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Fire and ice: Inside Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts' low-key pursuit of perfection

PHILADELPHIA -- When the railing near the visiting tunnel at FedEx Field collapsed earlier this month, sending about eight fans crashing to the ground in front of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, the first thought Andrew Collins had was: "I just blew out my franchise quarterback's ACL." Collins, a 26-year-old Eagles fan from Brooklawn, New Jersey, went hurtling toward the unsuspecting Hurts and was sure he had landed on him.

But Hurts calmly shuffled his feet, turned and narrowed himself against the burgundy wall in one motion, just in time to dodge the avalanche of bodies.