“Aged like spilt milk in 90° weather”: NFL fans rip ex-Eagles RB for hyping Jalen Hurts’ “clutch gene” during Week 14 game vs. Chargers

Jalen Hurts had one of the worst games of his career on Monday, throwing four interceptions against no touchdowns in the Philadelphia Eagles' 22-19 loss at the Los Angeles Chargers. And fans have looked back on a former player's comment as a jinx.

Franchise rushing leader LeSean McCoy had said as overtime began:

"I seen this before 😂😂😂 Jalen bout to win the game and that’s what we call clutch gene"

LeSean Shady Mccoy

@CutonDime25

I seen this before 😂😂😂 Jalen bout to win the game and that’s what we call clutch gene

Instead, the quarterback threw an interception into double coverage. And fans had nothing but contempt for the "guarantee":

Jay Pureblood

@Jayinvgenius

@CutonDime25 Well, this post aged like spilt milk in 90° weather.

BaddogSports

@MrBaddog7676

@CutonDime25 Whoops

Summa Cum Ligma Calls (Ligma Arc)

@SummaCLC

@CutonDime25 Clown post

America’s Team

@RoadToSix

@CutonDime25 It doesn’t get more ass than 5 turnovers and zero touchdowns. It’s a shame it was only a 3 point loss

Vinny X Wolf

@Vinnyxvincent

@CutonDime25 that last throw wasn't clutch.

Jim

@JPNews2025

@CutonDime25 This aged poorly. Time to send Hurts to Indy and AJ to New England. Hurts has run his course and the offense needs to be dismantled completely and rebuilt.

Hurts was very apologetic about the missed opportunities during his post-fight presser:

“Everything was trending forward in terms of our execution and us taking advantage of our opportunities going down the field. But I was one play off.“... So it definitely stings.”

He continued by sharing where his mindset was:

“Ultimately, bearing everything that has happened or has unfolded throughout the game, it's me asking myself, ‘How do I respond from it? How do I respond to it? How do I improve? How do I work? How do I dig deeper and find a way to figure it out?’”

Meanwhile, coach Nick Sirianni had this to say about helping him win games:

“I’ve got to do a better job of helping him in those scenarios. It's always that we look at ourselves as coaches first. 'Did we help him be in (a) position to succeed and then execute?'”

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Ryan Clark blames Jalen Hurts for game-costing pick at Chargers

For the past few weeks, Jalen Hurts' offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo has accrued much blame for mishandling the offense. But during Monday's post-game show, Ryan Clark insisted that it was the other way around when it came to the final play.

The former safety posited that Hurts must have miscalculated the Chargers' coverage scheme, thinking that Cam Hart was going to cover Dallas Goedert. Instead, the cornerback jammed Jahan Dotson between himself and Tony Jefferson, leaving almost no room for a reception:

"This actually was a good call by Kevin Patullo that was read wrong by Jalen Hurts."

The Eagles' next game is against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Kickoff is at 1 pm ET on Fox.