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Eagles QB Jalen Hurts earns major props from Peyton Manning
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As fans may or may not have heard, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is not one of the elite, top-tier quarterbacks in the NFL, at least according to Mike Sando of The Athletic.
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Dubbed the kind of player who can " carry his team sometimes but not as consistently " as the truly elite talents the NFL has to offer, Hurts finds himself ranked ninth on Sando's list, behind players like Jayden Daniels , Justin Herbert , and Jared Goff , none of whom have Super Bowl MVP awards on their resumes.
Discussing his opinion of Hurts on The Cris Collinsworth Podcast , Peyton Manning took issue with saying the Eagles' QB isn't one of the best arms in the business, as he believes the sky is truly the limit on his potential .
"He's played so well in both of the Super Bowls, but I like the way he goes about it. He calls me a lot and asks me lots of questions. They actually run a lot of plays that we used to run. [Nick] Sirianni, to Frank Reich, to Tom Moore, sort of that chain. And he calls me with very specific questions about certain plays. So he's a student of the game," Manning explained via 94WIP.
"Here's another example—he squats 600 pounds, he can run over guys, he can throw it a mile. But his appreciation of the cerebral part of the game is what is impressive to me, and how he's taken his game to the next level, and I think the sky is the limit for this guy."
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While Hurts has found a ton of success at every single level of football he's played, including a playoff resume that few current NFL players can match, his biggest curse is playing for a really good team with talent all over the roster. Fortunately, with a new offensive coordinator calling the shots this fall, maybe Hurts will continue to rise up Sando's board if he turns in another winning campaign, should he give a single care as to what an outside observer thinks about his do-it-all offensive game.
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