Eagles head to London at .500 and in dire need of fixing offense sagging under Hurts, Sirianni
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Jalen Hurts blames the Philadelphia Eagles' offensive struggles on poor execution
PHILADELPHIA -- Jalen Hurts blames the Eagles' offensive woes on “poor 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. Hurts said it again when asked how the Eagles failed to convert a single third down in their 24-20 loss on Sunday.
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. The Eagles failed to score, and the Rams came back and scored a touchdown on a 98-yard drive.
Sirianni took the fall and refused to pin the blame solely on new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion.
“He’s going to wear a lot of this. There’s no doubt,” Sirianni said. “I’m going to wear a lot of this. Our offense is going to wear a lot of this. You win together; you lose together. I have no complaints on what happened there today.”
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