The Philadelphia Eagles punched their ticket to the Super Bowl with a dominant performance against the Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship Game Sunday. Quarterback Jalen Hurts had four total touchdowns including three rushing scores as he surpassed Steve Young for the most touchdown runs by a QB in a single postseason with nine.
PHILADELPHIA − It started out as a potential blowout as the Eagles, seemingly released like caged lions as the playoffs finally began, were on the verge of burying the Green Bay Packers early.
Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles booked their spot in the Super Bowl after a dominant 55-23 victory over the Washington Commanders in the NFC championship game on Sunday.
Former Vanderbilt linebacker Oren Biurks will play in Super Bowl 59 with Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles vs Kansas City Chiefs
Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver, James Jones had some harsh criticism for Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, Jalen Hurts after hearing his post-game comments towards the Eagles’ head coach Nick Sirianni off the heels of defeating the Washington Commanders in the NFC championship game and advancing to the Superbowl.
Philadelphia got their playoff run started with a win against the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card round. As the two seed, the Eagles stayed at home in the divisional round to play the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams put up a good fight and they had a chance to win it at the end, but the Eagles got the win.
Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts play in Super Bowl LIX on February 9. They are among the eight Black NFL quarterbacks to start in the annual championship game.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts suffered a knee injury during last Sunday’s win over the Rams in the divisional round of the playoffs.
Despite that, no former Sooners QB has ever won a Super Bowl as a starter. Troy Aikman, who played for Oklahoma but finished his career at UCLA, won three rings with the Dallas Cowboys in the 1990s, but if Mayfield, Murray or Hurts were to pull it off, they’d be the first to officially do it from Oklahoma.
Former Eagles star Jason Kelce jumped on social media and shared his reaction to the viral photo as well. The 37-year-old former center had an expletive reaction to Hurts, as Kelce absolutely loved the image. "This photo is [expletive] incredible," he said.
One NFL executive doesn't believe the Philadelphia Eagles can beat the Washington Commanders in Sunday's NFC Championship Game on the strength of Jalen