Philadelphia Eagles leadership is split on Jalen Hurts future, per report
Just when you thought it was safe and you’d get through a full seven days without hearing the questions about whether or not Jalen Hurts is the Philadelphia Eagles‘ quarterback of the future, we’re off and running with what’s seemingly always the most-talked-about narrative in the Delaware Valley… again.
Following an impressive month’s worth of football games, from Week 8 versus the Detroit Lions to Week 11 versus the New Orleans Saints, the discussions about Hurts proving that he, indeed, deserved his chance at being Philadelphia’s quarterback on the future had increased. Following Week 12’s debacle in East Rutherford, New Jersey versus the lowly (and hated) New York Giants, QB1 is seemingly back at square one.
Eagles brass is split on how they see Jalen Hurts future, per report
Per a report by The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jeff McLane, Jalen Hurts’ future with the Eagles could, very well, rest on how patient the Eagles’ meddlesome owner, Jeffrey Lurie, is. This one requires a premium subscription to read, so we won’t be sharing any of McLane’s theories here, but here’s the meat of everything.
“Two independent sources familiar with (Eagles chairman Jeffrey Lurie and vice president/general manager Howie Roseman’s) thinking” state that “Lurie is said to still believe in Hurts” while “Roseman’s assessment is less confident”.
As we’ve stated constantly, the remainder of the 2021 regular season will continue the campaign-long evaluation of where Hurts is and if he stands a chance at earning the Eagles’ starting quarterback job past this season.
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The Eagles have been linked to veteran quarterbacks including Deshaun Watson and Russell Wilson over the course of the current season, and recent reports indicate that hasn’t changed. One thing working in Hurts’ favor is this. No one sees anyone in the 2022 draft class at the quarterback position as someone who can turn a struggling franchise around. Still, regardless of where you are on that, we can probably all agree on two things.
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One, if Philly invests draft capital in a signal-caller, there’s a chance that it likely won’t happen in Round 1 of the next NFL Draft. Second, whether they do or they don’t, while it appears that Jeffrey Lurie is on Hurts’ train and Howie isn’t, Jalen is 6-10 as the Eagles’ starter over the course of two seasons. The criticism is only going to get more intense if the Eagles don’t start winning games and do so with more consistency.