Jalen Hurts commits career-high 5 turnovers as Eagles drop third straight in OT loss to Chargers

The Los Angeles Chargers forced Philadelphia Eagles backmost Jalen Hurts to perpetrate a career-high successful turnovers, including a game-winning interception successful overtime adjacent the extremity portion to seal a 22-19 triumph connected "Monday Night Football."

Both the Eagles and Chargers came into this crippled with an 8-4 record, but it’s the second who helped their playoff chances arsenic they determination to 9-4.

Meanwhile, the Eagles, inactive owners of the NFC East lead, moved to 8-5.

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Tony Jefferson of the Los Angeles Chargers intercepts a walk intended for Jahan Dotson #2 of the Philadelphia Eagles during overtime astatine SoFi Stadium connected Dec. 8, 2025 successful Inglewood, California. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

It was a turnover-filled crippled for some of these teams, but it was Hurts who had 5 full turnovers arsenic helium threw 4 interceptions, including 1 connected what could’ve been a game-winning thrust successful overtime.

On first-and-10 from the Chargers’ 17-yard enactment and down 3 points, Hurts sold a play-action to Saquon Barkley and rolled retired to his right. He was looking to deed Jahan Dotson adjacent the extremity line, but Cam Hart, who had 1 of the interceptions earlier successful the game, laid retired and made a tremendous extremity of the pass.

Safety Tony Jefferson was streaking implicit to screen Dotson, and helium rapidly located the shot successful the air, secured it, and stayed successful bounds arsenic SoFi Stadium erupted.

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It was a play that helped the Chargers squeak retired a triumph astatine home, but it wasn’t casual arsenic the Eagles’ defence kept their squad successful the crippled with forced turnovers themselves.

Justin Herbert, who was 7 days from having his near manus surgically repaired, was besides intercepted and saw a strip-sack spell the Eagles’ mode connected back-to-back drives adjacent the extremity of the archetypal half.

But portion Herbert struggled successful the walk crippled (12-of-26 for 139 yards and a touchdown walk to Omarion Hampton connected the opening drive), helium was capable to get the occupation done with his legs.

Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers warms up anterior to a crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles astatine SoFi Stadium connected Dec. 8, 2025 successful Inglewood, California. (Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)

Herbert rushed 10 times for 66 yards to pb his squad successful the crushed game, which included 26 yards connected the last thrust successful regularisation to let Cameron Dicker the accidental to nail his 4th of 5 tract extremity attempts to unit overtime.

He did truthful again erstwhile the Chargers archetypal got the shot successful overtime, wherever Dicker would hide a 54-yard effort to spell a cleanable 5-for-5 to instrumentality the 22-19 lead.

Philadelphia would drawback a monolithic interruption successful their overtime thrust aft Odafe Oweh was called for a neutral portion infraction connected fourth-and-4, allowing a caller acceptable of downs connected what could’ve been the game-ending play.

Nonetheless, this Chargers' defence came done erstwhile they needed different turnover each nighttime long, and it was lone close they sealed the woody successful the end.

The starring receiver for the Chargers was Kimani Vidal, who took a abbreviated walk 60 yards connected the opening thrust for Los Angeles that yet acceptable up Hampton’s touchdown drawback successful his instrumentality since breaking his near ankle successful Week 5.

Omarion Hampton of the Los Angeles Chargers scores a archetypal 4th touchdown against the Philadelphia Eagles astatine SoFi Stadium connected Dec. 8, 2025 successful Inglewood, California. (Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)

For the Eagles, they were capable to sack Herbert 7 times, arsenic Jalyx Hunt led the mode with 2.5 sacks connected the night. On offense, Hurts connected good with A.J. Brown, arsenic helium secured six of his 13 targets for 100 yards. Dallas Goedert added 78 yards connected 8 catches, portion DeVonta Smith had 4 catches for 37 yards.

Saquon Barkley, who the Eagles and its fanbase person been hoping could interruption retired similar helium did successful 2024, managed to alert for 52 yards into the extremity portion astatine the opening of the 4th fourth for a touchdown that made it 16-13 Eagles. He had 122 yards rushing connected 20 touches successful the backfield.

Hurts finished the crippled 21-of-40 for 240 yards with nary touchdowns — 1 to Brown was called backmost earlier successful the crippled owed to a Jordan Mailata holding punishment — and his 4 interceptions.

Hurts besides fumbled connected a play wherever helium was intercepted, arsenic helium scooped up an archetypal fumble by the Chargers defender who picked him off, but the shot was knocked retired of his hands and recovered by Los Angeles.

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The Eagles volition anticipation to interruption their three-game losing streak adjacent week erstwhile they big the Las Vegas Raiders astatine home.

Meanwhile, Herbert and the Chargers volition look to support it rolling against their bitter AFC West rival, the Kansas City Chiefs, who are hopeless to support their ain playoff hopes live astatine 6-7.

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