Philadelphia Eagles star Jalen Hurts rose several spots in FOX Sports' QB rankings after Week 1.
Philadelphia Eagles star Jalen Hurts rose several spots in FOX Sports' QB rankings after his Week 1 outing against the Washington Commanders.
Hurts went from No. 14 to No. 11.
Hurts' naysayers were nowhere to be found in Week 1. Why? Because the one-time Super Bowl MVP had an outstanding game, going 14/25 through the air for 203 passing yards and three passing touchdowns.
Hurts also had seven carries for 46 rushing yards for the Eagles, who beat the Commanders by a final score of 24-22.
"I think he did a really nice job, had a really nice game and made a lot of plays," Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said about Hurts. "He made plays that only Jalen Hurts is capable of making at times across the entire league. With some of those new things that we were doing, I though he did a nice job.
"Now, not a surprise to me. I was talking to somebody; we had 46 days or 47 days in training camp to get ready for that first game. We’re seeing that on a daily basis, that improvement. I get it, you guys don’t get to see that on a daily basis like we do. I thought he handled those things well. To be quite honest with you, we wouldn’t have put those things in had we [not thought] he could function them at a very high level. I thought he did a really nice job, and like I said, played a nice game."
The Eagles signed Hurts to a five-year, $255 million extension in April 2023. However, there is little guaranteed money left on Hurts' deal after the 2026 season.
If Hurts plays well all season and leads the Eagles to another Super Bowl, he will get another huge extension.
A talented runner and thrower, Hurts finished the 2025 season with 3,224 passing yards, 25 passing touchdowns, 421 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns. He completed 64.8% of his passes.
“There’s room to improve," Hurts said after Week 1. "Look, it’s a really good team first and foremost. It’s a really good team and I don’t want to take anything away from how they played. Our defense played well, and I think we’ve got to help them out in terms of capitalizing on that field position and taking advantage of the opportunities we have but take nothing away from their Defensive Coordinator and the way that they call their game and how their players played. They played, attacked the ball, really populated the line of scrimmage in a multitude of ways and it’s something that we’ll learn from.”
Hurts and the Eagles face the Tennessee Titans in Week 2.
Philadelphia will be heavily favored to win that contest.
