Jalen Hurts authors perfect passer rating in Eagles' victory - ESPN

MINNEAPOLIS — As quarterback Jalen Hurts made his way into the visitors locker room following the Eagles' 28-22 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, he shouted, «We ain't f---ing losers no more.»

Hurts said he played with «some fire» following back-to-back losses to the Denver Broncos and New York Giants, and that was evident to teammates as he threw for 326 yards and three touchdowns and ended with a perfect 158.3 passer rating — just the third Eagles signal-caller to do so.

«He's got so much swag,» left tackle Jordan Mailata said. «When he's in control, you can see a look in his eye.»

Hurts said that during the team's slide all he could think was the opportunities to finish down the stretch in games. The Eagles were dead last in yards per play (3.9), score percentage (24%) and punt percentage (53%) in the second half this season entering the game.

Philadelphia flipped that script against Minnesota as Hurts threw for 240 yards and a pair of scores in the second half. He averaged 20 yards per pass attempt over that span, the highest rate in the second half by a quarterback with at least 10 attempts since Kirk Cousins in Week 11 of 2016 (10.3 YPA), according to ESPN Research.

The Philadelphia offense got off to a hot start in the third quarter, with Hurts finding DeVonta Smith for a 79-yard touchdown off of play-action on the Eagles' opening series. Smith identified a vulnerability in the Vikings' defense when the Eagles went under center and told whoever would listen at halftime that the team could take advantage of it.

«Smitty basically saw something and was like, 'I'm telling you, it's there.' KP [offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo] trusts him, we called it and we hit it,» running back Saquon Barkley said.

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