Jalen Hurts bucked decades of history just by getting back to the Super Bowl after losing his first trip there as a starting quarterback.
This season, Hurts took a backseat to Saquon Barkley as the running back became the focal part of the offense to run for 2,447 yards and 20 touchdowns through the regular season and playoffs. But Eagles legend Jason Kelce isn’t buying that Barkley was a one-man headline.
History has not been on the side of quarterbacks who lose in their first Super Bowl appearance, especially over the last 30 years. Jalen Hurts ended one of the weirdest quirks in recent Super Bowl history,
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Moments after Philadelphia’s 55-23 victory over Washington in the NFC championship game, the Eagles quarterback kissed fiancée Bry Burrows, as captured on the Fox broadcast. The couple, who announced their engagement last year, then walked along the sideline at Lincoln Financial Field as the celebrations began.
The first Super Bowl between Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts in 2023 contained a combined 484 passing yards. The two meet again in Super Bowl 2025.
In one week, the Eagles will take a flight to New Orleans ahead of their Super Bowl rematch with the Kansas City Chiefs. But as Nick Sirianni would say, the 2024 Eagles are unaffected by the shortcomings of the 2022 Eagles,
Hurts had his best game of the season while newcomers Saquon Barkley, Zack Baun, and Quinyon Mitchell delivered to earn their first trips to the Super Bowl.
He will try to become the fourth quarterback to win the NFL's ultimate prize as a starting quarterback after losing his first Super Bowl start.
With the NFC Championship Game in our rearview mirror, we're still thinking about a half-dozen Eagles. Can they carry magic with them into Super Bowl Sunday?
Jalen Hurts' journey from a high school standout to an NFL star is remarkable. Leading Alabama to a national championship and making history with the Philadelphia Eagles, he's proven himself as a dual-threat quarterback.