00:00He's got to be an integral part of that offense this year.
00:04He has to be the guy that everybody turns to when the chips are down.
00:09I think there's a lot that goes into this.
00:12I don't think it depends on his numbers.
00:15But I will go as far to say I think Jeffrey Lurie loves this guy.
00:23Yeah, he does.
00:24I think he really thinks he is the franchise.
00:28And when you have the owner on your side, I think you're in pretty good shape for a contract next
00:34year.
00:35So I'm going to say as long as he is a part of the season in a good way, I
00:41think he gets the long-term deal.
00:43Yeah, because like I just said to you, if he's only along for the ride.
00:46But if we're being fair, even in 2024, although he wasn't the MVP, I don't think it would be fair
00:53to say, oh, Hertz was only along for the ride.
00:55The rushing attack, although it starts with the offensive line, we've talked about this a lot.
01:01The threat of Jalen Hurts being that plus one in the run game certainly helps the rushing attack, right?
01:07Yeah.
01:07And then we were also talking about earlier, we played a clip from Jason Kelsey on Nick Foles' podcast.
01:13In the biggest moments, Jalen is anything but along for the ride.
01:18I mean, he's been the guy who shows up in the two-minute drills.
01:20He's the guy who shows up in the biggest games.
01:22So I don't know if he's ever just been, quote, along for the ride.
01:27Well, let's face it.
01:27He has to be a part of the offense.
01:29I want to see him be a little bit more part of the offense.
01:33So more or less what I'm trying to tell you is tuck the ball and don't be afraid to run
01:38this year.
01:39Yeah, I love that idea.
01:40I mean, that's, you know, I remember back when he was doing it, people were saying, well, he can't run
01:46that much.
01:47You know, he's got to be able to pass the ball.
01:49We know he can throw the football.
01:50We know he can throw the football deep.
01:52We do know that.
01:54But the one thing I do want to see is him be able to make a read and go back
02:00to the RPO.
02:02You go back to the RPO, you know how hard that was on defenses.
02:05Did you remember that?
02:06You saw a lot of confused linebackers.
02:09You saw a lot of confused, like, defensive ends when he would do that.
02:12And when you do that, it gives them an extra layer to try to prepare for, and they can't do
02:18it.
02:18So I truly believe that Jalen has to use his weapons that he has, and I still believe, as a
02:26running back, he could still use that as an option.
02:28I still believe that Jalen has to use aẽ, that means he could go back, where Repo.
