Jalen Hurts Week 13 2023 Analysis 

You don't know what his responsibility was on the play. I think the coaches had 0 respect for Hurts to make reads. They did this same thing to Dak.

You can see the LBs were passing the receivers to the next level. Specifically, Warner was playing the out/flat. I think they were in Cover 3. If I was JiYair I would sit back the next time we see them and let Warner do his thing in the 2nd level. I agree, we didn’t know his responsibility but it sure looks like he over anticipated

@@itstrue54 might also explain why Burrow and Cousins (who CAN read a defense) carved us up like a hot knife through butter.

Its not Purdys fault but he often has a guy completely wide open and its also his first read. Shanahan is truly a wizard and the only other team that gets reciever wide open more is Miami. Also a shanahan wizard. You dont even need a great oline if youre getting the ball to a wide open reciever in 2.5 seconds

Purdy had the most tight window throws through the first 8 weeks of football. Don't know where he is now but the narrative that his dudes are always wide open simply isn't true statistically. Also its almost never his first read. You just can't tell because he goes through his reads faster than anyone in the league. Watch the tape breakdown. He is often passing on short open receivers to go for the deeper pass. @@codyjackson245

@@codyjackson245 Dont get me wrong, Shanahan does get a lot of schemed open guys on short underneath stuff, but a lot of Purdy's highlights are throws to guys that are not the first read, and are thrown with anticipation. Add to that he's playing behind the 22nd ranked pass-blocking OL and you have to appreciate that Purdy is not just being carried by Shanahan and the 49ers playmakers.

​@@codyjackson245you also can't ignore the fact Purdy often makes off script choices and turns them into massive plays more often than not. It's kind of fun watching Shanahans blood pressure visibly rise, but still have a big play happen. Aside from that, there are numerous examples of Purdy dropping dimes to receivers that aren't wide open and still able to make plays because the ball was placed well. You have to admit his accuracy and anticipation is great, especially for how few starts he's actually had compared to the other elite QBs.

Hurts is elite, Purdy isn’t. Purdy also does the same exact things if not worse

Don’t know why; he’s a professional. Gotta let it rip.

because Stoll has stone hands and runs bad routes

Dallas will beat him next week

He barely threw it to Dallas

Don't know why Stohl gots good hands and catches pretty much everything that comes to him.

Not me..last 3 weeks..eeww

I don’t think it’s him but rather the play designs.

Had like 10 seconds to throw on some plays and couldn’t figure it out. And people think he’s an mvp candidate lol

lol.. Jalen Michael Newton Kapernick Hurts is just another version of the glorified mobile qbs..

He's always been pretty bad 😆😆😆😆 fluke year last year. 10 seconds to throw and he looks lost. Overrated. He should just stick to getting his rear pushed by dudes.

At the same time, as a Niners fan I was waiting for this video to see the downfield coverage... which was good, but certainly wasn't as perfect as Hurts made it look. A superior QB could have punished it, but I'm not sure there is a QB out there that has both the OL and the escapability to buy enough time against our DL. Christmas Day vs Lamar is gonna be a big test.

@@RV1AND I keep telling people to stop throwing parades for the DBs. We’re just back to having a devastating front four and sitting in a zone so the DBs benefitting

He threw for 300 yards and missed a lot of reads this game so wouldn't say brilliant.

That only works if the dbs stay locked! The very reason they were able to do that is cause if the coverage

hurts had all day, he just was indecisive. his leg isn’t fully healed so it’s not like he’s 2022 jalen hurts with running the ball

Yup watch Kurt Warner’s critique also, he missed a lot, and evaded when the line had a clean pocket, the 49ers d line did not do anything special, which I expected

​@CDotHoncho24 that was their game plan. Nick Bosa said as much after the game. Play contain and make him beat you with his arm. He couldn't

He usually can. This was an uncharacteristic day. A very bad day nonetheless@@danr543

​@@CDotHoncho24lol that was on purpose. If you rush too hard he can just run all around the field. If you make them stay in the pocket, knock it outside and use his passing on the run. A huge aspect of his game. It's better for the other team. He's a good pastor, but do you think Jalen is just some Peyton Manning who's just going to sit back there in the pocket and throw dimes all day? Not really his game

49ers d line was aiming to contain, and they did . . . @@CDotHoncho24

Except for the tons of tape that counters this claim. But yea, these plays in this one game definitively prove you correct. Reactionary.

