The Philadelphia Eagles have an opportunity to inch closer to a second-straight NFC East title on Christmas Day. With the Dallas Cowboys losing to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, the Eagles now simply require to run the table to protect the department, beginning with a win over the New York Giants.
Early because video game, their quarterback made a little NFL history.
Jalen Hurts scored from one lawn out on a Christmas edition of the “Brotherly Shove,” and it marked the QB’s 15th hurrying goal of the season:
That broke the previous record for hurrying goals in a single season by a quarterback, held up in 2011 by Cam Newton. That was Newton’s novice season in the NFL, and not just did he set a brand-new hurrying TD record for novice passers that year, however it broke the all-time record for quarterbacks. The previous record for hurrying goals from a QB in a single season was 12, set by Steve Grogan of the New England Patriots back in 1976.
Injures may require to keep scoring to hold on to his brand-new record. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has 13 hurrying goals of his own this season, and he has video games versus the New England Patriots and the Miami Dolphins left on the schedule.
Allen has actually played both groups this season, scoring a hurrying goal in each.
Still, the record comes from Hurts today, and with Philadelphia’s success on the “Brotherly Shove,” it is likely he includes a couple of more hurrying TDs this year to extend his brand-new record.