Breaking: Hurts-to-Smith Magic Strikes Again
When Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts wheeled in for an 18-yard touchdown with 9:25 left in the third quarter, the Eagles had a 22-point lead over the lifeless Jacksonville Jaguars.
Jacksonville had one first down and 36 yards on 21 offensive plays. Philadelphia had 14 first downs and 265 yards on 47 offensive plays.
But before the game was over, Hurts would have to lean on former Alabama teammate DeVonta Smith for the Eagles to come away with a 28-23 victory, including a catch by the 2020 Heisman Trophy winner that coach Nick Sirianni said would “live on in the sports world of Philadelphia for a long time.”
After the Jaguars scored 16 points in a 14-second span, the Hurts-to-Smith connection re-ignited Philadelphia. A 7-yard pass to Smith on third-and-6 picked up a first down before Hurts unloaded a long throw to Smith for a 46-yard gain, then ended the series with a 25-yard touchdown pass to the wide receiver known as the Slim Reaper.