It's not his preference. Nick Sirianni is a terrible play caller and it's making the entire offense play poorly

@@jadenblackerby3325except… you know he doesn’t call plays right?

We’re watching two identical qbs right now. Jalen Hurts and Justin Fields

@@JLA203 He does actually. The offensive scheme is almost identical to the one he called in the 2021 season. And their play calls don't match Brian Johnson's play calls when he was in Florida

Correct like he missed everything that was easy money. Get rid of the ball 1,2,3 throw he trying to force things this offense struggled because of him!

As an eagles fan I could not agree more game in and game out I’ve been saying he misses reads but he says keep the main thing the main thing so I said whatever, well I’m glad it finally caught up to us and we got blown out. Again as an eagles fan well deserved loss they can finally look in the mirror

you are what your record says you are. we can do "ifs" all day. it has to be studied why his 1st halves this year are slow out of the gate but he's on fire when the second half comes around. in this case, the defense couldn’t stop a nose bleed

Bingo

Athletes trying to play QB. They run around blindly until they see someone wearing their jersey color and then try to rifle it in there. That's not good QB play. You may get a couple highlight plays per game but you won't get consistency. I'm not sure Hurts would look like a starting NFL QB if he didn't have a stacked team. Probably closer to Fields than we want to admit.

@@Based_investorI’ll never forget the Clemson where he stifled bama offense once bo went down

@@Based_investor Agree. Just play the play. He has a strong and accurate arm. Just throw the ball. O-Line was probably a little frustrated they had to work overtime. He is so used to taking off from a very young age that it's become a hard habit to break. You're down 3 TD's with a few minutes to go in the game and you're taking off on 3rd and long. It's a dangerous play, unnecessary hits, etc... Just throw the damn ball. Wentz was doing a lot of weird things towards the end in Philly. Could this be the same decline? Now everyone thinks Kellen Moore is gonna implement all this motion into their offense. Motion will confuse Hurts more than it will confuse the defense. My hunch is they will use very little motion and if they struggle offensively Kellen Moore will have to answer those questions... why aren't you sing more motion? IMO Sirianni covered for Hurts last year when he was asked about Motion. He gave a strange answer. The fans will know the offense has less to do with the coaching and more to do with the qb. They have the Philly Shove to extend drives and score points or punt further down the field when they do punt. Most teams don't have that luxury. If Philly did not have the shove the offense would look a lot worse.

Because he doesn't want that. He wants big plays.

@@LTNetjak What a stupid ass take. Hurts had a bad game, no f'in doubt... but he's shown that he's a good pocket passer prior to this game. And not only that, he's on the tail end of season 3 as a starter... and he's 10-2.

hitler particles critical@@LTNetjak

There are systems in place to protect Hurts' weaknesses, but they can only do so much.

Because hurts is a bandaid qb. He’s talented and performs well with lots of weapons and a good o line. He struggled to make reads still in his 4th year now. He’s no better than Justin fields except mechanically tho. He is infuriating to watch when he’s kept in the pocket

@@BenDover-lg4wvliterally top 5 passer rating from the pocket 💀

100%

ha. ya my bad. although, i do love that intro

Brock Purdy had a new OC last year too. Didn't seem to rattle him.

@@DisappearingNightly I got you! Brock was a rookie and a third stringer last season. Happy anniversary, Brock, in the week 13 last season he stepped in for Jimmy off the bench cold and beat the Dolphins!

@@DisappearingNightly - I think Kyle still calls and installs all the passing plays, but the QBs Coach (Brian Griese) is still around. (Klay and Klint Kubiak were recently hired as Assistant QBs Coach/Passing Game Specialist. Chris Forester handles Run Game Coordination/O-Line.)

@@blackyoshi1230 Yeah I just meant that after four years at Iowa State he had to learn a new offense last year. Kind of a snarkastic response to the OP

As a birds fan I think Jalen is to fixated on the big play down field. If the coaching staff can convince him to take his check downs faster and take more of the underneath stuff on 1st and 2nd down we should be good. We had so many 1st down incompletions, and you can't waste first down. We should be running on 1st down and I would run to Lane Johnson's side more. He does a great job and other than Trent is arguably the best Tackle in football.

