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Eagles defense shines in loss to Chargers
The Eagles' defense has been terrific this season, and Monday night was one of its best showings of the year.
Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was held to a career-low 46.2% completion percentage, and he finished with just a 59.6 passer rating. Philadelphia sacked Herbert seven times, the most in a game in his career, led by Jalyx Hunt (2.5), Jordan Davis (1.5), and Byron Young (1.5).
According to Next Gen Stats, the Eagles generated a 68.3% pressure rate, the highest by any team this season and the third-highest (min. 25 attempts) in any game since 2018.
"Just attacking it. We watched film. We thought we were prepared for their O-line and what they were going to run at us," Hunt said. "We looked at last week's film, it was real critical. And then this week we just stood on what we wanted to stand on."
Monday was a career-high in sacks for Hunt, and he also forced a fumble and finished with eight total tackles. It was the best performance in Hunt's short career, but it came in a losing effort for Philadelphia, which will stick with him more than the big numbers.
"It might look good stats-wise, but a loss is a loss," he said. "And I'm going to have to get on this plane with the dogs and it's going to hurt. ... But me personally, I don't take any [consolation], nothing like that. It don't feel good. It wasn't enough at the end of the day.
"We made some mistakes on the defensive end that we need to clean up. So we got to go in ... BG (Brandon Graham) taught me how to attack the losses. We got to get back in and make up for our mistakes. They scored more than we scored and that hurts. The score hurts, all the field goals hurt. We got to stop them a little bit more. So we got to go in and fix that."
Nick Sirianni has confidence the Eagles will bounce back
The Eagles are getting tested late in the season. It has been a difficult stretch for Philadelphia, and Monday's overtime loss was a heartbreaker.
However, Head Coach Nick Sirianni believes the Eagles have everything in place to turn the season around.
"The people we have in there," Sirianni said about what gives him confidence. "We've won a lot of football games. Right now, we've lost three in a row, so you know, again, I saw a great week of preparation, and I am confident in the coaches that we have, the players that we have, the owner [Jeffrey Lurie] that we have, the front office that we have, that we are built to overcome.
"We know how to do that, but it's going to start with this week, getting back late tonight or tomorrow and get back at it. We'll drag ourselves through the mud on the plane ride home. I look forward to watching the tape [and] seeing what we need to fix, and then you don't have a lot of time to feel sorry for yourself. You got to have that same confidence, that same joy that you come in [with] every single day, and I'm looking forward to getting back to work."
Jalen Hurts: I didn't play well enough
Jalen Hurts entered Monday's game with the best touchdown-to-interception ratio in the NFL, but he threw four interceptions against the Chargers. The final pick came in the red zone during overtime, where a touchdown would have given the Eagles the victory.
"I didn't play well enough," Hurts said after the game. "Too many turnovers. Lots of opportunities, especially when we get on the other side of the 50 [yard line] and I wasn't able to get us in the box [end zone]."
Philadelphia has a quick turnaround, facing the Raiders on Monday at Lincoln Financial Field.
"I'm going to watch the film. I feel like we had a lot of opportunities out there," Hurts said. "I had a lot of opportunities out there to go out there and go up in the game and put points on the board, win the game. Ultimately, bearing everything that has happened or has unfolded throughout the game, it's me asking myself, 'How do I respond from it, how do I respond to it, how do I improve, how do I work, how do I dig deeper?' I'll find a way to figure it out and that's my mentality."
A.J. Brown: I wasn't great when it mattered
A.J. Brown posted his third consecutive 100-plus-yard receiving game, but the wide receiver left Monday's loss more focused on the plays he missed than the ones he made.
Brown had three passes go off of his hands, including one in the back of the end zone that could have given the Eagles a touchdown lead with under three minutes remaining.
"That one hurt the most because we've been setting things up all game and he [Jalen Hurts] made a play," Brown said. "That one hurt me. That one hurt. I'm more than capable of making those plays. Jalen trusts me in any situation. I made some plays, but I wasn't great when it mattered."
Earlier in the fourth quarter, Brown dropped a pass that popped into the air and resulted in an interception. It was a pivotal play as the Eagles were looking to push their lead to double digits late and instead gave the Chargers a short field to tie the game.
"I'm more than capable of making that grab for him," Brown said. "Jalen, he stepped up in the pocket, he [was] under pressure. Like I said, I'm more than capable of making that one for him, man. That one hurt." — Written by Matt Ryan
