Jalen Hurts’ latest comments should put the NFL on alert and could fuel an Eagles dynasty
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts just won his first Super Bowl after taking down Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Hurts was also named Super Bowl MVP after he finished the game completing 17 of 22 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns with one interception. He also rushed for a Super Bowl record of […]
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts just won his first Super Bowl after taking down Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.
Hurts was also named Super Bowl MVP after he finished the game completing 17 of 22 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns with one interception. He also rushed for a Super Bowl record of 72 yards and one score.
But after a near-perfect performance and being crowned a Super Bowl champion, Hurts is still unsatisfied.
"When it's all said and done for me, I won't measure my success off of any numbers of statistics or passing yards or touchdowns or anything like that," Hurts said. "I measured off the rings and championships.
"It's all a journey and I've still yet to arrive. We [have] still yet to arrive as a team. We just enjoy everything, put forth the effort, and it's taken us here."
It's no secret that Hurts' unsatisfied mindset stems from his college days when he was benched during Alabama's National Championship Game in favor of younger backup quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
But that's just one of the many moments from his career since then that he's had to overcome throughout his professional career that has continued to fuel his desire to be better.
"I think my entire career, I've been challenged with different things, and it's put me in a place where I was just trying to improve, improve, improve so I can be the best that I can be," Hurts said. "And then there's the other side of it, where you know, you experience a shortcoming and a failure, and you now see the importance of winning and beating the opponent, and so both of those things, and both of those components are essential to being great and achieve ultimate success.
"But it's just evolution, and it's the maturation of myself and a team a culture being able to evolve and grow, knowing that things are always changing as time goes by, but knowing that everything comes right on time."
Hurts is only 26 years old with two Super Bowl appearances in four years, but he is just getting started. It helps that his offense won't drastically change for at least another year, and the Eagles' defense is currently the youngest in the NFL.
That said, it's safe to say that, as long as Hurts remains unsatisfied, then the Eagles will be Super Bowl contenders for seasons to come.
