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Jalen Hurts doesn’t have to apologize just because he didn’t have to impose his will on the NFC Championship game against the 49ers when Brock Purdy’s Cinderella season was lost to a first-quarter elbow injury.
He deserves this moment.
He deserves this chance to hoist the Lombardi Trophy at the end of Super Bowl 2023.
This town will believe in Jalen Hurts more than it believed in Nick Foles when he upset Tom Brady in Super Bowl LII and gifted Philadelphia its first Super Bowl championship.
A town he never expected to lead to a Super Bowl.
“They probably didn’t even want to draft me here,” Hurts said after Eagles 31, 49ers 7. “It was a big surprise to me. Big surprise to me. I went through a lot of stuff in college and it kinda stuck with me — John 13:7, ‘You may not know now but later you’ll understand.’ Hopefully people understand.”
People understand now why the Eagles drafted him in the second round in 2020 and ditched Carson Wentz.
His owner understands.
“It probably starts with his upbringing,” Jeffrey Lurie said. “It starts with his parents. It’s a big part of analyzing a quarterback that you’re gonna take in the draft. You want someone who is incredibly mature, stable, able to withstand the ups and downs of the NFL. Every young quarterback struggles. How are they gonna emerge after that struggling period? … Quietly confident, and everyone wants to follow his lead because he’s deserving of it.”
Jets fans will read that quote and think of Zach Wilson.
Giants fans will read that quote and think of Daniel Jones.
