Peyton Manning raves about Jalen Hurts on the PFF podcast with Cris Collinsworth:
Manning: "He's played so well in both of the Super Bowls, but I like the way he goes about it. He calls me a lot and asks me lots of questions. They actually run a lot of plays that we used to run. [Nick] Sirianni, to Frank Reich, to Tom Moore, sort of that chain. And he calls me with very specific questions about certain plays. So he's a student of the game. Here's another example—he squats 600 pounds, he can run over guys, he can throw it a mile. But his appreciation of the cerebral part of the game is what is impressive to me and how he's taken his game to the next level and I think the sky is the limit for this guy."
Collinsworth: "Have you ever met a more intense, serious human being than Jalen?"
Manning: "No."
Collinsworth: "It's almost intimidating when you are in the room with him!"
Here are my Top 15 Defensive plays of the @Eagles 2024 Season:
1. Cooper DeJeans Super Bowl Pick 6
2. Jalen Carters game saving sack vs the Rams
3. Nakobe Dean’s pick in the endzone to end the Jags game
4. Zack Bauns 4th down stop vs Commanders
5. Gardner Johnson’s Pick 6 vs Dallas
6. DeJean laying out King Henry
7. Baun’s INT in the Super Bowl
8. DeJeans 4th down stop vs Bengals
9. Milton Williams strip sack and recovery in the Super Bowl
10. Slay’s no look INT vs Packers
11. Slay’s deflection to end the Panthers game
12. Mitchell’s leaping INT vs Commanders in the NFC Title game
13. Reed Blankenship’s game ending INT vs the Saints
14. Reed Blankenship’s redzone INT vs Packers
15. Zack Baun game ending sack vs the Packers
Man… Listen to the offensive line talk to Jalen Hurts after his dagger touchdown. The respect is through the roof…
Mailata: “I love when they doubt you!”
Johnson: *Shakes his hand*
Jurgens: “You’re the f****** man!”
Mailata: “They can’t f*** with you dawg”
Hurts: “I know”
Hurts in the NFC Championship game:
- 20/28
- 246 passing yards
- 4 total TDs
- 110.1 passer rating
- 0 turnovers
Jalen got so much heat from the media all week. He just clinched his 2nd Super Bowl appearance in 4 years as a starter.