As he held the George Halas Trophy emblematic of the NFC championship on Sunday, Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni yelled at CBS Sports’ Terry Bradshaw: “How about our quarterback?”
The Eagles had just defeated the Washington Commanders 55-23 to win the conference crown for the second time in three seasons and punched their ticket to Super Bowl LIX.
“How about our quarterback?” Sirianni said at the awards ceremony. “He’s a stud. I knew he was going to play that way. I knew it. Don’t doubt him. All he does is win.”
Against Washington, Hurts completed 20-of-28 passes for 246 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions and ran 10 times for 16 yards and three touchdowns – a performance that Sirianni described as “awesome.”
Hurts became the first player in NFL history with two playoff games with three touchdowns runs and one touchdown pass and surpassed Steve Young’s NFL record for the most postseason rushing touchdowns by a quarterback.
But the former Alabama standout also recorded his second game with at least 200 passing yards in his past eight outings. His lack of the big passing numbers that he has had in the past – 13 300-yard passing games before the 2024 season – has caused concern and questions about his play.
“It’s amazing how much doubt there is sometimes,” Sirianni said. “I can’t quite comprehend it. It doesn’t look like people think it should look like, but the guy has been clutch. He’s won a ton of football games. ‘But you ran for this many yards.’ We don’t care how we win. We don’t care. If we rush for 300 and pass for 1 and we win, great. If we rush for 1 and pass for 300, great. Who cares? We’ve just continued to win. He’s just continued to win.
