Jalen Hurts: 5 years, $255M

[MDC 7,194]

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Great deal. He’s 300% better than Danny Dimes and only making 25% more.  

[posty 2,641]

Holy hell...  No wonder ticket prices will never go down again...

Good for him that he can what he can...

[listen2me 23 1,836]

I crack up when people freak out when a QB becomes the new highest paid.  They think it is on total merit and not timing.  

[RLLD 4,156]

Good for him.  The young man made his money. Hope he enjoys the team they can now afford to put around him. 

[posty 2,641]

6 minutes ago, RLLD said:

Good for him.  The young man made his money. Hope he enjoys the team they can now afford to put around him. 

In before cmh's Mahomes/Chiefs comments...

[Tree of Knowledge 1,753]

Oof.  Burrow Is going to be a billionaire in a couple months

[lod001 1,344]

22 minutes ago, RLLD said:

Good for him.  The young man made his money. Hope he enjoys the team they can now afford to put around him. 

The best OL in the NFL will no longer be in Philly. They won't be able to afford that anymore and the real j. hurts will be exposed.

Balt observed what happens when the top of the line OL leaves. Your running QB gets hurt. Thus they are trying not to make the same mistake.

[GutterBoy 2,898]

Inevitable, and this will surely be the demise of the team.  We'll see if he's able to carry the team once the talent around him diminishes.

[thegeneral 3,037]

Won’t be good for the team but you gotta pay premier players at QB. The earlier you lock em up the more it does save later I suppose.

[cmh6476 1,019]

17 minutes ago, posty said:

In before cmh's Mahomes/Chiefs comments...

He's about the only really good qb in the nfc, so they should be fine. 

[listen2me 23 1,836]

It is just tough giving the bag to a QB who you ask to run a ton.  Hurts is built like a garbage can so I can see him being more durable than most.  But like I always say with running QBs.  They don't have to even get hurt and out of the game. If they just roll an ankle they suddenly become obsolete.   A guy like Rodgers at his best was moving within pocket and throwing on the run. But when hurt he could operate well enough from thr pocket.  Mahomes last season.  Not saying Hurts can't throw.  But he is largely effective by bulldozing for first downs.  And making a play outside the pocket.  

A guy like Lamar rolls an ankle and he is seriously obsolete even if can stay in the game.  

[weepaws 3,158]

Congrats, it’s going to be hard to build a contender with one player getting most of the money.  

 

[TBayXXXVII 2,499]

3 minutes ago, listen2me 23 said:

It is just tough giving the bag who you ask to run a ton.  Hurts is buikt like a garbage can so i can see him being more durable than most.  But like I always say with running QBs.  They don't have to even get hurt and out of the game. If they just roll and ankle they suddenly become obsolete.   A guy like Rodgers at his best was moving within pocket and throwing on the run. But when hurt he could operate well enough from thr pocket.  Mahomes last season.  Not saying Hurts can't throw.  But he is largely effective by bullfozing for first downs.  And making a play outaide the pocket.  

A guy like Lamar rolls an ankle and he is seriously obsolete even if can stay in the game.  

Agree with everything you said. 

[Baker Boy 1,693]

12 minutes ago, listen2me 23 said:

It is just tough giving the bag to a QB who you ask to run a ton.  Hurts is built like a garbage can so I can see him being more durable than most.  But like I always say with running QBs.  They don't have to even get hurt and out of the game. If they just roll an ankle they suddenly become obsolete.   A guy like Rodgers at his best was moving within pocket and throwing on the run. But when hurt he could operate well enough from thr pocket.  Mahomes last season.  Not saying Hurts can't throw.  But he is largely effective by bulldozing for first downs.  And making a play outside the pocket.  

A guy like Lamar rolls an ankle and he is seriously obsolete even if can stay in the game.  

Kyler Murray is a great example to back this up.

[Cruzer 1,995]

I’ve said it over and over - QBs are gonna get paid, period……….. As owners make more and more billions, as Caps go up, QBs will continue to get paid, it’s just the way it is. 

Your best bet is to hit and win a SB under a rookie deal, after that - you know what’s coming. 

[cmh6476 1,019]

41 minutes ago, cmh6476 said:

He's about the only really good qb in the nfc, so they should be fine. 

Why is everyone laughing at this?   Not just me claiming as much. He's competing against Jared Goff, Geneo Smith and Dak.

 

https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-qb-index-ranking-all-32-teams-primary-starting-quarterbacks-at-the-end-of-th

[seafoam1 2,838]

48 minutes ago, lod001 said:

The best OL in the NFL will no longer be in Philly. They won't be able to afford that anymore and the real j. hurts will be exposed.

Balt observed what happens when the top of the line OL leaves. Your running QB gets hurt. Thus they are trying not to make the same mistake.

And this is why they don't want to pay their own QB that much. Philly had their run and lost. Now they just promised themself more losing.

[cmh6476 1,019]

Did anyone see if he was pushed over the dotted line?

