Something wasn’t right about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts on Sunday night. That didn’t keep Hurts from guiding the Eagles to a 31-17 victory over the Miami Dolphins in a clash of one-loss teams.

Reports indicated Hurts took the field in the second half wearing a brace on his left knee. But after Miami tied the game at 17-17 in the second half, Hurts led two touchdown drives and the final keep-away possession to finish the victory.

“He played the rest of the game, and he played at a very high level,” Philadelphia coach Nick Sirianni said when asked about Hurts’ second-half issue. “Man, he’s a competitor. There’s nobody else I’d rather be our quarterback. He played his butt off tonight. He’s tough. Y’all saw he was going through a little something. He is tough. He is tough.

“This game always comes down to physicality and toughness. It always does no matter what. And that’s physical and mental toughness, and Jalen Hurts has both.”

In the second quarter, Hurts threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to tight end Dallas Goedert with 11:25 left in the first half and burrowed across the goal line for a 1-yard TD with 3:10 remaining in the period.

Hurts scored on the Eagles’ Brotherly Shove quarterback sneak, which played a pivotal part in the second half for Philadelphia.

“Every first down is first-and-9 knowing that if you get to fourth-and-1, shoot, a lot of faith in that play,” Sirianni said. “(Center) Jason Kelce starts it off. Jalen Hurts is right there being able to drive – because you’ve seen it across the league, people can’t do it like we can do it. …

“Where’s the camera? If everybody could do it, everybody would do it.”

After Miami linebacker Jerome Baker intercepted a tipped pass and returned it 22 yards for a touchdown, the score was tied at 17-17 with 4:02 left in the third quarter. It was a play that Hurts said showed he “must be living bad.”

Hurts rebounded with a 12-yard run and completing 5-of-6 passes for 60 yards, including a 14-yard TD toss to wide receiver AJ Brown, on the next series as Philadelphia went in front 24-17 with 15 seconds left in the third quarter.

On their next possession, the Eagles went 83 yards in 13 plays to push the lead to 14 points. But Philadelphia had its punt team on the field after three snaps.

Facing fourth-and-1 at the Eagles 26-yard line, Sirianni called timeout, put the offense back on the field and Hurts converted on the Brotherly Shove. Four snaps later, he did it again at the Philadelphia 37.

“Initially, I thought it was a little bit further back than it was,” Sirianni said. “And then I got a good look at where the spot was. I didn’t love that I had to call a timeout there, but I had to get a second look at where the spot was. I thought initially it was 2, but it was more like a yard. I thought to myself, ‘Well, I’d be crazy if I don’t go for it on fourth-and-1 with the type of guys that we have.’ Again, it goes back to the dudes that we got making the play.”

The game featured the first NFL meeting of Hurts with fellow Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa. But the Philadelphia defense made it tough for Hurts’ old Crimson Tide teammate.

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Miami entered the contest as the NFL’s highest-scoring team while averaging 8.0 yards per play in the first six games of the season. The Dolphins offense finished Sunday night’s game with 10 points and 244 yards on 48 snaps.

“It’s tough when you come on the road against a really good team and you’re not able to execute the way you expected to execute, not execute the way we wanted to execute,” Tagovailoa said. “But you got to give props to those guys and their coaching staff. They did a real good job preparing for us. Some things went well for us. Some things we were just trying to figure out out there. But overall, we just go to get better.”

Tagovailoa completed 23-of-32 passes for 216 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

Tagovailoa connected with wide receiver Tyreek Hill in the end zone for a 27-yard touchdown pass with 39 seconds left in the second quarter to put Miami back in the game at halftime with a 17-10 deficit.

Tagovailoa threw for the end zone again from the Philadelphia 24-yard line in the fourth quarter with an opportunity to tie the game, but cornerback Darius Slay intercepted the pass at the Eagles 1-yard line with 11:21 to play.

After Philadelphia ate up 6:35 on a touchdown drive to take a 14-point lead, Miami’s final possession ended when former Alabama cornerback Eli Ricks broke up a fourth-down pass with 3:19 to play.

Tagovailoa lost wide receiver Jaylen Waddle for a portion of the game because of a back ailment. The former Crimson Tide standout left for the locker room in the first half, but he returned to the field during the third quarter.

Good luck finding out what was wrong with Hurts.

During his postgame press conference, Hurts told reporters he didn’t get hurt in the game, hopes “it” doesn’t cause problems moving forward and gave his standard “I’m fine” response.

Sirianni explained to a national reporter in his postgame remarks how he handles the local press when it comes to Hurts’ injuries.

“I got to talk to the trainers. I got to talk to Jalen. We’ll get him in tomorrow,” Sirianni said. “John’s going to ask me tomorrow. Elliott’s going to ask me tomorrow. How’s Jalen? I’m going to say: I got to see him a little bit more; I’ll let you know Wednesday. Wednesday’s going to come; it’s going to be before practice. They’re going to ask me again. I’m going to say: I got to see how it’s looking out there, and I’ll get you some more information on Friday. Friday, we’ll see if he’s on the injury report or not. When Friday comes, they’re going to ask: What’s going to happen here? We’ll get you the injury report later in the day. I just string them along.”

On Sunday night, Hurts completed 23-of-31 passes for 279 yards with two touchdowns and one interception and ran 11 times for 21 yards and one touchdown as the Eagles rebounded from their only loss of the season – a 20-14 setback against the New York Jets one week ago.

“I feel fine,” Hurts said. “I’m happy with how we responded, especially with coming off last week. It was a great opportunity, a great team out there. A lot of respect for them as a team. I think we played some really good complimentary football.”

The Eagles return to NFC East play for their next game when they visit the Washington Commanders at noon CDT Sunday. The Dolphins also return to division play on Sunday when the New England Patriots visit at noon for an AFC East rivalry game.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.