With 13:45 left in the fourth quarter of Sunday night’s regular-season finale between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Football Team, an NBC camera panned to Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts. With the Eagles trailing 17-14 and presented with a valuable moment for arguably the most important player heading into the franchise’s offseason, Hurts sat on the bench and nursed an expression fitting his surname.
Then he shook his head and mouthed some telling words for a national audience.
“It’s not right.”
We’d find out within minutes precisely what went sideways, as backup quarterback Nate Sudfeld began warming up on the sideline, making it clear the Eagles were pulling Hurts for the third-stringer who hadn’t taken a live snap all season.