[MDC 7,194]

I’m not worried about the OL. Jeff Stoutland turns guys like Kelce (6th Rd.) and Jordan Mailata (7) into Pro Bowlers and Philly prioritizes the trenches. Unlike Dallas and New York, who spend top 5 picks on RBs. 

[GutterBoy 2,898]

I remember when Philly overpaid Wentz after his one good year

 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,084]

As the top Giants fan around here who’s loyalty could never be in question, it’s going to be a tough road for the next few years. We better build our D. 

[wiffleball 4,789]

Help me out here. Does that include reparations?

[porkbutt 893]

1 hour ago, MDC said:

I’m not worried about the OL. Jeff Stoutland turns guys like Kelce (6th Rd.) and Jordan Mailata (7) into Pro Bowlers and Philly prioritizes the trenches. Unlike Dallas and New York, who spend top 5 picks on RBs. 

all the philly retards are clamoring for bijon robinson at 10

im not that excited about the hurts deal. i mean i know it had to be done. but still think the guy is an average qb.

 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,929]

This guy won't last 2 years, much less 5.

Maybe an NFL teams needs to lose a huge amount of money to realize that running quarterbacks are not what you want at the quarterback position.

There's a reason they always run and it's because they can't pass.

 

[Mike Honcho 5,193]

2 hours ago, weepaws said:

Congrats, it’s going to be hard to build a contender with one player getting most of the money.  

 

+1

The way GM's and teams allocate their assets really doesn't make sense. I get that QB's are the most important player on the team, but worth a 20-25%  cap hit, nope.  Chiefs pulled it off last year with Mahomes at 35M(total cap 208M), that's 16%.  I don't think a team can go higher than that. 

[Hardcore troubadour 15,084]

56 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

This guy won't last 2 years, much less 5.

Maybe an NFL teams needs to lose a huge amount of money to realize that running quarterbacks are not what you want at the quarterback position.

There's a reason they always run and it's because they can't pass.

 

He can throw.  

[MDC 7,194]

1 hour ago, GutterBoy said:

I remember when Philly overpaid Wentz after his one good year

 

I remember when the Giants overpaid Danny Dimes before he had a good year. 

[BufordT 429]

1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

As the top Giants fan around here who’s loyalty could never be in question, it’s going to be a tough road for the next few years. We better build our D. 

At QB  Danny Dimes = Dak,  DD > Wash QB,  DD < Hurts.  But I agree with that Eternal guy that Hurts won't hold up.  Barely made it through last year.

[League Champion 1,896]

You ok Lamar?

[RogerDodger 797]

1 hour ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

This guy won't last 2 years, much less 5.

Maybe an NFL teams needs to lose a huge amount of money to realize that running quarterbacks are not what you want at the quarterback position.

There's a reason they always run and it's because they can't pass.

 

Yep, and the league adapts fast.  Eagles going back to around a .500 club again.

[Reality 3,120]

Beginning of the end, that's just how these things go when you pay that much of the pie to average talent.

I like Hurts but, not for that much $$.

[League Champion 1,896]

It's not a bad contract at all and you'll see why soon. Josh Allen & Burrow are about to make that look like chicken scratch. It's all relative

Bijan Robinson will be an Eagles now. 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,929]

1 hour ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

He can throw.  

I stand by my post.  QBs who can pass don't run 17 times for 157 yards.

[League Champion 1,896]

3 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

I stand by my post.  QBs who can pass don't run 17 times for 157 yards.

He's a QB first and an opportunist when it comes to running. If it's there he'll take it, and why not? Unless it's a designed run, he rarely looks to run first. That's not him. 

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Just now, League Champion said:

He's a QB first and an opportunist when it comes to running. If it's there he'll take it, and why not? Unless it's a designed run, he rarely looks to run first. That's not him. 

I disagree.  If he's not a running QB he wouldn't run 17 times for 157 yards.  If he did that one time, I might agree with you, but his rushing numbers are better than 70% of the RBs in the league.  That's not opportunity, that's running because that's your first instinct.  And if your FIRST instinct as a QB is to run, then you're a running quarterback.

[listen2me 23 1,836]

1 hour ago, League Champion said:

It's not a bad contract at all and you'll see why soon. Josh Allen & Burrow are about to make that look like chicken scratch. It's all relative

Bijan Robinson will be an Eagles now. 

Josh Allen already got a contract

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

7 minutes ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

I disagree.  If he's not a running QB he wouldn't run 17 times for 157 yards.  If he did that one time, I might agree with you, but his rushing numbers are better than 70% of the RBs in the league.  That's not opportunity, that's running because that's your first instinct.  And if your FIRST instinct as a QB is to run, then you're a running quarterback.

He had the 4th highest pff passing grade in the league last year.

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1 minute ago, MTSkiBum said:

He had the 4th highest pff passing grade in the league last year.

Duly noted.  What about the previous years running/passing stats?

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1 hour ago, EternalShinyAndChrome said:

17 times for 157 yards.

17 for 157 is 9+ yards a carry??? He obviously seen something. That's opportunistic. 

If he had 3.5 yards a carry I'd certainly agree. He's great at reading defenses and schemes. 

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