Jalen Hurts is a Super Bowl champion and a Super Bowl MVP.
But the jury remains out on where exactly Hurts stands in the echelon of NFL quarterback play.
Hurts’ hardware from leading the Philadelphia Eagles to their second Super Bowl title in February leaves him as a made NFL man. But his performance as a starter of four-plus seasons leaves plenty of detractors of his bona fides.
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Hurts doesn’t stack up with the top tier or even the second tier of NFL passers. And his success is more of a product of his elite supporting cast than his own abilities. So that argument goes.
Nick Sirianni: ‘That’s bulls***’
That’s not an argument that Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni is interested in entertaining. He lashed out at the case in candid comments recently made to local media that surfaced Monday.
“Yeah, that’s bulls***,” Sirianni said, per Reuben Franks of NBC Sports Philadelphia.
Sirianni went on to characterize the criticism of Hurts as a media contrivance — something to fill air time in a broadcast environment with a lot of hours to fill.
“Anytime, I hear that, it’s cool, it’s like a nice debate thing that people like to have,” Sirianni continued. “And I get it, there’s a lot of hours that TV shows and radio stations have to fill to be able to fill that debate.
“I understand that, but we’re talking about the ultimate team game there is, and he does whatever he needs to do to win each and every game.”
That’s legitimate criticism of media from Sirianni. But it doesn’t directly address the criticism of Hurts, which isn’t without merit.
Criticism of Jalen Hurts’ game is valid. But this is what does — and should — matter to Nick Sirianni.
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Is the criticism of Hurts warranted?
Hurts plays behind the league’s best offensive lines and has an elite group of playmakers at his disposal, most notably reigning Offensive Player of the Year Saquon Barkley and three-time Pro Bowl receiver A.J. Brown.
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