GLENDALE, Ariz. — There are few quarterbacks in Super Bowl historical past who might have matched what Jalen Hurts achieved in Super Bowl LVII. Hurts turned the primary quarterback in league historical past to throw for 300 yards, rush for 70 yards, and rush for 3 touchdowns in a sport — reaching these heights in a Super Bowl no much less.
Which is why Hurts seemed dejected making an attempt to elucidate what occurred in a sport he did not need to lose. Not crushed, not battered, not scarred.
“You both win otherwise you study, that is how I really feel. You both win otherwise you study,” Hurts mentioned. “Win, lose, I at all times replicate on the issues I might have carried out higher, something you possibly can have carried out higher to attempt to take that subsequent step. That’ll be the identical course of I at all times have occurring.”
Hurts placed on a masterclass working and throwing the ball in his Super Bowl debut, doing all the pieces he might to maintain the Eagles within the sport in opposition to the Kansas City Chiefs. He set Super Bowl data for quarterback speeding yards (70) and quarterback speeding touchdowns in a Super Bowl (three), becoming a member of Terrell Davis for probably the most speeding touchdowns in a Super Bowl.
He completed with 5 speeding touchdowns within the postseason, probably the most by any quarterback in playoff historical past. Hurts actually deserved to hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy on Sunday night time, however as an alternative needed to accept watching Patrick Mahomes elevate it up for the second time in 4 years.
It’s feeling he actually would not wish to overlook.
“I at all times maintain myself to a really excessive normal in all the pieces that I do,” Hurts mentioned. “Obviously, I attempt to management the issues that I can, (however) you look again and replicate on among the issues that you possibly can have carried out extra, you possibly can have tried and carried out one thing to vary the end result of the sport. That’s the way in which it really works.”
Hurts wasn’t good within the sport, as his fumble within the second quarter resulted in a landing that allowed the Chiefs to tie the sport and stay inside placing distance in 1 / 4 the Eagles dominated.
The finish results of Philadelphia shedding by three factors stings much more. Even within the agony of defeat, Hurts showcased why he was battered however not crushed. This is what makes him the chief that he’s — and why the Eagles going again to the Super Bowl is an effective guess.
Hurts has taken these hits earlier than. He at all times bounces again.
“I do not do that to be cherished. I do not do that to be hated. I do not do that to hunt anybody else’s approval. I do it for the fellows within the locker room,” Hurts mentioned. “I do it for on a regular basis that we have invested into this. I do it for the love and thrill of rising that one thing and put the work in and go on the market and get it.
“You go on the market and also you make it occur. It is a troublesome feeling to return up quick. It’s a really robust feeling, however I do know the route is to rise and that would be the M.O. going ahead, that would be the mentality going ahead. That is the mentality.
“We’ll sit again, replicate on it and study from it.”
