Jalen Hurts blames the Eagles’ offensive woes on “poor execution.”
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Hurts → blame → execution
He repeated it three times as his only answer to a question about how the Eagles failed to score in the second half and blew a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter to the Los Angeles Rams.
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Eagles → repeat → Rams
Hurts said it again when asked how the Eagles failed to convert a single third down in their 24-20 loss on Sunday.
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Eagles → say → Sunday
Hurts had only 10 yards passing in the second half.
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Hurts → have → half
So what’s really to blame for the offense?
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what → ’ → offense
Hurts blames the execution.
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Hurts → blame → execution
Eagles fans, well, they blame coach Nick Sirianni, and perhaps with good reason after his ill-fated decision to try to score a touchdown in the fourth quarter on fourth-and-goal from the 2-yard line.
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they → blame → line
The Eagles failed to score, and the Rams came back and scored a touchdown on a 98-yard drive.
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Rams → fail → drive
Sirianni took the fall and refused to pin the blame solely on new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion.
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Sirianni → take → Mannion
“He’s going to wear a lot of this.
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He → go → this
There’s no doubt,” Sirianni said.
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Sirianni → ’ → ?
“I’m going to wear a lot of this.
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I → go → this
Our offense is going to wear a lot of this.
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offense → go → this
You win together; you lose together.
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you → win → ?
I have no complaints on what happened there today.”
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what → have → complaints
The Eagles also have been smacked with injuries and played without several key starters.
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Eagles → smack → starters
They lost a few more on Sunday and could be looking to start a handful of backups when they play Jacksonville this weekend.
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they → lose → Jacksonville
“Next man up” sounds good in theory.
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man → sound → theory
Not necessarily when they need a half-dozen or more to fill the spots.
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they → need → spots
“I have a lot of faith in everybody on this football team,” Sirianni said.
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Sirianni → have → team
“There’s a reason they’re Philadelphia Eagles.”
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they → ’ → ?
The 2-2 record seems pretty dire for a franchise that has set a championship standard.
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that → seem → standard
Perhaps they can learn something from the 2024 season when they were 2-2 — and then won the Super Bowl.
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they → learn → Bowl
Hurts said the Eagles can fix their offensive woes with, yes, better execution.
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Eagles → say → execution
“You’re finding your flow collectively as a unit,” Hurts said.
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Hurts → find → unit
“I think it comes down to finding a flow, finding a rhythm as a unit, as a group, and going out there and executing at a higher level.
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it → think → level
We didn’t do that today.
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We → do → that
What’s working
The Eagles got their first takeaways of the season and were able to convert them into points.
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Eagles → work → points
Matthew Stafford was intercepted on the Rams’ first drive on a diving catch by Eagles safety Andrew Mukuba.
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Stafford → intercept → Mukuba
He had the Eagles’ first pick of the season.
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He → have → season
That led to a field goal.
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That → lead → goal
Stafford threw his second pick to Cooper DeJean and that set up the Eagles’ final touchdown for a 20-10 lead.
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that → throw → lead
What needs help
Third-down conversions and second-half scoring.
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needs → need → conversions
The Eagles failed to convert a single third down on 12 tries and have been outscored 31-0 in the second half of their last two games, both losses.
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Eagles → fail → games
They had only 68 net yards passing and a measly 172 yards of total offense against the Rams.
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They → have → Rams
With DeVonta Smith out with a hamstring injury (he could miss Sunday, as well), Cooper ably filled in as a top target.
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Cooper → miss → target
Cooper, who made the game-winning TD catch in a Week 2 win in Tennessee, had touchdown catches of 10 and 18 yards in the first half against the Rams.
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who → make → Rams
Hurts was under pressure on a pass play and floated a pass into the end zone off his back foot.
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Hurts → float → foot
Rams safety Quentin Lake had a pick in sight and got his fingertips on the ball when he leapt at the goal line.
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he → have → line
Cooper jumped behind him and snatched the ball and then tumbled to the turf to turn the potential interception into a touchdown and a 13-3 lead.
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Cooper → jump → touchdown
…and 13 more, not listed.
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