No. Teams have simply adjusted to how the approach him and he need to adjust his play or the play calling to combat this. They still 10-2

No we're 10-2. This is where the intangibles come to play. Jalen is religiously reviewing this tape as we speak. He had a bad game its clear. He is a great player and it happens to everyone.

Yea this is the first game he's had to play qb 😂

He went 10-1 not playing QB🫢

@@Kurkoutthe eagles went 10-1. He was just along for the ride

@@BenDover-lg4wv oh dang! Why would they pay him $255 million? they should’ve just kept Minshew instead of waisting their money🤦🏻‍♂️

@@Kurkout why did the giants pay Jones all that money. Do you really think they cant make irrational decisions based off overreactions to one year? Qb market is getting overinflated. Hurts will suck once that o line is not godlike. He won’t have all day to sit in the pocket and not throw the ball

*"Get a little pressure on him and he's done"* Wow, that might be the worst take yet. I mean aside from the re-hash of lame excuses for losing, the idea that Purdy doesn't react well to pressure is completely wrong. Fun fact, Purdy has the highest QBR in the NFL against blitzing defenses. Fun fact #2, philly blitzed Purdy ten times on Sunday. His numbers vs the blitz in that game? 10 for 10, 213 yards, 3 TDs and a perfect passer rating of 158.3. You sure you actually watched the game?

His clean pocket passer rating was 91.7.. Which isn't bad, but it's not great. He's much better on the run. I think you missed the video and Nick bosa's post game that gave Dallas the blueprint. Also watch the video you're posting on.

@@idk7825 now they've lost 2 games to NFCs best.. Where Jalen is being contained, not allowing him to roll right, throw on the run. Using 4 in the box being patient and spy linebacker on him. He had a ton of time in the pocket. If Philadelphia doesn't adapt with quick passes, they won't be as effective.

@@idk7825 3 in a row now....

The haters always wait until a bad game to crawl out.

@@ethanhowe768 Nah I've felt that way since he played at Bama. Why do you think he got benched for Tua in the National Championship game? He's a good player, not a great player. That better for you?

@@Hazy_91 just proves my point really. You come out to say this when he has a bad game. When he makes plays and performs well you’d look like an idiot for saying it. You wanna feel vindicated about your age old bad take and it’s sad.

@@ethanhowe768 No, this is gaslighting type shit. Hurts is good and not great. It's that simple. Nothing else needs to be said. If he wins out and then wins the superbowl and takes MVP then ok, I was wrong. Until then, you sound like you really don't know what you're talking about. Quit while you're ahead.

​@@Hazy_91he was like 17, then he came in against the same Georgia team when Tua was getting crushed and won.

Yeah eagles skill players couldn’t get a block on him🤦‍♂️

probably why u got logan ryan no?

The gameplan this game was let hurts throw and don’t let him get out of the pocket. There wasn’t a lot of pressure on hurts due to this so it’s very unlikely we see that against other teams.

His name is jiayir, probably one of like 10 people named that And you call him “brown”? lol cmon man

@@itskelvinn what you talking about ? His last name is brown. I know our players

@@Chris_oak80 he is trying to bait you. lol kinda funny though.

he also didn't have nick bosa, chase young and three other pass rushing monsters in his face.

all 22. You have to pay a subscription or something. I think they just changed it I believe it's part of NFL+ now

If you have NFL+ you can watch every game from 2009 till now from the all 22 it’s pretty cool.

@@jadenrogers9918 is the all 22 available from 2009-2021? i thought it is only there for 2022-2023

I'm so sorry but [insert QB] is so overrated. [bad game] just proves it.

He is. Played behind a great line that covered his flaws.

@@hangguy209 Nah man, we went 0-2 without him last year. You think he’s just replaceable with a mid QB? He’s top 5 at his position.

@@ethanhowe768 he'll decline rapidly from here on out. He's not no MVP 😆😆😆

Guess Mahomes is overrated. 200 yards and a int against the packers. Also has a great line and Travis Kelce. Also the greatest offensive mind ever calling plays.

Purdy takes what the defense gives him and lets his weapons get YAC. Selfless. Hurts tries too hard to get highlight throws holding the ball too long. He was successful early when AJ was getting the YAC. And then he decided he wanted to be a hero. Selfish.

