PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts logged onto Zoom for a production meeting with Tom Brady on Saturday after the Philadelphia Eagles’ walkthrough. Chatting on a computer screen, the two Super Bowl MVPs discussed quarterbacking. Some of the conversation focused on the parts of the position that require no special talent: ensuring the team is in the right call with the right protection on a given play, or the type of mental requirements before the ball is even in his hands.Those things are especially important in the first game with a new offensive coordinator and system. But there are moments when it doesn’t matter whether Hurts is under center or the receiver is in motion or what new concepts were implemented this summer. There are moments when the ball is in his hands and it’s up to him to take over.“Yeah,” Hurts said after taking a few seconds to consider whether it’s true. “But it’s not something that’s forced.”That’s what occurred in the Eagles’ 24-22 season-opening win over the Washington Commanders. Hurts finished 14 of 25 for 203 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed for 46 yards. It was an uneven afternoon for the offense, which went three-and-out five times and failed to cross midfield on seven of their first nine drives. Yet the Eagles also totaled 318 yards and 6 yards per play, and they had five plays of 20-plus yards.Top Plays from Commanders @ EaglesMost important, they won their sixth consecutive season opener in the Hurts/Nick Sirianni era and there were enough Hurts highlights to leave Eagles fans encouraged about what’s ahead.For all the discussion about Hurts acclimating to this new offense and adding elements to his game that were not featured in previous systems, there were times when he leaned into areas in which he’s always excelled. He pinpointed a deep ball. He improvised with his legs. He made winning plays when they were needed.“It’s just about meeting the moment when your opportunity comes,” Hurts said.The most obvious example came in the fourth quarter. Washington had just narrowed the Eagles’ lead to 17-16, and the Eagles were backed up into a third-and-18.“We should never be in … third-and-18,” Hurts said.Hurts dropped back, hopped twice in the pocket and then tucked the ball and ran through a seam in the middle of the field for a 22-yard gain. On the broadcast, it was noted that Hurts figured he would “just do it myself.” It looked that way.It was a moment when Hurts didn’t need to follow the script. He wrote his own.“That’s probably the play of the game right there,” tight end Dallas Goedert said.Two plays later, Goedert caught his second touchdown of the game. Goedert said Hurts killed the play late in the play clock, a testament to what Hurts observed before the snap that echoed part of his Saturday conversation with Brady. The Eagles took the eight-point lead they needed to win the game. It wouldn’t have happened without the scramble.