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Philadelphia Eagle’s head coach Nick Sirianni broke back on critics who have claimed that quarterback Jalen Hurts was led to a Super Bowl title during the 2024 season.
Sirianni on Monday did not want to hear any of it and threw “Bulls —” The stories around hurt that he was just a game-controlling quarterback that was helped tremendously because of the addition of a superstar running back and an elite offensive line.
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Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) performs a practice drill on the Novacare complex on June 10, 2025 in Philadelphia. (KYLE ROSS/IMAGN -PICTURES)
“I mean he plays the most important position in all sports,” Sirianni said via NBC Sports Philadelphia. “And it’s the most ultimate team game that is. And what I admire to him is his selfless to do all we have to do to win.
“I mean, of course, anyone who plays quarterback will want to throw it 50 times a game. But he will do something. If he has to throw 50 times a game, he is ready to do it. If he has to deliver it 50 times a game, he is ready to do so.”
Eagles were 14-3 in the regular season before going to an endgame that led to a brutal beatdown of the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
Meanwhile, the violation seventh in scored points and eighth on yards obtained in the NFL. Hurts had 2,903 passing yards and 18 passing touchdowns. It also helped to have the offensive player of the year Saquon Barkley in the back field.
Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) runs the ball against Kansas City Chiefs in the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football match, Sunday 9 February 2025, in New Orleans. (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)
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For Sirianni, what matters most to him was to enable the team to win ball games.
“You name me a team that wins and wins consistently that doesn’t have good players around you,” Sirianni said. “Like, name me a coach who doesn’t have good players around him winning. As, you don’t win with bad players, and that’s the same thing you don’t win with bad players either, as you’re a quarterback.
“It’s a team game. Yes, it always bothers me to be honest with you when it’s talked about because it’s football.”
Hurts has turned out to be an elite quarterback since he took the starting job in 2021. He is a two-time pro bowler and was the Super Bowl Lix MVP.
Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) responds before opening kicks against Atlanta Falcons at Lincoln Financial Field. (Bill Streicher/Imag photos)
In 77 matches with Eagles during his career, he has 14,667 passing yards and 85 passers -by touchdowns.
