The Eagles' Message To Jalen Hurts DESTROYS The Arena

Skip Bayless asserts that the ESPN article detailing Jalen Hurts' issues (poor body language, not coachable) was 'planted' or 'fueled' by Eagles management. This was an intentional public challenge to get Hurts' attention, suggesting the organization believes his Super Bowl success went to his head.

The money quote was from an insider: 'Poor body language, not always bought in, not the most coachable, and players notice.' This was seen as a deliberate message from management to publicly challenge Jaylen. Jeff Mlan, the ultimate Eagles reporter, confirmed they wanted him put on public notice.

One host argues that in the NFL, players are paid for past performance but are constantly evaluated for future output. Jalen Hurts' early Super Bowl win on a big contract created a situation where a subsequent down year immediately triggered calls for him to 're-earn' his status, despite his high salary and previous achievements.

You always get paid for what you done and then you trying to get paid in the future for what you going to do. That's just how it always work. You always plan for my future contract. When I get paid, they pay me for what I already did. That's just how this [__] always works.

Multiple hosts blame the former offensive coordinator, Brian Johnson (referred to as Patulo in the transcript), for the stagnant offense, lack of shifts/motions, and late play calls, which hindered Hurts' ability to make pre-snap reads and adjustments. They argue this systemic issue unfairly placed the blame on Hurts.

The offensive coordinator being one of the issues. He was the main issue. The offense was stagnant, man. There was no shifts or motions. We're getting up to the line of scrimmage too late. People are arguing that Jaylen Herds isn't making the right checks. Well [__] he doesn't have any time to make those checks and dissect what the defense is doing because we're getting the play call in too late.

A significant off-field issue between Jalen Hurts and AJ Brown reportedly started with Hurts, leading to a strained professional relationship. This friction manifested on the field, with Brown's public complaints about targets and Hurts' perceived reluctance to 'force-feed' him the ball in tight windows, especially against zone coverage.

Jaylen and AJ had a serious issue off the field... It was Jaylen who started the issue, the beef... when things start to go bad and then the other big criticism of Jaylen is that against zone, he won't throw into any tight windows, especially with AJ. He won't quote unquote force or force feed the ball to AJ and give him a chance to make a play.

Levante David, a former NFL player, revealed that defenses, including his own, were 'never worried about Jaylen Hurts' and consistently beat the Eagles by loading the box and playing cover four, forcing Hurts to beat them through the air. This strategy was effective because the Eagles were a run-first team.

Levante David Friday on the show... his response was when they played against Jaylen... he said just nonchalantly, 'We weren't worried about Jaylen Hurt.'... We load the box. We out coached them. You just load the box and the Eagles have been notorious in this offense for being a run first football team.