Jalen Hurts’ play for the Philadelphia Eagles for far this season shouldn’t be putting him in the discussion for MVP this season. The Philadelphia Eagles are slowly but surely making a comeback as a force in the NFL.
Following their three-year stretch from 2017-2019 in which they made the playoffs three times, famously beating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII in the first of those years, 2020 saw them take a major step back.
A 4-11-1 season saw them finish 4th in a rather poor NFC East that saw the Washington Commanders win it with a 7-9 record, but after a number of changes for the long-term, including moving on former franchise quarterback Carson Wentz and head coach Doug Pederson, both of whom were crucial to their Super Bowl victory, they rebounded in 2021 under the stewardship of Nick Siriani as head coach.
The other part of their rebuild has been through the play of quarterback Jalen Hurts, who the team took in the 2020 NFL Draft, and who, after sitting for most of his rookie year, eventually took over the starting role late in the year and hasn’t relinquished it since.