Take the emotion out of the Jalen Hurts discussion, listen with a receptive ear, and what you hear will no doubt seem rather strange. Many of the pundits who rate him lowly often dedicate exorbitant amounts of time to defending their stance on why they refuse to value the Philadelphia Eagles star more highly.
Take Chris Simms. He has often questioned Hurts’ value. He did so again recently, yet each explanation of his quarterback rankings plays out similarly.
Simms often won’t discuss why he ranks his favored quarterbacks highly. He instead focuses on why Hurts is ranked so low.
Cam Newton has followed a similar style recently. He, too, recently questioned Hurts’ value. That one was surprising, but following the backlash, rather than rethinking his stance, he instead doubled down.
“You’re mad at the message, so you’re coming for the messenger… but this is just MY evaluation.”
Cam Newton fires back at the Jalen Hurts backlash and stands by his Top 10
📺: https://t.co/g3nXCsweP9pic.twitter.com/yPBdrFJTCn— 4th&1 with Cam Newton (@4thand1show) July 23, 2025
So, again… If Hurts is this bad, why not make the statement and move on? Why do the detractors always feel the need to spend so much time defending why they said what they said?
Torrey Smith comes to Jalen Hurts’ defense.
Torrey Smith spent one season with the Philadelphia Eagles, and doggone it, he made it count. He walked away a Super Bowl champion for the second time in his career, but he still has love for the Midnight Green.
Smith, if you’re curious, has heard what Cam Newton said. Like most, he disagrees.
“Jalen is the only qb that gets punished because he has a competent GM. Jalen does his job with what he has. Every other GM is trying to put their qb in the same situation as Jalen Hurts. Superhero ball is overrated. You can win because HE is your QB!”
We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. Only in Jalen Hurts’ case do we punish a quarterback for having great teammates. No one punishes Joe Montana because he teamed with Jerry Rice. No one punishes Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers because there were so many elite coaches on Mike Holmgren’s staff. Hurts shouldn’t have to apologize for teaming with Saquon Barkley, DeVonta Smith, A.J. Brown, and Howie Roseman.
Will the doubters ever learn? Though he’ll never admit it, this will be used for the coming season. That’s excellent news for Eagles fans and the Philadelphia media. That’s horrible news for everyone else.
It’s year six for Jalen Hurts and year five of the Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts era as head coach and quarterback. Everyone had better buckle up.
This article originally appeared on Eagles Wire: Eagles SB hero fires back after Cam Newton’s comments on Jalen Hurts
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