The Philadelphia Eagles ran out as rampant 40-22 winners over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX back in February. A recent clip circulated on social media featuring Eagles’ all-access footage featuring a mic’d up quarterback, Jalen Hurts: he wanted to run up the score even more.
Hurts approached coach Nick Sirianni in the fourth quarter after he likely received word he was being pulled from the game. “Are you sure?” the signal caller asked. “We’re done?” Sirianni nodded.
Hurts, often criticized for his subpar passing stats (including by his own teammates), accepted the answer. “I love you, man,” Sirianni told his quarterback. They hugged. “I love you too,” the Eagles quarterback answered.
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Cameras then followed Hurts as he talked with Philadelphia’s skill-position plays. “If I was in Philly, I would have let it fly,” he said, referencing a previous play where he checked it down instead of throwing deep.
Star running back Saquon Barkley wasn’t having it. “We’re up 40-something points,” he said. Hurts accepted defeat. “I know,” he admitted.
Receiver DeVonte Smith, who caught a 46-yard touchdown from Hurts to make the score 34-0 with three minutes left in the third quarter, followed up. “Kick the ***** when they down, huh?” he teased.
Before he was replaced by backup Kenny Pickett in the fourth quarter, Hurts completed 17 of his 22 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns. He added a further 72 yards on 11 rushes and a touchdown.
Kansas City managed to make the score respectable against a slew of Eagles backups as Philadelphia meekly ran out the clock in the fourth quarter.
Six-time Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Belichick takes a staunch approach in running up the score: he blames the opposing team for not being able to stop you.
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“I’ve been coaching too long,” Belichick said in 2007. “I remember being on that side. When I was coaching defense, it was my job to keep the score down, not theirs.”
“When you’re playing defense, it’s your job to stop them.
“It’s not [the offense’s] job to not score. It’s like I tell the offense, what the ****do you think I send you guys out there for? To punt? We have a punt team for that. That’s not your job. Your job is to go out there and score points.
“If you come off the field and you haven’t scored points, you haven’t done your job.”