Despite forcing a season high-tying five turnovers against the Washington Commanders, the Eagles still couldn’t get the job done. The Commanders handed the Eagles their first loss since September on Sunday afternoon in their 36-33 comeback win.
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has exited Sunday's game against the Washington Commanders due to injury. Backup Kenny Pickett has replaced him in the first quarter, as reported by Adam Schefter. Hurts, in the meantime, is being examined for a concussion after taking a hard hit while running the ball on 2nd-and-20.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts suffered a concussion in the first quarter of Philadelphia's last-second loss to the Washington Commanders on Sunday.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts left Sunday’s game against the Commanders with a concussion, a major scare for Philadelphia as the team eyes a run at the Super Bowl.
That has Barkley over 100 yards for the day, with seven carries for 109 yards and two touchdowns. He entered today averaging 120.6 yards per game, and needs to average 139 rushing yards in the Eagles’ final three games to break Eric Dickerson’s single-season record of 2,105 yards.
Kenny Pickett replaced Hurts (concussion) but the Birds made several key mistakes late as they missed a chance to clinch the NFC East.
After Jalen Hurts left with a concussion, Jayden Daniels threw five touchdown passes and the Washington Commanders ended the Philadelphia Eagles win streak at 10.
Jayden Daniels and the Commanders wouldn’t lay down. No matter that they’d turned the ball over five times, their rookie quarterback throwing two interceptions and their skill players losing three more fumbles.
The Philadelphia Eagles may have to face the Dallas Cowboys this weekend without Jalen Hurts. Last weekend, Hurts suffered a concussion in the first half against the Washington Commanders. He was replaced by Kenny Pickett,
The Eagles have just two regular-season games remaining before they attempt to make a postseason run to the Super Bowl, so what do they need to fix before the playoffs begin?
Finishing with a final score of 36-33, the Commanders not only showed they could hang with the Eagles (again) – a team that came into last week looking to make a run at the No. 1 seed in the NFC Playoffs – they showed that they could be better.