Eagles' Jalen Hurts Makes Shocking Appearance On QB List
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is heading into the 2025 NFL season recognized as the NFL's latest Super Bowl MVP.
In the Super Bowl, Hurts completed 77 percent of his passes for 221 yards. He threw for one touchdown and one interception. The quarterback was key to helping the Eagles achieve their ultimate goal at the end of the year, when they dominated the Kansas City Chiefs to win their second Super Bowl in franchise history.
Surely, Jalen Hurts can't be viewed as underrated. Well, not exactly.
Recently, CBS Sports put together a list of the NFL's most underrated and overrated quarterbacks. Hurts' presence in the former category will likely leave some confused, considering he just earned one of the highest honors for a player in the game.
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"The reigning Super Bowl MVP is underrated? It sure seems like it," writes CBS Sports' Cody Benjamin.
"You won't find anyone who puts up a fight when you mention Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Josh Allen in lists of elite quarterbacks. Throw Hurts' name in there, however, and all of a sudden you're clawing for your life. But since when did gaudy stats and pretty highlights mean more than, you know, winning games that matter? Hurts played more of a background role in the Philadelphia Eagles' historic Super Bowl LIX run, but too many people forget he's now given two championship-caliber performances at that stage. And he's still just 26! He may not be flawless, but he's close to inevitable."
alen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles warms up before kickoff against the Dallas Cowboys prior to an NFL football game at AT&T Stadium on November 10, 2024 in Arlington, Texas.
alen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles warms up before kickoff against the Dallas Cowboys prior to an NFL football game at AT&T Stadium on November 10, 2024 in Arlington, Texas.There's always a yearly debate about the importance of QB wins in football. It's important no matter what, but in a team sport, a good quarterback might have a losing win percentage because his team is bad.
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For Hurts, the argument tends to go against him. Yes, he wins, but his team is currently at the top. It's difficult to find balance when it comes to the Hurts debate. In this case, he's an underrated player.
Since entering the NFL as a second-round pick, Hurts has appeared in 77 games. He was the team's starting quarterback for 66 of those matchups. He showed a lot of promise in year one, but left a lot of question marks at the end of his first full campaign as a starter.
By year three, Hurts entered the NFL's MVP conversation. Since then, his passing has been under a microscope and heavily debated, but he hasn't stopped winning. Over the past three seasons, Hurts' Eagles have lost just 10 games. They've been to the Super Bowl twice and will enter the new football season defending a title.
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