Jalen Hurts throws to A.J. Brown for Eagles TD vs. Steelers

PHILADELPHIA — After a week of drama surrounding Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown, it was solely becoming the primary landing of the sport in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday was delivered by the duo.

Hurts discovered Brown at the back of the tip zone for a 5-yard landing move with 1:13 remaining within the first quarter to place the Eagles up 10-3 over their intrastate rivals.

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Brown stated he deliberately introduced the main focus onto a slumping move sport following their slender win over the Carolina Panthers so they might appropriate it earlier than it comes again to chunk them. He could not have predicted all that adopted — teammate Brandon Graham advised Brown and Hurts had been now not tight like they as soon as had been, a notion each disputed — however early returns counsel the aerial assault was again on monitor.

Deviating a bit from their Saquon Barkley run-heavy tendencies, Hurts threw the ball on the primary three performs of the sport to spark a discipline objective drive. Brown had 4 catches for 48 yards within the first quarter, surpassing his totals (4 catches, 43 yards) from the Panthers sport.

Hurts threw for underneath 180 yards within the earlier three video games and went downfield simply twice throughout that stretch, however he confirmed extra of a willingness to let it rip early in opposition to Pittsburgh.