There are moments in all of our lives that we’ll always cherish, that we’ll remember forever. The birth of your first child. Your wedding day. The first time your significant other said they loved you.

Well let me tell you, gang, those days are all complete garbage when weighed against what happened today.

Today is a day you’ll be telling your grandchildren about. Forget memories of your friends and family on your death bed, you’ll be thinking about this moment instead. You’ll be enveloped in its warm embrace as you prepare yourself for the great beyond, nothing giving you more comfort than what happened on this day. Your children lovingly holding your hand as your eyes close for the final time, a wistful smile on your face? A mere blip compared to the grandiose nature of what occurred on Aug. 7th, 2024.

You’ll always remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard the news. You’ll never forget the day Jalen Hurts set the all-time Philadelphia Eagles training camp record for most-consecutive pass attempts in a row without throwing an interception. Let that sink in for a moment. Hurts attempted 158 pass attempts in training camp and didn’t throw a single interception.

NOT. A. ONE.


It’s depressing when you think about it, actually. This is THE definitive high mark for all of us. Nothing gets better than this. Everything you feel and experience from this day forward is going to be less than what you felt today.

From here on out every single day is just going to be worse than this one. It fills you with existential dread, doesn’t it? The air will be a little less sweet, the sunshine a little less bright, love a little less muted for the rest of time on this earth.

Because in the back of your mind you know that life, in and of itself, is now pointless. The essence of BEING is no longer worth experiencing. You’ve seen the highest of the highs that this world can provide to you.

So what now? How can you go back to your career, to your family, to anything that once gave you joy? It will always be in the back of your mind, in some dark recess of your SOUL, that nothing you ever encounter will top this moment in history.

“Sweetie, look! He’s taking his first steps! Our little boy, he’s taking his first steps!”

“Wow, that’s great hun.” ::thinking:: Oh my god Jalen Hurts threw 158 pass attempts without a single interception…what now? How can I go on?

My only advice for any of you is to do your best. LIVE, damnit, with the knowledge that you’ve been witness to the pinnacle of human performance, of what mankind can accomplish in this world.

Let it flow over your tongue, imbue every pore of your spirit, fill your heart with a warmth that nothing can ever touch. Close your eyes. You can see it, can’t you? The briskness of the incomplete passes, the five-yard down and outs, the inept training camp defense that never intercepted a single pass over a glorious two week span.

Let it give you strength.

158 consecutive training camp passes without an interception. A new Philadelphia Eagles training camp record. 

You’ll always have THIS in your life. Friends and family come and go, but this moment in time will never leave you. Nobody can ever take this away from you.

Be strong.