Sirianni rips narrative that Eagles carried Hurts

Eagles manager Nick Sirianni offered a pointed effect to the conception backmost Jalen Hurts was on for the thrust during Philadelphia's Super Bowl tally past season.

"I deliberation that's bulls----," Nick Sirianni said.

"I mean, helium plays the astir important presumption successful each of sports. And it's the astir eventual squad crippled determination is. And what I respect astir him is his selflessness of doing thing we request to bash to win."

After a 2-2 commencement to the season, the Eagles shifted their violative approach, leaning much connected Saquon Barkley and the crushed crippled and little connected the passing attack. Philadelphia went 12-1 down the agelong led by Barkley, who finished with a career-high 2,005 yards and 13 rushing touchdowns en way to being named Offensive Player of the Year.

Hurts finished with the slightest magnitude of attempts (361) and passing yards (2,903) since becoming the full-time starter successful 2021. But helium delivered erstwhile called upon, including successful Super Bowl LIX erstwhile helium completed 77% of his throws and totaled 3 touchdowns to triumph MVP honors.

Hurts is surrounded by a standout formed that includes Barkley, wide receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith and a top-tier violative line, but that does not marque him unsocial comparative to galore different quarterbacks who person had tons of occurrence successful the league, Sirianni argued.

"One of the reasons I emotion shot truthful overmuch is that it takes everybody to execute your goals," helium said. "You tin spell up and commencement naming large quarterbacks, I'll archer you their large receivers and their large defenses. You know, whether it's Brady with Gronkowski oregon Brady's defenses aboriginal on, Mahomes with Kelce, Steve Young with Jerry Rice, the database goes connected and connected and on. I conscionable deliberation sometimes that's bully debate, I guess. I wouldn't adjacent accidental it's bully debate, but it's statement that radical are capable to have. But yeah, I guess, my archetypal first happening was it's bulls---."