Jalen Hurts: FOX Sports host questions Eagles QB's MVP credentials

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.

His play has been far from spectacular, especially in 2021 when he threw for 3,144 passing yards, 16 touchdowns and 9 interceptions to go along with 784 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. Good, but not exactly up there amongst the greats of the league.

But when a team starts a season 5-0, and Hurts has been playing pretty well, that inevitably leads to talk about him being the league’s MVP.

However, speaking on First Things First, Nick Wright thinks that it is odd that he is being mentioned in the MVP conversation: 

Video: Nick Wright tries to calm down talk of Jalen Hurts for MVP:

"I don't think Jalen Hurts, right now, should be in the Top