🦅 Worried about Jalen Hurts’ arm strength? The Eagles sure aren’t. “I think there’s no question that Jalen Hurts has the arm strength to make all the throws,' coach Nick Sirianni said.
The NFL average this past season was 64.8 percent, and Hurts can make up for some accuracy issues with his running ability, but he has to be higher than 62 percent. That put him at No. 26 of 31 quarterbacks who started at least 10 games last year, ahead of only Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Trevor Lawrence, Justin Fields and Zach Wilson.
“He just has to continue to get more and more and more reps. He's had a full season and a couple other games, so it's, what, 17, 21 games that he's had of this? And so he’s just got to continue to see that and to be able to speed up his processing over and over and over again, and I have no doubt because of who Jalen is that he'll continue to do that.
Hurts is 23 and has already taken a team to the playoffs. It sure seems like he’s earned another year at the helm. “He has amazing ability to create, whether things break down and the receiver might not get open or there’s a breakdown in the offensive line,” Sirianni said. “And what we saw throughout the year is not only can he create with his legs and make big plays with his legs, as the year went on you saw him become a weapon when he would move in the pocket, create in the pocket and find his receivers down the field. You saw us create some explosive plays that way.
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