It’s not always sunny in Philadelphia.
On Wednesday morning, a damning report was published by ESPN, detailing how Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has been a source of frustration for the franchise.
“Poor body language, not always bought in, not the most coachable and the players notice,” one person told ESPN about Hurts, who the story noted tends to be closed off, “continually fights” being under center and has “pushed back on changes” to the team’s offensive scheme. The report notes that Hurt is viewed as a primary catalyst for Philadelphia’s offense becoming “calcified” and that he “has shown a reluctance to let it rip at times, particularly against zone coverage.”
Moreover, just months after the Eagles won Super Bowl LIX in 2025, Hurts’ character and the way he rubs off on those around him was labeled a “disaster.”
What’s really going on here?
“This is exactly what I was told [about Hurts by a source]. And when does the reality come out? When folks assume their jobs are in hassle; when folks get changed; when individuals are someplace, get blamed for one thing, they usually’re out of city; they transfer to a different job, then they’re going to speak. It is a reporter I belief, I used to be informed that is beginning to really feel very like Russell Wilson with the Seattle Seahawks,” Colin Cowherd stated on Wednesday’s version of “The Herd,” “the place the quarterback, who has critics, is getting all of the credit score and the roster’s stacked, and after they do occasionally lose, the roster will get the blame, and the quarterback would not.”
Jalen Hurts ‘not all the time purchased in;’ is he holding again the Eagles’ offense?
Final season, Philadelphia gained the NFC East at 11-6 however proceeded to lose to the San Francisco 49ers within the NFC wild-card spherical. Within the common season, Hurts totaled 3,224 passing yards, 25 passing touchdowns, six interceptions and a 98.5 passer score, whereas finishing 64.8% of his passes. He additionally rushed for 421 yards and eight touchdowns.
In all, Philadelphia’s offense was simply twenty fourth within the NFL in complete yards (311.2 per recreation), twenty third in passing yards (194.3 per recreation), nineteenth in factors (22.3 per recreation) and 18th in speeding yards (116.9 per recreation). Hurts’ relationship with star extensive receiver A.J. Brown has frequently come into query, particularly after the latter informed followers to “get rid” of him in fantasy soccer in the course of the common season; Brown, a three-time Professional Bowler, totaled 1,003 receiving yards within the 2025 common season, his lowest mark since 2021.
Hurts, a Professional Bowler in three of the final 4 seasons, was the Tremendous Bowl LIX MVP for the Eagles and has helped them attain two Tremendous Bowls throughout his 5 seasons as their full-time beginning quarterback (2022 and 2024 seasons). He signed a five-year, $255 million extension after the 2022 season.
Change has been a continuing for the Eagles at offensive coordinator, as Philadelphia has a brand new offensive coordinator in former Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Sean Mannion, who replaces the outgoing Kevin Patullo — who was promoted to offensive coordinator for the 2025 season after Kellen Moore left his place following Tremendous Bowl LIX to develop into the brand new head coach of the New Orleans Saints.
The yr prior (2023), Brian Johnson was the Eagles’ offensive coordinator, changing Shane Steichen, who was within the function from 2021-22 earlier than leaving to develop into the top coach of the Indianapolis Colts.
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“Saquon Barkley did not get sufficient love, the D-Line and O-Line had been dominating, however who bought $255 million? Who’s getting the commercials? Who’s getting the journal covers? It feels very Russell Wilson in Seattle,” Cowherd stated of the Eagles. “And GM Howie Roseman [has been] very reluctant to commerce [star wide receiver] A.J. Brown. I have been saying this for 2 years: ‘I do not get it.’ Now, I do. [With] A.J. Brown, the overall supervisor’s like, ‘Yeah, that’s not the difficulty,’ so the reality comes out.”
As for the comparability, Wilson was Seattle’s beginning quarterback from 2012-21, highlighted by the Seahawks profitable Tremendous Bowl XLVIII. Whereas Wilson was a Professional Bowler in 9 of his 10 seasons in Seattle, the franchise additionally had one of many extra iconic defenses in latest reminiscence within the early portion of the quarterback’s profession, highlighted by the “Legion of Increase” — a secondary that included star defensive backs Richard Sherman, Earl Thomas, Kam Chancellor and Byron Maxwell, amongst others.
Courting again to the 4 begins he made in his 2020 rookie season, the Eagles are a mixed 57-25 within the common season and 6-4 within the postseason with Hurts beneath heart.
