Eagles QB Jalen Hurts shakes off illness concerns as he powers home a rushing touchdown in opening drive against the Seahawks

Jalen Hurts shook off any concerns related to his fitness by powering home a rushing touchdown in Philly's opening drive against the Seahawks, as the Eagles quarterback recovered in time from illness to play in Seattle. 

Hurts was 5-of-5 passing before giving his team the lead with a little over 6:30 left in the first quarter of Monday night's game at Lumen Field. Going into halftime, he was 9 of 17 for 79 yards. 

Hurts was listed as active just before kickoff, after having been listed as questionable because of an illness that prompted him to travel separately from his teammates to the West Coast. 

Despite back-to-back losses, the Eagles are still a half-game ahead of Dallas in the NFC East and in contention for the conference's top playoff seed. 

With four consecutive defeats, the Seattle Seahawks have gone from atop the NFC West to needing to make up ground for a wild-card playoff berth. So plenty is on the line in the first NFL game to be flexed to Monday night.

'You don't win without some type of adversity,' Hurts told reporters pregame. 'That's just the name of it. We'd love to come out here and be perfect. But perfection is only an illusion.' 

The schedule over the past month has been difficult for both teams.

The Eagles defeated Kansas City and Buffalo, then lost to San Francisco and Dallas, allowing the host Cowboys to pull into a first-place tie in the division with a 33-13 victory last Sunday night.

'We've played a lot of high-profile games here before and executed well. I don't think it is the magnitude,' Eagles center Jason Kelce said after his team lost three fumbles to Dallas. 'These are good teams, and you can't make mistakes against good teams. We've done far too much of that.'

The Eagles have games against Seattle and Arizona and two against the New York Giants remaining. Those three teams have a combined record of 14-25.

'You can't even look that far ahead,' Eagles receiver A.J. Brown said. 'We play Seattle (this) week. That's the only thing we need to worry about.'

Eagles cornerback Darius Slay (knee), linebacker Zach Cunningham (knee) and offensive lineman Cameron Jurgens (pectoral) are all out Monday night.

The Seahawks have lost twice in the past three weeks to the division-leading 49ers, including 28-16 last Sunday in Santa Clara, California, as Drew Lock started in place of injured quarterback Geno Smith (groin). He started again on Monday night against Philly.

Seattle's skid is its longest since Pete Carroll took over as coach in 2010.

'It's a challenge at this point of the season to see if we can make it through (to the playoffs),' Carroll said after losing to the 49ers. 'The fourth quarter of this season is still there for us, and we'll see if we can. I believe these guys are going to bounce back and be ready to go again. We've got to get back on track.'