Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown silence Eagles critics again with Super deadliest offense

Entering Week 3, the Philadelphia Eagles were 2-0 with a home game against the also undefeated Los Angeles Rams, despite passing the ball only 40 percent of the time in their first two games, the lowest rate in the NFL.

Related, they had the No. 31 passing offense (238 yards) after beating the Cowboys and Chiefs, with the Titans and rookie QB Cam Ward being worse. Despite the close victories, there was the typical concern and criticism about whether the Eagles' passing game was in a slump.

Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown made sure to bust up that silly annual narrative before it really could get told.

The Eagles needed to have Jalen Hurts drop back 36 times to pass in Sunday's wild comeback after falling down 26-7 to the Rams. They ran only 27 times, with Hurts getting a third of that work with Saquon Barkley, who rushed for 460 yards in two games against the Rams in 2024, compiling only 46 scoreless yards.

Turns out the Eagles are just fine, per usual, throwing 57 percent of the time. Hurts almost matched his two-game previous total with 226 yards as part of his 21-for-32, 3-TD day. The equal opportunity passer he is, he made sure his top three targets, A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith and Dallas Goedert scored. Goedert and Brown stretched the field for big plays. Smith was clutch on the game-winning strike late in the fouth quarter.

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Here's more on how Philly silenced the doubters questioning the team's offense. 

How Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown silenced Eagles critics

Brown had his first 100-yard game of the season as the Eagles' leading receiver, catching six of his 10 targets for 109 yards and that TD. Brown came into the game catching six of his previous nine targets for only 35 yards.

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This is what the Eagles do. This is what makes them so difficult to beat. Let Hurts and Barkley run wild? Then prefer for a painful death of being pounded on the inside and get gutted on the outside.

Focus on shutting down Barkley and containing Hurts' legs? They will just unleash Brown and Smith. Sometimes they need to unleash complete balanced hell for sixty minutes, as they did in routing the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl 59.

Wait, there will still be another complaint about the now 3-0 Eagles, that they don't pull away from teams or put them away. They beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-20. They held on vs. the Chiefs, 20-17. They needed a block on a missed field-goal attempt vs. Los Angeles Rams to flip a potential 29-27 loss to a more cosmetic spread-covering 33-26 full touchdown victory.

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The Eagles don't need a convincing blowout to convince anyone the reigning Super Bowl champions are the favorites to repeat. With another NFC title contender, the 3-0 Buccaneers, hosting them in Week 4, that might be a chance for full offensive fury on the road against a subpar all-around defense.

Philadelphia will be fine winning 34-17. It will be OK beating Tampa Bay 23-20. Whatever it takes, there are no style points needed when you're the champs, the ultimate hunted in the NFC where every contender will give them everything they've got. 

The Eagles are good enough to give either half of what all they've got with Hurts, Barkley, Brown, Smith, Goedert and that offensive line and still win, based on what the matchup and game script dictates. They are just as comfortable rushing with a lead and passing in a hole. Heck, they could do vice versa in some games and still on top.

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When Hurts and Brown are healthy playing a game together, they are 40-10, a winning percentage of .800, going back to the 2022 season, Brown's first since coming over from the Titans. They have gone undefeated for the length of a full season with 17 consecutive victories as a on-field combination. Whether Brown catches zero passes or hits double digits in receptions,  the direct or indirect major impact on Hurts, Barkley, Smith and the entire offense are there.

The fact the Eagles' offense feels more ho-hum than Super spectacular? That's a credit to how they have pulled out their most dangerous and deadliest yet in the facc to their biggest challenge to trying to repeat in a tough NFC.