Jalen Hurts is a Super Bowl MVP for the Philadelphia Eagles. He has played his best games when the stakes are at their highest.
That isn’t good enough for at least one television analyst.
Speaking on the Fox Sports 1 show “The Facility,” former backup quarterback Chase Daniel made it his mission Monday to trash Philadelphia’s starting quarterback by saying he would not want to start a franchise with Hurts leading the way.
“There are only four guys that I would take to start a franchise with,” Daniel said. “Quite honestly … there’s more than four guys who I would take to start a franchise with over Jalen Hurts today. Because of that, I can’t sit here and say I want to start a franchise with Jalen Hurts. He’s not in the top nine or 10.”
Of course, we need to remember who is talking here. Daniel, in his 13-year career, never started more than two games in the NFL during a season. In 2016, he signed a three-year contract with the Eagles but was cut the following year in favor of Nick Foles, who went on to be Super Bowl LII MVP.
While Daniel may understand protections and how NFL teams think in the locker room, he has never been in the situation Hurts has been.
You know, actually playing in multiple Super Bowls and even winning one as the game’s best player.
So while Daniel will continue to talk poorly about Philadelphia’s franchise quarterback, it’s best to take his opinions about that position with a grain of salt.