everything came together.

So, I can say with some certainty that Lane IS asked to 1v1 the edge on almost every snap. I can also tell you that the blocking assignments were properly executed, but they did not all win their assignments. Kelce is the one that got beat. One way to figure that out is by seeing him on the ground. He lost the leverage game and is off balance (he is undersized). Seumalo was intended to assist him, and Kelce would then pass the block. Kelce being off balance changed the angles, and Seumalo couldn't take the block because the tackle was already past him. Making things worse, Seumalo's attempt to take the block pushed Kelce more off balance, and further closed the A Gap. The plan was for the Dickerson A gap (left) to be open with Kelce, Seumalo, and the defensive tackle between the linebacker and Hurts hitting said A-gap. With Seumalo in control of the tackle, Kelce would then block the pursuing linebacker at the next level because that is what he is most well known for. Obviously, edges are normally faster, and he would have a clear and straight line of pursuit from behind if he was unblocked, which is why Lane was on the edge. All this meant Hurts started running to the left A-gap, but was forced to plant his foot and change direction. Then he immediately saw a linebacker where he changed direction to, and Lane was blocking the edge in the straightest path forcing a second change of direction. In under one second from realizing the A gap was closed (based on this video), Hurts was being tackled while trying to secure the ball on his side opposite the defender. What did we learn? Don't switch hands on the ball while actively being tackled. Flawlessly played by the defensive tackle. He beat a Hall of Fame center (probably) and won a Super Bowl, congratulations. I am now going to go watch Brandon Graham win a Super Bowl in a play!

Awesome break down again!

Too bad the Colts didn’t see this before they hired the Eagles’ OC for their new HC.

Great analysis! Lifetime eagles fan here.

Good stuff, both guys played more than well enough to win. Who are you looking forward to seeing some development from next year? My list would be Lawrence, Pickett, Howell and hopefully we see Lance, Jordan Love and Malik Willis. Also interested to see how Burrow, Herbert and Hurts adapt with less talent around after they get paid.

On that throw you called your favorite, I call that concept Crash. It's the Eagles #1 concept. Without question. They run it probably 8 times in this game. He threw the Under route to 11 every time before this throw. 38 Sneed played it well too, feathering off. Just perfect placement by Hurts. Big time throw. It was that same protection that kept getting exploited too. Can't have free runners in Charlie protection. Stoutland had to be losing his mind

Thanks for the breakdown. Appreciate your passion for the game. Your assessment from live to film, certainly holds true. Not as good as perceived live but still pretty damn good. I hope the next OC addresses this hot/pass-pro, I am afraid of hiring with-in and recycling similar philosophy. I would speculate that Jalen takes another step forward in his progress. I look forward to it. Hopefully no more malpractice .

Tbh my takeaway from this video other than what Dan talked about was that they Eagles need a better third receiver. Pascal's main job was to be a blocker and he was doing horrible and Watkins dropped passes all year(he apparently had a shoulder injury, idk if that affects drops) but the Eagles most effective set most of the year was 2x2 and they need a better third guy to run that a lot, idk care if it not a slot guy AJ can play the slot some. On that play where Jalen dropped the ball I think it was an RPO but because of the coverage the receivers didnt really finish their routes cuz they knew it should be a run and Jalen saw that gap in the left A gap and tried to run it there but the 1 tech crashed into that gap and because of the field conditions Jalen cudnt cut back and get far enough away to switch hands and the ball slipped out. Tbh I never had a major issue with Steichen because most of the time he had pretty descent gameplans, but their were some really dumb playcalls that came out during the season like the two middle screens in the Vikings game and the whole issue with not having hot routes lead to most of the sacks that Hurts had during the season, especially in empty sets. I think the worst thing is seeing those 7 man protections let free rushers to the qb tho, whats the point of running max protection if it duznt work even when the defense isnt running a 7 man pressure

30:10 nothing play? mr o'sullivan this play was vital to my parlay i wished watkins would've broken a tackle and gained 13 yrds for the over

MVP

After watching both this breakdown of the Eagles' offense and the Chiefs' breakdown yesterday, it seems that the difference between the two teams' offenses is that the Eagles have a lot to fix while the Chiefs were near error free. I could be wrong, but that's the impression I got.

On the drop by number 16 at 34:00… Brown beat his defender within 1 second of the snap, instead Hurts looks to the post route.

at 29:05 I'm a little curious why he didn't see the safety crashing down on the flat and realize he had 1:1 on the outside - that receiver was open. The TE route was an option too, but I think that's AJ Brown in 1:1 running a deep route to the end zone.

I hate to admit it but I’m not gonna lie by the time we were halfway through the season I kinda couldn’t wait for it to end. The only reason being I was so excited to see how much better he could look with another year of development. As upset as I am that they lost that Super Bowl, because they were more than capable of winning it, I came away from it vert optimistic about the future. Hurts played incredible all year, and I have no reason to believe he won’t come back next year and be even better. Losing Shane Steichen might hurt a bit but if we promote Brian Joseph then at least he’ll have some level of consistency. My god if the Eagles get a more aggressive DC and Hurts gets even just marginally better I can’t rule them out for a repeat run. This was long af but I’m a diehard Eagles fan and I’m thrilled to have Jalen Hurts as my Quarterback. In Howie we trust, Hurts is H1M 🦅

Are you sure the right guard didn’t just blow his assignment on the fumble play rather than the wrong protection being called?

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Can you do another video on their victory formation? The Chiefs couldn't stop it.

I’m an eagles fan and was a big Hurts doubter, but you can’t say he wasn’t the best player on the field Super Bowl night. He’s shown a lot of growth this year just hoping it’s not a one year wonder.

What's strange is Stout's supposed to be an o-line genius but the free rusher thing keeps happening. So, which is it, Stout has a blind spot or is Shane Stichen and/or Siriani telling Stout to run pass-pro this way? I could say that Spags is a great DC with 2 wks to prep but the free rusher has been an issue throughout the reg season 🤷‍♂️

Excellent analysis. Would you coach QBs in the NFL?

there's not a better QB in the NFC than Hurts.

Phillys play designs aren't as impressive as many led it to be. love this breakdown. kind of shows how good hurts is and was in that game very impressive but worried that their talent allows them to win games despite bad coaching.

Hurts was awesome, but is it fair to think that some of these pass protection issues are his fault for not recognizing and adjusting? Obviously I don’t know his level of responsibility for that in their offense, but isn’t that something that QBs are commonly responsible for?

I think I know at this point but what’s your general opinion on Steichen then? Colts just hired him and I’m watching this with intentions on learning something

What’s nub, if I’m spelling that right?

#hurtszn

JT - the OC who is committing malpractice in the clips where you point out there’s no hot receiver for Hurts just got named the Colts HC. SMH.

Really lost some credibility with me here. They have hot routes in their offense, they had them against NYG earlier this year, they had them all year and they run an air raid offense, most of it designed to get the ball out quick. Idk how you can bitch about the offensive scheme and system when they put up 35 points. Makes zero sense.

Why is one throw into double coverage celebrated when the previous throw into double coverage is considered a bad decision? The only difference is one was caught but both were bad decisions seemingly to me. Seems to lack consistency

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yo this title is sus

Yeah..if he played in the AFC..he would probably be the 7 qb..or less ....average arm strength..thanks

That's what happens when to run a QB as the running back. It's a high school offense.

OVERRATED 👏👏👏👏👏

Exactly why I’m not concerned with losing steichen, you don’t have hot routes in your offense?? Unacceptable