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Jalen Hurts put an exclamation point on any doubts as to his standing as the Eagles‘ quarterback for the present and the future.
Hurts was dominant Monday night in the Eagles‘ 24-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings. He completed 26 of 31 passes for 333 yards and a touchdown. He ran for 57 more yards and 2 TDs.
In all, the Eagles racked up 486 yards of offense.
But the Eagles went scoreless in the second half. It hardly mattered because the defense held the Vikings to just 264 total yards. They intercepted Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins three times. Darius Slay had two of the INTs, and he held Justin Jefferson to just 48 yards receiving.
Jefferson had 184 yards receiving in the Vikings‘ opener.
Hurts, meanwhile, spread the ball around. Four of his receivers had at least 69 yards receiving, led by Dallas Goedert with 82 yards.
The Eagles did all of their scoring in the first half, when Hurts completed 17 of 20 passes for 251 yards. His rushing touchdowns came from 3 yards out and 26 yards out.
On the last TD, Hurts ran down the right sideline and appeared to be going out of bounds before cutting back inside and barreling over a defender. That gave the Eagles a 21-7 lead with 1:58 left in the first half.
The Eagles got the ball back at their 5 yard line with 1:21 remaining. Incredibly, Hurts led them down the field, completing passes of 19 and 23 yards to Goedert to get to the Vikings‘ 20-yard line with 6 seconds left.
Jake Elliott kicked a 38-yard field goal as time expired and the Eagles had a 24-7 lead at the break. They also had 347 yards of offense in the first half alone.
Hurts completed his first 11 passes, for 151 yards before throwing his first incompletion on a pass that Goedert couldn’t hold onto.
Hurts ran the ball in from the 3 to give the Eagles the early lead on their opening drive. Then he hooked up with Quez Watkins on a 53-yard bomb in which Watkins was 10 yards beyond the closest defender.
The Vikings got back into the game on Irv Smith’s 2-yard touchdown reception with 9:39 left in the half.
