Philadelphia Eagles legend Jason Kelce wants to see more designed runs for quarterback Jalen Hurts moving forward.
Hurts had eight games last season with double-digit rushing attempts. That number has dropped to only two such games this season.
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“I would like to see them do more [QB] runs, I’m not going to lie,” former center Jason Kelce said on local Philly radio 94 WIP last week. “I think it will keep defenses honest even more so that when you’re doing just a regular tailback run, those will be more effective. You get such better angles. The numbers are better. It makes life easy. It’s almost like cheating. And it’s been a big reason why the Eagles have been successful in the ground game throughout Hurts’ tenure.”
Hurts has carried the ball 84 times this season. He has 329 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns.
Last season, Hurts carried the rock 150 times for 630 yards and 14 touchdowns.
“I’ve always been focused on doing whatever it takes to win and I’ve always put my energy on trying to bring the game plan and the strategy that week to life,” Hurts said. “So I’ll continue to do that.”
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The Eagles are 8-4 on the season. They are first place in the NFC East.
However, the offense has struggled. Hurts and Co. are 23rd in passing yards, 22nd in rushing yards and 19th in points per game.
“We’re always thinking about how to protect Jalen and make sure that he is healthy for the long haul,” Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said. “Different plans have different reasons of why you run different things, and like I said, we will do everything we need to do to help this offense get rolling.
“Jalen’s talented in running the football. He is talented in also holding the backside when he doesn’t run the football. So a lot of different ways to do that. Again, always looking at everything and how we can improve.”
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The Eagles face the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football. The game is in Los Angeles, which is actually a good thing because Philadelphia fans booed the offense all game long on Black Friday against the Chicago Bears.
Hurts enters the Chargers game with 2,514 passing yards and 19 passing touchdowns. He’s completing 66.1% of his passes.