@@hangguy209 Man this guys hates Jalen lmao

@@nickgarcia153 i don't hate Jalen. I just see it like it is. Too hyped up to be some hero but his numbers don't back it up. He will keep declining.

Yeah he’s really declining. The team lost a game and they’re 10-2 and he’s still an mvo candidate. Yeah. What decline?

@@invincibleswordsman110 look at his numbers now compared to last year. He is on a decline. Teams now adjusted to his abilities. Take away the tush push, his running ability, and he's lost in the pocket. He had like 10 secs and still can't do anything 😆😆😆

Yet doesnt hesitate to do a tush push?

Typical athletic QBs. All physical talents, no mental talents.

I’m highly skeptical of any of these “test” scores and what they’re supposed to measure. C. J. Stroud had 18, Bryce Young has 98. Which of them has played better?

He kinda reminds me of Russell Wilson who was never that good in the pocket. When they can’t scramble to make play they look average. Maybe with more experience his throwing with anticipation will improve but I doubt it.

@@hangguy209black*

The Wonderlic is meaningless. Plenty of guys with high Wonderlic scores who had a hard time processing at game speed, and plenty of guys with low scores who processed great. It's not just intelligence. It's preparation, emotion control, vision, spatial awareness, and processing in real time. The ability to do it consistently play-in, play-out, game-in, and game-out regardless of circumstances is an incredibly rare, incredibly specific toolkit. The Wonderlic doesn't even really attempt to measure it.

Yet Hurts is an MVP candidate?

@@BlinDefenderbeen saying this dude is Justin fields on a better team since the beginning of the season. He is not a franchise guy

@@BenDover-lg4wvor Kelce is a hall of famer whose been there triple hurts time and likely knows more about protection?

@@BenDover-lg4wv then your wrong 💀

@@kinggmoney_7463 wait till he has a worse o line. You’re gonna hate him. I’ve watched this dude at OU and bama. I know what he is

Yeah he does. He’s a rookie, he’ll get it sorted out.

Exactly if he wins the superbowl this year he should request a trade to the raiders. Watch how many guys leave the Eagles afterwards

I think that's just the vocal minority. I rarely comment on stuff because I hate wasting my time arguing with people I will never talk to again, but I've supported Hurts since he was Wentz's back up, and although I'm not thrilled with his performance in this game, I'd still be willing to bet my life on the fact that if anyone can take this loss as a learning experience and come back 10 times stronger, it's our boy Jalen mother fucking Hurts. Fuck all the doomers. Let the media count us out. It's like y'all don't remember 2017. FLY EAGLES FLY

Eagles need to lockdown Frank Reich to a multi year OC contract after this year

You definitely DO see it, but no you are NOT the only one. I have NO idea how that dude KEEPS getting away with it EVERY game..!!!

And Brock Purdy would have thrown for 300+ and three scores in the NFCCG had he been healthy. See how that works? 😂

@@DisappearingNightly They are completely different defenses lol I’m not sure how you can even compare last year to this year. I get it was a revenge game for the 49ers but even they know it’s not the same. He shows in this TEs running wide open. I’m not saying the Eagles didn’t lose. But game would have been closer at least.

@@TylerAvakian Right. Different defense. Not the same one that gave up 38 points in its biggest game last season. Maybe if Mahomes had gotten injured on the opening series of the Super Bowl things would have been different though. Although a lot of people seem to be trying to claim that a healthy quarterback makes no difference at all. The point is, yes when key players who are true difference makers for their teams are unable to play, safe to assume that it's a pretty huge break for their opponent. So yes, we can agree that a healthy elite level tight end is a huge plus and might even alter the course of a game. Granted, this is all ignoring the fact that SF was also playing without All Pro safety Talanoa Hufanga, so maybe we call it even. But this persistent belief that playing with a quarterback who has shown himself to be a consistently high level player as opposed to being forced line up a halfback at the position is somehow not even an admissible topic is ludicrous. Not to even mention that it makes those who insist on it come across as sensitive creatures who can't deal with the obvious reality that they were the recipient of a massive stroke of good fortune, acknowledge that, and happily move on with their lives.

@@DisappearingNightly My point was pointing out that the TE2 and TE3 were running wide open and Hurts doesn’t have chemistry or trust them like he does Goedert. He actively looks for Goedert not Stoll. Obviously, referring to this specific game and what he broke down in the video. He pointed it out multiple times.

