Eagles, Jalen Hurts and New York Giants
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It’s time for a weekly stock report after the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants. Whose arrow is pointing up after Week 8? And whose stock is dipping going into the bye week? Let’s take a closer look.
After Lane Kiffin implemented his explosive spread attack in 2016, Alabama head coach Nick Saban brought in Daboll to modernize the Crimson Tide offense. Hurts was coming off a 14–1 season as a true freshman but needed refinement as a passer and Daboll delivered.
The Eagles rebounded from the NFC East upset to edge the Minnesota Vikings on the road, opening up their dormant passing game in the process. The Giants, meanwhile, looked poised for another magical victory against the Denver Broncos,
The "tush push" play in the NFL has become controversial and hard to stop. The Philadelphia Eagles have perfected it, but opponents and officials struggle to counter it.
The much-maligned Jalen Hurts took advantage of a secondary littered with backups and threw for 179 yards and four touchdowns before taking the final series off. The vaunted Giants defensive line was carved up for 276 rushing yards by Saquon Barkley (150 yards), Tank Bigsby (104 yards) and Hurts (22).
New York Giants linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux was a little peeved after a fumble on the tush push was not called on the Philadelphia Eagles.
Fox rules analyst Dean Blandino: "To me, he is pushing forward, he is reaching. That is an early whistle, in my opinion."
Yet he had as significant of an impact as Goedert did in the Eagles' blowout win over the Giants, and Goedert caught two touchdowns in the victory. Fred Johnson -- the honorary ti