Jalen Hurts needs to have a good 2024 season or the Philadelphia Eagles could get rid of him, or "Carson Wentz him," according to 94WIP's Howard Eskin.
"Nick Sirianni is a very good coach," Eskin told Hugh Douglas and Joe Giglio on Tuesday's 94WIP Midday Show. "I know there are people that don't want to believe that, but players respect him. Maybe Jalen has some questions, but it's not the head coach. If you're worried about the offense than it's Kellen Moore and he gets along with Kellen Moore, so what are you trying to do? He better have a good year and I think he'll have a better year. But I think he needs to have a good year or they're going to Carson Wentz him if he doesn't have a good year...He's got to have a good year and he can't make excuses. Just go out there and be the best player you can be."
Hurts, who turns 26 on August 7th, signed a five-year deal worth $255 million ($179 million guaranteed) last offseason . He has cap hits of $13.5 million, $21.8 million, $31.2 million, and $41.8 million over the next four respective seasons with a potential out for the Eagles after the 2027 season when his dead cap number drops significantly.
In June of 2019, the Eagles signed Carson Wentz to a four-year, $128 million contract extension with $107 million guaranteed. Less than two years later, in March of 2021, the Eagles traded Wentz to the Colts for a 2021 third-round pick and a 2022 first-round pick. A year prior to the trade, during the 2020 NFL Draft, the Eagles controversially selected Hurts in the second-round.
Hurts was asked during his June 6th press conference about Nick Sirianni's open mindedness with the Eagles' new offense under Kellen Moore and gave two basically non-answers. About a week later, Jeff McLane on his Audacy unCovering The Birds Podcast , reported that people inside the Eagles' organization were unhappy with Hurts' answers to the questions.
"Here's what I found out when I started to check into this further," Eskin said. "[Hurts] said the offense is 95-percent different, new, correct? OK. It's 20-percent different, it's not 95-percent, it's only about 20-percent. I found that out from multiple people."
So why did Hurts say that?
"To make an excuse, because people criticized him with the way he was playing at camp," Eskin responded.
"I'm like disappointed [in Hurts], you don't need excuses. Take responsibility."
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