Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts Shines, Ends Touchdown Droughts for DeVonta Smith, Julio Jones

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is done talking about his knee, letting his play speak for itself, and in a 38-31 win over the Washington Commanders, he turned up the volume, especially to a pair of receivers.

LANDOVER, MD. – Hours before the Philadelphia Eagles kicked off against the Washington Commanders at FedEx Field on Sunday, FOX’s NFL Insider Jay Glazer reported that Jalen Hurts had a bone bruise in his left knee.

Hurts, though, is done talking about it.

“I’m here, you know,” he said. “I told you guys I really don’t wanna speak on it anymore, you know. I’m out there.”

So, Hurts is letting his play speak for itself, and in Sunday’s 38-31 win, his play spoke loudly and clearly.

The quarterback fired four touchdown passes in the win that gave the Eagles the best record in all of football at 7-1 after the Kansas City Chiefs fell to the Denver Broncos.

He completed 29 of 38 throws (76 percent) for 319 yards and four touchdown passes. His touchdown throws covered 16 and 25 yards to A.J. Brown, 38 yards to DeVonta Smith, and eight yards to Julio Jones.

Yes, Smith and Jones got in on the act, ending long droughts for both receivers.

The last time Smith scored a touchdown was in Week 2 against the Minnesota Vikings. He has three on the season.

“It feels good,” said Smith. “It had been a while.”

Asked by SI.com Eagles Today if he knew how long it had been, he said, “Nah.”

Informed it was Week 2, he said, “Yeah, been a minute.”

His touchdown catch pulled the Eagles into a 24-24 tie with 8:47 to play in the fourth quarter.

Julio Jones makes his first TD catch as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 8 / USA Today

As long as it’s been for Smith, it’s been even longer for Julio Jones, whose 8-yard touchdown catch gave the Eagles their first lead of the game at 31-24 with 7:17 to go in the game and allowed the Eagles to capitalize on an interception by safety Reed Blankenship that set the Eagles up in a goal-to-go situation.

Jones’ last touchdown catch was Week 10 last year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

“It was a play we’ve been practicing, and we had seen some looks that they were going to give us down in the red zone throughout the week,” said Jones. “Me and Jalen practiced it. You couldn’t have drawn it up better. They did exactly what they had been showing on film. We just went out there and executed.”

This was Jones’ second game with the Eagles after he was promoted from the practice squad for a second time. He has one elevation left, and that will come in Week 9’s game against the Dallas Cowboys unless he is added to the roster this week.

He eventually will be. He has already helped this team win a big game in comeback style.

Head coach Nick Sirianni said Jones and Hurts practiced that play all week.

“They worked the crap out of it,” said Sirianni. “I think we ran it twice in practice. The first one we missed. The second one we hit and in between us missing that, they must have thrown it 15 times…they worked tirelessly on it at Friday’s practice.”

“They know I can make plays,” said Jones. “We practice against each other every week. But just like I said, my number was called. I needed to be clutch and do my job at the end of the day, regardless of the score and what we were at. It was an opportunity for me, and I needed to take advantage of it.

“I know who I am. Regardless of whatever the narrative is, at the end of the day, it’s a team win. It’s not about me in this situation. I did it for my team, my teammates.”