Aaron Rodgers is injured in the Green Bay Packers’ 40-33 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Jalen Hurts’ record-setting night

Rodgers left in the third quarter with his team trailing 34-23 after grimacing his way through a drive that led to a Packers field goal. Rodgers’ replacement, Jordan Love, kept the Packers in the game by connecting with Christian Watson for a 63- yard catch-and-run touchdown that cut the Eagles lead to 37-30.. But the Packers ran out of time against Hurts, who seems...

Jalen Hurts ran for 157 yards to set a Philadelphia Eagles record for a quarterback, and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered an oblique injury in the Eagles’ 40-33 victory Sunday night.

Hurts also threw for 153 yards and two touchdowns for the NFC-best Eagles, who improved to 10-1 for the fifth time in their history. Miles Sanders ran for 143 yards and two scores as the Eagles rushed for 363 overall, the second-best total for the franchise.

Rodgers left in the third quarter with his team trailing 34-23 after grimacing his way through a drive that led to a Packers field goal. He was playing with a broken thumb and took several hard hits.

Rodgers’ replacement, Jordan Love, kept the Packers (4-8) in the game by connecting with Christian Watson for a 63-yard catch-and-run touchdown that cut the Eagles lead to 37-30.

But the Packers ran out of time against Hurts, who seems poised to take the torch from Rodgers as the next MVP.

Hurts had 254 combined yards in the first half, including 126 on the ground, and threw a touchdown pass as the Eagles built a 27-20 lead. He ripped off runs of 42, 28 and 24 yards.

In the second half he hit A.J. Brown for a 6-yard touchdown pass and a 34-20 lead that added to his staggering numbers on one of the greatest nights ever for an Eagles quarterback. Hurts topped Michael Vick’s 130 rushing yards in December 2010 against the New York Giants.

Rodgers was 11 of 16 passing for 140 yards with two touchdowns and two first-half interceptions.

Hurts put on a show in a lively first half that saw two Eagles get their first career picks and both teams miss an extra point while combining for seven touchdowns.

Bettors could have cashed in on the over in the first 30 minutes.

Philadelphia’s high-octane offense had slowed of late — notably during the first loss of the season in the previous home game against the Washington Commanders and in last week’s win over the Indianapolis Colts that needed a fourth-quarter rally — but Hurts put the Packers on notice with early rushes that would make an All-Pro running back envious. He ran for 52 yards on the opening drive and set up Kenneth Gainwell’s 4-yard touchdown.

Easy enough.

Then the game got wild. Rodgers had his second pass batted by cornerback Darius Slay and snagged by Josiah Scott. Three plays later, Sanders scored on a 15-yard run, but Jake Elliott missed the PAT.

Rodgers led the Packers right back. A.J. Dillon scored on a 20-yard run, Rodgers hit Randall Cobb for an 11-yard score and it was 14-13 late in the first quarter.

Hurts, though, closed the half with a 42-yard run and a 1-yard run, close enough to the end zone to set up Sanders’ 2-yard scoring run on the first play of the second quarter.

Rodgers again came back and threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Jones. Mason Crosby matched Elliott with a missed extra point and it was 20-20.

That was about all Rodgers could muster.

Hurts took it from there and threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Quez Watkins — whose fumble against the Commanders played a pivotal role in the Eagles’ lone defeat.

Injuries

Packers: S Darnell Savage suffered a foot injury.

Eagles: C.J. Gardner-Johnson, the NFL interception leader with six, suffered a rib injury in the first half.

Winning history

The Eagles won NFL championships after starting 10-1 in 1949 and 2017. The other times they did it, they lost the Super Bowl (1980, 2004).

Rare duo

Hurts and Sanders became the first teammates to run for at least 125 yards apiece since the San Francisco 49ers’ Frank Gore (158) and Colin Kaepernick (151) on Dec. 20, 2014.

All-time greats

The Eagles inducted former defensive ends Hugh Douglas and Trent Cole into their Hall of Fame.

Up next

Packers: At the Chicago Bears next Sunday at Soldier Field.

Eagles: Host the Tennessee Titans next Sunday.

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