Jalen Hurts’ first 13 drop backs Sunday looked like this: five sacks for 46 yards, an interception and a lost fumble at the Cowboys’ 6-yard line.

Yes.

It looked for all the world like it was going to be one of those days. The Eagles struggled to put some distance between them and the lowly Cowboys, and Hurts seemed to return to his bad habits from early in the year of holding the ball too long, running into traffic in the pocket and being careless with the ball. football.

After that ugly start?

Hurts threw for 137 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for two more touchdowns, didn’t turn the ball over, wasn’t sacked and finished with a passer rating of 115 or higher for the fifth straight game, something only five other NFL quarterbacks were ever done.

The Eagles won their fifth straight game on Sunday, beating the Cowboys 34-6 at AT&T Stadium, and Hurts again overcame a slow start to make some big plays.

“Obviously it didn’t start the way we wanted it to start, but there’s something to be said for guys who can rebound and have a really good game after things don’t go well in the beginning,” Nick Sirianni said.

“We want some of those plays back. He wants some of those plays back. But great job dealing with adversity, keeping his head down and continuing to work. Again, I tell you all the time, he’s a winner. He knows how to win. He knows that not every game will be perfect, and I’m really proud of him and how he responded to a slow start and helped us to victory.”

During the Eagles’ winning streak, Hurts has completed 72 percent of his passes with eight TD passes, one interception and a passer rating of 126.1. Only Nick Foles in 2013 has had a higher passer rating over a five-game span in Eagles history than Hurts currently.

For the season, Hurts is at 103.4.5^e-highest in the league, and his 70 percent completion rate is 4^e-best.

But after his second turnover, things looked bleak. Then he went up to some of his offensive teammates and gave them fist bumps or high fives, just as a way of saying, “That was on me.”

“I don’t have any pride or anything to do with owning up to my mistakes,” Hurts said. “I made a mistake and it hurt the team. I was grateful for them. They stood behind me. Also the defense in how they reacted and how they played. …

“Those of us just know offensively that we just have to keep pushing, keep moving forward, stay with it and keep throwing punches, and that’s just how we handled it.”

This is something Hurts is very good at.

Like any quarterback, he’s had plenty of games where things didn’t go well early on. He never gets down on himself, never hangs his head, never lets things snowball.

He just keeps shooting.

His first pass after Trevon Diggs picked him off was a 27-yard strike to Jahan Dotson and soon the rout was on.

“Momentum is an illusion in a sense, because it can end or begin at any time,” Hurts said. “You have to treat each piece as its own and move on.”

Hurts now has a career record of 41-19 as a starter. Only 14 quarterbacks in NFL history have won more of their first 60 starts.

His resilience and ability to shake off adversity is one of the main reasons why he has won so many matches.

“I think one of the hardest things to do … is to be able to move on and say, ‘Man, this didn’t go as planned.’ How do I move forward?’” Sirianni said. “And so we’ll look at the tape, we’ll get better from that tape, but he moved on.

“He didn’t let any action affect the rest of his game. That’s what winners do. That’s what Jaylon Hurts does, and I’m so used to him doing that because when he makes a mistake, he can put it in the past.

“That’s not as easy as it sounds. I really believe that because we’re human, we know that we make mistakes, and then it keeps lingering in your mind. And the only thing you can do to really move forward is learn from it later.” and move on and play the next piece.

“I’m so proud of him, that after a tough start he was able to move on and get it going again.”

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