Jalen Hurts news: Circle every October from now on, a statistical gem continues

Playing the quarterback position at the professional level can be a tough ask. Often, they're denied the opportunity for growth. Mistakes are magnified. Recency bias is common. Guys are often categorized by their last performance. Just watch any Philadelphia Eagles game and hone in on Jalen Hurts if you need an example of that theory.

Hurts' journey has had its ups and downs, but isn't that true of every NFL quarterback? The general public tends to magnify his deficiencies more often. Maybe that's because of where he plays.

Birds fans are demanding. Philly is one of our nation's great sports towns. Of course he's under the microscope. If he expected less attention, he should have played in Charlotte or Jacksonville.

We anticipated a huge performance vs. the Cincinnati Bengals. He exceeded our already high expectations. Friends, we have much to discuss.

Jalen Hurts puts the finishing touches on another phenomenal October.

Maybe we should have expected this. After all Jalen Hurts has always been dominant in October. Check out what he's done during his career.

He's played 17 games. He's completed 248 of 362 passes. That's good for a 69% completion percentage.

4,036 passing yards... 25 passing touchdowns vs. only eight interceptions. That's good for a 103.4 passer rating. He's also scored 15 rushing touchdowns en route to a 134-4 record.

Some have complained that he doesn't use the middle of the field enough. He's done that more often since the bye in Week 5. He's completed 12 of 14 passes. That has resulted in 176 passing yards. He's thrown a TD pass. He hasn't thrown an interception since Week 3 versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

He hasn't turned the ball over at all Week 4's loss in Tampa. There, he lost two fumbles.

Oh, we're just getting started.

Jalen Hurts' continues to produce some eye-popping stats.

Say what you will about Jalen Hurts. He's seen adversity. Each time he's bounced back.

He outplayed Patrick Mahomes during a Super Bowl game, and even though that will be glossed over because his team lost (understandably so), Jalen has outdueled elite QBs quite often.

Another example of such came in Week 8 at Cincinnati. Philly's QB1 and his teammates punched the Bengals in the face, and the latter folded during the second half.

Hurts accomplished some pretty phenomenal achievements in the process. Here's what's being said by trusted voices who have covered and discussed him.

Jalen Hurts is the first QB in NFL history to produce three or more rushing TDs in three separate games. During weeks six through eight, he has completed 42 of 59 passes (71.2%) and threw for 614 yards. He threw four TD passes vs. 0 INT and compiled a 127.4 rating

He also ran for 92 rushing yards and scored five TDs with his legs. Philly is 3-0 since the bye. Pro Football Focus gives him an overall rating of 89.7.

Perhaps QB1 puts it best. Here's one straight from the source.

Philly's Week 9 clash with the Jacksonville Jaguars welcomes another young signal-caller who's been deemed the future, Trevor Lawrence. The Jags are led by the only man walking the planet who can say he won a Super Bowl as Philly's head coach.

Perhaps you've heard of him. His name is Doug Pederson.

This one was flexed from Sunday Night Football to a 4:05 kickoff. Philly will wear their Kelly Green jerseys and officially induct their all-time leading rusher, LeSean McCoy, into the franchise's Hall of Fame at halftime.

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