Donning a green Philadelphia Eagles hat and a black hoodie, quarterback Jalen Hurts took questions from the media from behind a podium on Tuesday. His mood was less than jubilant, you could say, about 48 hours after the Eagles blew a 14-point fourth quarter lead at home to the Broncos and lost, 21-17, on Sunday. The defeat was Philadelphia's first since Dec. 22 and ended a 10-game winning streak.
"Thank God it's a short week," said Hurts, whose team faces the New York Giants in the Thursday Night Football game. "It's a tough, tough week in my house."
The Eagles (4-1) aren't familiar living with losing. And according to SportsLine's Inside the Lines Team and Projection Model, Philadelphia certainly has more to lose than to gain on Thursday. The model, which simulates every NFL