@@TylerAvakian It's a fair point. And I haven't disagreed with it as your reasoning seems quite sound. I merely pointed out, employing the exact same type of logic you're using, the very plausible idea that the 49ers chances of winning the NFCCG last year went from very good, to very near zero due on an unfortunate injury. You've pointed out that there is strong reason to believe that, because of Hurts' comfort level, trust and chemistry and so on, they may well have exploited some of those opportunities had his tight end been healthy and playing. Seems like a reasonable assertion to me. The 49ers definitely caught a break, and like it or not, breaks do effect outcomes and are definitely part of the game. It always strikes me as interesting that fans will instantly spot breaks that go against their team as being unfortunate and maybe even, and often rightfully, intuitively understand that certain breaks make it virtually impossible for their team to win a given game. Yet they rarely employ that logic to bad breaks that happen to their opponent. It's the reason I responded as I did. A quality tight end who has a good rapport with a QB is a solid thing in football. I suspect deep down you understand that a quality QB who shows uncommon, almost freakish poise in the pocket and has command of his team's offense is an even more valuable commodity than a quality TE because, quarterbacks are kind of a lot more important to a team's success. I think you probably understand that. Yet any hint of the very logical idea that losing such a player and being forced to replace him with a practice squad player or worse yet, a halfback who had never taken a snap in a game before would more or less doom that team's chances is met with a dismissive wave of the hand because, well you just don't like that idea. My point is that saying healthy Dallas Goedert would have gone for 125+ in that game on Sunday is no more or less outlandish than saying that game in January would have been a dogfight, and a game you might very well have lost with a healthy Brock Purdy on the field for the 49ers. Just seems like a double standard, and I merely pointed out, you can't have it both ways. That's all.

They wouldn’t be this good if he wasn’t the QB for them

@@enochangbongy3206 one good year doesn’t justify $50 million. That’s all I’m saying

@@johndoyle3232 shows you haven’t played high level sport before good day sir

@@enochangbongy3206 ahh Philly fan. Checks out. My comment got 10 likes, so some people agree with me. You Philly fans think he’s a legend so all good

@@johndoyle3232 lol have good day sir

Weird. Shanahan said the same thing about Purdy's TD throw to Aiyuk at Seattle. Said the play wasn't designed to go there. But Purdy saw the coverage, saw a big gaping patch of open green grass and let it rip. Literally threw his guy open for a score. A chunk play on a play that was designed to be an intermediate route. That's what next level QB play looks like.

Hurts has demonstrated time and time again that he can do it. He just didn't on that play, which is partially on him and partially on the scheme it seems.

Right, his receivers are hardly ever as open as their defense allows other receivers to be.

31:18

He got off of it too quick LOL

Yeah the eagles are gonna have to move on from him when that o line is not great anymore. He’ll look like Justin fields.

It could be he is afraid to re injure his knee and bailing early

@@halofivekid5870 he’s bailed the pocket ever since college, nothing to do with his knee. It was on his scouting report

We can play the IF game. If All pro safety Talanoa Hufanga is in the game instead of a rookie maybe we aren't talking about.

Steichen and his weapons and his athleticism were fools gold pretty much. He’s ass just like Justin Fields

Purdys strength and the reason he’s leading mvp candidate is because of his processing. He reads the field instantly and throws with anticipation all the time. Hurts does neither and plays hero ball. Hurts and fields are the same qb

​@@BenDover-lg4wvcan't say I agree fully with the hurts/field comparison but as a metaphor, I see your point.

@@dreadjack117 I literally watch fields every week. His mechanics are a bit worse and he’s late to bail the pocket unlike hurts but otherwise they are the same. Stare down people, turn down easy completions, hold the ball too long and takes the worst sacks you’ll ever see. One has an amazing situation. One does not

@@BenDover-lg4wvSo one game defines hurts okay? Stop saying him and Justin field is alike cuz they’re not and it isn’t close first off. Second Jalen for sure damn well does play with anticipation just had a bad game that’s all. Go watch the bills tape and tell me Jalen played hero ball lol

@@sob_meen I did. And I’ve been watching him since college. Same tendencies when he doesn’t have a lane to run out of the pocket through