Jalen Hurts had one in every of his greatest dashing video games of the season within the Philadelphia Eagles’ win over the Los Angeles Rams final week, and Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. is basically daring the quarterback to strive doing it once more.
With the Commanders getting set to face the Eagles within the NFC Championship Recreation, Whitt was requested on Thursday about getting ready to defend Hurts’ dual-threat capacity.
“We’ve had numerous these guys that we’ve needed to put together for. The one factor is, if he’s gonna run the ball and the coordinator makes the choice for him to run the ball, we’re gonna deal with him like a operating again,” Whitt mentioned. “And we’re gonna hit him that approach. So, that’s their choice if they need him to get hit the way in which he will get hit. In the event that they don’t, they’ll hold him within the pocket.”
