Bleeding Green Nation on Jalen Hurts
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Hurts also left opportunities on the field, particularly over the middle... Hurts did not play badly overall, but he left a few plays out there... He's too risk-averse, and we know that Nick Sirianni preaches winning the turnover battle, too.
STACKED’s take
Hurts left multiple middle-field opportunities on the field due to risk-aversion.
Hurts showed mixed performance against Jacksonville; while empty formations gave him clearer answers against pressure and he executed some successful under-center play-action throws, he left opportunities on the field, particularly over the middle. The source identifies at least two to three plays where Wicks was open over the middle and Hurts should have thrown it but didn't, attributing this to risk-aversion and the team's emphasis on winning the turnover battle. The source notes: "Hurts did not play badly overall, but he left a few plays out there" and "he's too risk-averse," concluding that while the passing-game structure has issues, Hurts must capitalize when given open receivers, especially when the run game produces almost nothing.
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