FOXBOROUGH, Pile. — Philadelphia Eagles professor Nick Sirianni expressed be apologetic about over no longer enjoying quarterback Jalen Hurts and the offensive starters throughout the preseason following a gradual offensive efficiency in a slim 25-20 win over the Fresh England Patriots Sunday.

“I’ll definitely re-evaluate some of the preseason stuff next year,” he stated. “Maybe I should have played (Hurts) a series or two this preseason, and I already wrote that in my notes.

“You recognize, 2nd idea, if I needed to do it all over again at the moment, I’d say, yeah, I’d have performed starters one or two drives within the preseason.”

Hurts ended 22-of-33 for 170 yards with a touchdown and an interception. He ran nine times for 37 yards and lost a fumble.

The Eagles went three-and-out on four straight possessions in the first half. Last season, the Eagles only had one game with four three-and-outs: their Week 17 loss to the Saints with Gardner Minshew at quarterback.

Philadelphia managed just one touchdown drive, tied for the fewest in any Hurts start.

“Profitable is the one factor that issues,” Hurts said. “I believe we clearly have issues that we want to paintings on and need to be higher in the ones statuses when the ball is in my palms, and I snatch complete responsibility for that. However advantage of it’s we get the chance to play games on Thursday) towards the Minnesota Vikings).”

Like other teams across the NFL, the Eagles have been trending away from playing their starters in the preseason. They prefer to get their work against other teams in joint practices because it’s more of a controlled setting. It’s paid off from an injury perspective, as they entered Week 1 with all of their starters healthy.

Teams that don’t play their quarterbacks during the preseason tend to struggle out of the gate, however, with a collective record of 7-13 over the last two seasons, per ESPN Sports & Information research.

“That’s a protracted past from now. I couldn’t support much less about that,” Hurts said when told of Sirianni’s comments. “We gained the sport. That’s a protracted past from now. We’ve a sport on Thursday and we’re keen to arrange for that one.”