Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown Want to Let It Fly. Is That Smart for Eagles?

You’d never know what was happening by looking at Jalen Hurts’ face. He stood there on the sideline after leading the Eagles on a go-ahead drive, during which he threw the ball 10 times, culminating in a four-yard touchdown pass and a successful two-point conversion. Hurts watched while the Rams lined up for a 44-yard field goal that would’ve won the game for Los Angeles. 

Instead, of course, the Eagles blocked the kick, scooped and scored as time expired. Eagles 33, Rams 26.

Around Hurts, the sideline went wild. Coach Nick Sirianni — the team’s emotionally heated ying to Hurts’ ice-cold yang — bumped into the quarterback with a massive smile on his face. Hurts didn’t smile. He must have been content, because the Eagles won. If we take him at his word, that’s all he cares about. So it probably wasn’t notable that he looked borderline upset after the win. Because that’s just the way Hurts is.

Jalen Hurts looks on after defeating the Rams 33-26 at Lincoln Financial Field on Sept. 21. (Photo by Ishika Samant/Getty Images)

Except …

Well, not long after that moment, Hurts spoke with FOX Sports’ Pam Oliver on the field.

"It’s always good to get a win, and if that doesn’t show you what type of team we are, then I don’t know what does," Hurt said of Philadelphia's comeback from a 26-7 third-quarter deficit. "Now, we completely did that to ourselves in the first half. Completely. … It’s unacceptable."

He added: "We play so many styles of football where in that first half, we got to get out of this playing not to lose. We got to come out aggressive and play our game. You saw our game in the second half."

With Hurts and the Eagles’ coaching staff, it’s never hunky-dory. 

They won’t hold hands and sing "Kumbaya" together. There