Super Bowl LIX MVP Jalen Hurts apparently doesn't have the job security everyone thought he did as the Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback, but it seems he's just getting the blame as the face of the franchise for the wrong decisions from those actually in charge.
ESPN's Tim McManus and Jeremy Fowler on Wednesday published a scathing report with the headline, "Inside Eagles' 2025 friction as Jalen Hurts stands at crossroads," which used "more than a dozen" unnamed sources to point out the issues with Hurts within the franchise and how he played a major part in the offense "becoming calcified." There are certainly warranted shots at a QB making the money Hurts does and that comes with the position, but all the he said, she said coming from the organization just painted a picture of chaos that Hurts has been caught in the middle of.
ESPN reports growing concerns in Philadelphia about Jalen Hurts
Accusations against Hurts included fighting against scheme changes like extra motions and shifts, consistently changing plays from what was called, and even nags about his poor body language. Obviously sources on Hurts' side denied his faults, leaving bystanders to just pick who to trust, and the truth likely being somewhere in the middle.
Adversity is nothing new to Hurts. He was benched during the national championship game while at Alabama and served as the backup for the next season. He then went to Oklahoma, where he emerged as a Heisman Trophy runner-up and proved himself enough for the Eagles to select him in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
Hurts eventually took over the starting job in Philly, and by Year 2 as the full-time QB1, he had the Eagles in the Super Bowl and was an NFL MVP candidate. He was then Super Bowl MVP just two seasons ago after getting the Eagles there for the second time. He's 63-29 as a starter.
The Sooners and Eagles both proved Hurts just needs a chance and he'll prove a believer correct. But now the Eagles are apparently losing belief in their franchise quarterback while not actually giving him that chance.
Hurts will have his sixth different play-caller in seven seasons in 2026. The only time Hurts had the same play-caller two years in a row, he got the Eagles to the Super Bowl and was named NFL MVP runner-up that second season. Two of the Eagles' last three offensive coordinators were fired after just one season. Kellen Moore was the only one to survive and had to get the Eagles to the Super Bowl, but then left to be the New Orleans Saints' head coach.
Jalen Hurts definitely has problems, but he's not the problem. But if the Eagles want to put the blame on Hurts, then he'll become someone else's answer while there are still nothing but questions in Philadelphia.