Jalen Hurts versus Derek Carr: Can the Eagles QB win a Vegas duel?

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Derek Carr #4, Las Vegas Raiders (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

How do Jalen Hurts’ numbers stack up versus Derek Carr’s?

Career starts and wins/loss record (Career):

Jalen Hurts: 21 games, 10 starts, 3-7 as a starter
Derek Carr: 116 starts in 116 career games with a career record of 51-65. He has yet to start a playoff game.

Completions/attempts/yardage (2021/Career):

Jalen Hurts: 130 of 208 in 2021 with 1,480 passing yards (207 of 356 for his career with 2,541 passing yards
Derek Carr: 149 of 232 in 2021 with 1,946 passing yards. He’s 2,617 of 4,062 with 28,842 passing yards for his career.

Rushing attempts/yardage/TDs:

Jalen Hurts: So far in 2020, Hurts has carried the ball 53 times for 300 yards with five rushing TDs. He’s run the ball 116 times for 654 yards and has eight rushing TDs for his career.
Derek Carr: He’s not the scrambler that Hurts is, but he can get it done on the ground when he has to. He has 232 rushing yards for 663 yards, and he’s scored six TDs

Touchdown-to-interception ratio (2021/Career):

Jalen Hurts: 8 TDs versus 4 INTs in 2021, 14 TDs vs 8 TDs for his career
Derek Carr: 10 TDs versus 4 INTs in 2021, 150 TDs versus 75 INTs for his career.

Passer rating/Total QBR (2021/Career):

Jalen Hurts: QB1 has notched an 88.6 passer rating in 2021 with a QBR of 37.1 after posting a 77.6 passer rating and a 41.0 QBR in 2020. His career passer rating is 84.0.
Derek Carr: Over eight seasons, Carr has crafted a career passer rating of 92.4. That includes a rating of 97.7 in 2021. So far in 2021, he has a QBR of 59.5.