Brandon Lee Gowton·
The first-team offense was aided by going up against the second-team defense during the first 11-on-11 series.
Hurts found Dontayvion Wicks crossing to the left downfield for a chunk gain. Hurts hit DeVonta Smith on an out to beat Mac McWilliams along the right sideline. Hurts’ success wasn’t limited to facing the Eagles’ backup defenders. During 7-on-7, Hurts made his flashiest completion of camp thus far by throwing with anticipation over the middle into the end zone to split the safeties and connect with Elijah Moore for a touchdown. Hurts found Darius Cooper for multiple completions over the middle. During a red zone sequence, Hurts hit DeVonta on another out route for a touchdown. The Eagles lined up to go for a two-point conversion and Hurts rolled to his right only to throw across his body to find DeVonta again, who made the grab despite being tightly covered by Riq Woolen. During another red zone sequence, Hurts took a shotgun snap and pretended to drop back before taking off running to the end zone untouched for a score. This wasn’t a case where the quarterback benefited from wearing the red jersey that reminds defenders not to get close to him. This was about Hurts correctly identifying a weakness in the defense and exposing it with his legs. Hurts and his offense teammates were fired up to celebrate this score. Hurts did throw a pick six to Quinyon Mitchell in 7-on-7 … but it looked like there was a miscommunication with Moore stopping his route earlier than the quarterback expected. Hurts held the ball for a long time and got “sacked” by either Jalen Carter or Jordan Davis (unclear which) at one point. Hurts sailed a downfield pass to Tank Bigsby, who had a step on Zack Baun (but not by much), over the running back’s head and out of bounds. The wheel route is no longer undefeated. Hurts had a pass deflected at the line by Jalen Carter. Fortunately for the offense, the ball landed in Hollywood Brown’s hands for a short gain.