Donovan McNabb watches Jalen Hurts, studying the Eagles’ quarterback and his sense of history; specifically, a lineage as rich and important as any that has ever existed in the NFL. When Hurts posits that the evolution of the quarterback position—and the Black quarterback’s place within it—can be explained by a series of Eagles signal-callers, McNabb nods and smiles.
Hurts is right—and yet, he may not fully grasp just how right. The Eagles, according to one analysis, at readjack.wordpress.com, have started Black quarterbacks in NFL games more than any other team. Entering Super Bowl LVII last February, that tally stood at 377 starts, or 37 more than the next franchise (Titans/Oilers) and 130 more than the third-most (Seahawks). And Hurts, who nearly won MVP that night in Arizona, extended the total to 378, or roughly one-third of the franchise’s overall games.
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