From the episode
Now 49% of his dropbacks feature an intermediate in breaking route. That's 15th lowest...He's still throwing it at a 16% rate. That's eighth lowest. He's actually throwing it less this year, even with an offense that's calling it more...He does it 18% of the time since 2020. He doesn't throw over the middle and defenses know that.
STACKED’s take
Hurts targets middle of field at 8th-lowest rate despite offense calling it more; structural weakness.
Hurts has a persistent pattern of avoiding intermediate in-breaking routes over the middle of the field. In 2024, 49% of his dropbacks feature an intermediate in-breaker (15th lowest/dead average), yet he targets these routes at only a 16% rate (8th lowest)—actually throwing it less this year despite the offense calling it more. Since entering the league in 2020, he has the lowest rate of targeting the middle of the field across all depths (18% of the time). This structural preference limits offensive efficiency in critical moments; the source notes that in the Eagles' loss to Jacksonville, throwing to Dallas Goddard over the middle on third-and-three would have forced Jacksonville to burn a timeout and potentially changed the game outcome. Defenses specifically call coverages to play the sidelines because they know Hurts' tendencies.
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