![]() “He made a big time play at a big time moment, you know,” Hurts said. It’s also a little surreal for Hurts to be throwing to him. It’s a little surreal to think about Julio Jones catching a touchdown pass for the Eagles. He’s eighth among active players in that category.īut the Eagles brought Jones in less than two weeks ago and his second catch as an Eagle was a huge touchdown. He’s the NFL’s active leader in receptions and receiving yards but he hasn’t found the end zone at the rate you’d expect. This catch was the 905th of Jones’ long NFL career and the 64th touchdown he’s scored in the league. My job is to focus on the football and catch the football.” I’ve been doing it for a long time so it’s not like I freak out when somebody’s coming to hit me or hit me in the head or whatever it may be. I see somebody coming in, he’s supposed to hit me. Not that he worried about the impending hit. Jones had to contort his body, rise to make the catch and brace for the hit from safety Kamren Kurl. ![]() It was a catch with a relatively high level of difficulty too. The Eagles knew the Commanders had to respect the run in the red zone so when the linebacker and safety crashed, Hurts pulled the ball and gave Jones a chance to come down with it. ![]() Jones, 34, was the primary target on the play, which was designed to give him a chance to go up and get the football. They did exactly what they’ve been showing on film and we just went out there and executed.” We seen some looks that they were gonna give us down in the red zone throughout the week. JET JONES!!!! /SPCFWI5kwu- Philadelphia Eagles October 29, 2023 “They were just going into the end zone to celebrate with Julio because of how much respect they have for him, how much he's done in the two weeks he's been here, just his work ethic. (Brown) and (Jason) Kelce and all the guys, Jordan (Mailata), ran to the end zone, you would've thought there was a fight that had broken out in there,” Sirianni said. “I mean, you would have thought the way Lane Johnson and A.J. The Julio touchdown came at the 7:17 mark in the fourth quarter and gave the Eagles their first lead of the day. That carried over into the game for the Eagles’ go-ahead touchdown in their 38-31 win at FedExField. But it was more so for the team, me going out there and playing my role and doing it to the best of my ability.” “They believe in me to go out there and execute and take advantage of the opportunity that’s given. We just believe in one another,” Jones said. So then Jalen Hurts and Jones kept repping the throw - Sirianni estimated they threw it about 15 times - before they ran it in practice again and it was successful. Head coach Nick Sirianni said the Eagles installed that red zone play during Friday’s practice but the first attempt failed. Stay in the game with the latest updates on your beloved Philadelphia sports teams! Sign up here for our All Access Daily newsletter.
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