Jalen Hurts: Underrated, Star By Many, Eyes MVP Season

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00:00But you know what I started to pivot to in this offseason?

00:02You guys are right. It's Jalen Hurts.

00:04And the fact of the matter is, the doubt on Jalen Hurts,

00:06all he's been in the NFL was a winner.

00:08The only thing he was missing was a Super Bowl.

00:09Got to one against Patrick Mahomes the first time around,

00:12outplayed Patrick Mahomes, and they lost that game.

00:14Learned from it. The next season didn't work out so well.

00:17Got back to it, and he was really good down the stretch,

00:19which included a fantastic playoff run,

00:21and that was also an MVP in the Super Bowl.

00:23So I look at the maturation process of a young quarterback

00:25who's still in his prime and learning how to win.

00:27I think he steps up this year.

00:28We'll probably take a look at the MVP odds.

00:30He's sitting at 20-1.

00:32Normally that would be an after-throw.

00:33Oh, I'll say Quan Barco's going to carry it.

00:34So many other players, Joe Burrows out there, and Lamar Jackson.

00:37I'm telling you this year, he's probably going to have more on his plate,

00:40and rightfully so.

00:41And if he takes care of the football like he did last year,

00:44why can't he rush for 15 touchdowns but throw for 30-plus touchdowns?

00:48Being serious.

00:49Well, the reality around Jalen Hurts is he's the most underrated player

00:53in some circles in this league because there are still people

00:56who opt to make top-10 quarterback lists that don't include him.

01:00Yet there's no justification for it.

01:02People treat Saquon Barkley – I mean, I'm sorry, Jalen Hurts –

01:07like he finishes these games with 100 yards,

01:12and it's all we've ever known from Jalen Hurts.

01:14Donnie, you know this very well.

01:16Two seasons – so three seasons ago, if Jalen Hurts did not get Hurts –

01:21MVP.

01:22He's absolutely winning league MVP.

01:25He was the favorite at the time of the injury.

01:27It's the Carson Wentz situation who would have won MVP that season.

01:30The difference between Hurts and Wentz is Hurts came back,

01:35played in those playoffs, played in the Super Bowl despite losing,

01:39outplayed Mahomes in the Super Bowl, and yet that still wasn't enough

01:44for people.

01:45So then we go through this season and questions, questions, questions,

01:49and yes, they're coming even from inside the locker room of A.J. Brown,

01:53and it was the Carolina win where he only threw for 108 yards.

01:56So the response was throwing for 290 yards and three total touchdowns

02:00against Pittsburgh, and that was his last game in the regular season.

02:03He got hurt in the first quarter against Washington, and that was that.

02:07And yet that still wasn't enough for people.

02:08So then we go through the playoffs, and in game number one,

02:11it's only 131 yards, but they throw two touchdowns,

02:13and they absolutely embarrass Jordan Love, and yet Jordan Love

02:16is somehow still better than him in these games.

02:19And there's only 128 against the Rams, but, oh, he was outplayed by Stafford

02:23despite the fact that Stafford kept turning the football over in that game.

02:26Okay, well, you know what?

02:27You guys have definitely got him dead to rights.

02:29Now, who's left for him?

02:30Jaden Daniels.

02:31Yeah.

02:31Well, he's obviously going to get outplayed by Jaden Daniels.

02:34Oh, no, he's significantly not close.

02:37This outplays Jaden Daniels in that football game.

02:398.8 yards per attempt, completed over 70% of his passes, threw for 246,

02:44a score, and ripped off three rushing touchdowns because apparently some clowns

02:49who cover this league still do not know that those are also touchdowns

02:52that are being accounted for.

02:54Well, don't worry about it because Hurts is going to obviously fall flat

02:57in the biggest stage of them all.

02:58Oh, no.

02:59Two for two and outplaying Pat Mahomes in the Super Bowls.

03:01God's gift to the quarterback position.

03:03So what are we doing here?

03:04I just don't understand this whole thing.

03:07And I know that I'm now raising my voice to two guys who both understand

03:10the value of Jalen Hurts, but it's going to continue to bother me

03:13because Jalen Hurts is very obviously one of the five best quarterbacks

03:17in the National Football League on a team that's booked as a Super Bowl favorite.

03:21And yet, Donnie, when we go through an MVP award,

03:24I have to see him price the same number as Justin Herbert.

03:27Yeah.

03:27That's a joke.

03:28Yeah.

03:29No, you're right about that, too, because Justin Herbert's supposed to be,

03:31hey, you know what, Jim Harbaugh, let's run the football here,

03:33the keys to the castle, and Jalen Hurts' hand.

03:35But he just doesn't get those accolades.

03:37It's almost like you would date ourselves, Joe, right?

03:39Joe Montana.

03:40Did anybody ever say Joe Montana?

03:41Well, he had Jerry Rice, John Taylor.

03:43He had the best offensive play call in history,

03:44an unbelievable, unsalary-capped offensive line,

03:47and some of the best running backs.

03:48We never do that.

03:48No.

03:49But yet, somehow, when you look at today's athletes, it's like,

03:51well, how much help does Jalen Hurts need?

03:53I don't know.

03:53Did he need that much help being the MVP in the Super Bowl?

03:56Like, that's what I get to now,

03:57where it's almost like the underrated somehow turned into the overrated,

04:00but we never got to write the guy, if that makes sense.

04:02Okay.

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