Jalen Hurts has Broken the NFL Media

Jalen Hurts has Broken the NFL Media
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As the famous American philosopher Herm Edwards once stated, “You play to win the game.”

This has been the purpose of sport from its first creation. From the first days of Little League (yes, put those participation trophies away), to what we judge professional athletes on, winning isn’t everything; it is the only thing. While it’s a fair critique to note that the pendulum may have swung a tad too far in this ring culture era, at the end of the day, they play the games for a reason.

Jalen Hurts continues to win at one of the greatest rates of any athlete. The Philadelphia Eagles are 46-20 in games that Hurts has started in his career, including 37-10 over the past three season. He also is 6-3 in the playoffs with two Super Bowl appearances and most recently carved up the Chiefs for 293 combined passing and rushing yards with three total touchdowns on the biggest NFL stage. This was all while Hurts took an early seat on the bench en route to the 40-22 Super Bowl blowout, to which the star QB was less than pleased about:

What do Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, and Lamar Jackson all have in common? They each were handed a loss from Jalen Hurts and company last year as the Eagles cruised to a 14-3 record and were eventually crowned Super Bowl Champions.

The latest media click-farming tactic is to keep Hurts down on each of the quarterback rankings and continue doubling down on prior skepticism. It’s as if every quarterback in the NFL is better than Jalen Hurts, until it is time to actually be better than Jalen Hurts. The reigning Super Bowl MVP is not a perfect quarterback and he likely would be the first to tell you so. But there has to come a point where his resume and accomplishments have to matter more than the nitpicked weaknesses:

People getting fired up about these lists (guilty) is essentially the point of them in the first place. But it’s tough to justify a player like Jayden Daniels skyrocketing to the fifth-best quarterback after just one year in the league. Sure, Daniels had about as great of a rookie year as you can ask for. But a lot of players have looked impressive in their first trip through the league and hit the famous sophomore slump. It was this time last year when C.J. Stroud was being shoved into potential top five conversations after his impressive rookie season. Stroud also sees his name ranked higher than Hurts on most of these lists despite the Eagles’ star posting a better completion percentage, touchdown percentage, interception rate, QB Rating, and total touchdowns while leading his team to more overall success. Justin Herbert also consistently ranked above Jalen Hurts in so many of these rankings. While Herbert may look cool in social media clips throwing go routes with no defense, the 27-year-old has not won a meaningful football game in his life and is freshly...