Philadelphia Eagles: 5 ways to fix the offense over the bye week
By David Esser
Figure out a role for Jalen Hurts.
I am quite emphatically not a fan of the Jalen Hurts stuff, but I am also not above suggestion. The team felt good enough about Hurts and his abilities to take him with the 53rd overall pick, I’d like to see him contribute to the team in some manner.
Now with that said, the current strategy of randomly chucking him out there to run the same read-option every single play certainly isn’t working. It’s unbelievably predictable, and Hurts just isn’t the same level of athlete as someone like Lamar Jackson who can successfully run that style of offense on a consistent basis.
On top of that, having Wentz stand out wide at WR is just a complete waste of a position on offense. The defense knows he ain’t going out for a pass.
Whether it’s using Hurts as a RB or a WR more, running legitimate 2-QB sets, or even giving Hurts his own drives once in awhile; if the team wants to use Hurts on a consistent basis then they need to commit to it.
If the best they can come up with is an occasional read-option for Hurts, then he’s better off just sticking on the sideline as the team’s QB2. Nothing wrong with him just being a solid backup at the moment.