Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts silenced lots of critics throughout Tremendous Bowl LIX with an impressive efficiency to guide his Eagles to a 40-22 throttling of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs to deliver dwelling the championship and avenge their loss to the Chiefs in Tremendous Bowl LVII.
Hurts was practically good except for his one interception within the first half, going 17-for-22 for 221 yards and two touchdowns whereas including 72 yards and a landing on the bottom to seize Tremendous Bowl MVP honors.
The apology tour from the media has already commenced, as ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky issued his on Monday.
“I owe publicly Jalen Hurts an apology. I used to be in all probability one this yr who’s been the toughest on him. I’ll return to a few weeks in the past after I mentioned the passing sport’s not ok proper now and I don’t suppose it’s going to get higher. All he’s carried out since then is have his two finest video games of the yr on the 2 largest levels,” Orlovsky mentioned on Monday’s episode of First Take.
Dan Orlovsky: “I owe publicly Jalen Hurts an apology. I used to be in all probability one this yr who’s been the toughest on him. I am going to return to a few weeks in the past after I mentioned the passing sport’s not ok proper now and I do not suppose it may get higher. All he is carried out since then is… pic.twitter.com/XuTzIvqy8H
— Terrible Asserting (@awfulannouncing) February 10, 2025
Orlovsky credited Hurts for being unbreakable after being benched in the course of the Nationwide Championship sport in faculty and shedding a heartbreaker to the Chiefs two years in the past within the Tremendous Bowl, which solely fueled him to get up to now.
Whereas Orlovsky nonetheless doesn’t imagine Hurts will ever move guys like Joe Burrow or Josh Allen from a expertise perspective, his Tremendous Bowl win adjustments the narrative as a result of he acquired it carried out whereas these different guys have but to take action.
It’s a enjoyable redemption arc for Hurts, who has now cemented his place in historical past and adjusted the dialog round who he’s as a quarterback.
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