Philadelphia Eagles: Y'all Need To Stop Disrespecting Jalen Hurts

If you haven’t heard it yet, the current narrative around the NFL is “It’s not Jalen Hurts, it’s the talent he has around him.” Even more so, “Jalen Hurts is a product of the system. Is it really that hard to give the young Philadelphia Eagles quarterback his due? Do you hate the Eagles bad enough that you want to break down a 13-1 young, black, quarterback? Are we that blinded by favoritism that this young man’s success is just being written off?

Anyone who dares to utter a second guess on why the Philadelphia Eagles are winning football games needs to give up on analyzing football. First and foremost, what quarterback hasn’t enjoyed success by having talent around him? Don’t you think Peyton Manning wasn’t successful with the likes of Marvin Harrison and Wes Welker, and Damarius Thomas? Dan Marino wouldn’t have been great without Duper/Clayton. Tom Brady had Amendola, Gronkowski, Wes Welker, and Randy Moss.

John Elway had Terrell Davis, Shannon Sharpe, and Rod Smith. No one says a single word about Patrick Mahomes having Travis Kelce and Tyreek Hill last year. Josh Allen was close to being called a bust until the Bills got Stephon Diggs and Cole Beasley. But Jalen Hurts having a system and talent around him is where the line is drawn? Stop it!

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Jump on that weak argument all you want, but Jalen Hurts’ success with the Eagles is a product of putting in the work. In his rookie career, he was being used in a manner that didn’t highlight his skill set. Fast forward to this year where they’re using him as a pass-first quarterback with the ability to run. Just because he can run the football, doesn’t mean he has to do as much as he was. The Eagles had a sketchy run game and were utilizing his talent to supplement the lack of run. Now they’ve got the talent to balance the run/pass option and Hurts is proving he can make the throws. By keeping the defense honest, it’s opening him up to run more keeping him a dual threat.

But even if you remove Jalen Hurts from the equation, the “it’s the system” argument is probably the laziest and most nonsensical argument there is. “It’s the system”, right? Then how come there are so many quarterbacks who end up being busts in the NFL? Why are there not more quarterbacks being fixed by systems? There have been Hall of Fame coaches who couldn’t make young quarterbacks successful in those same systems. Give Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles some credit. There’s no way it’s “just the system”.