Jalen Hurts is entering year No. 5 in the NFL, and he’s familiar with learning an offense, seeing as he’s had 10+ offensive coordinators since his time at Alabama. With a massive $255 million contract, Hurts has entered that phase of his career where he wants to take complete ownership of the offense he’s been in charge of commanding to a Super Bowl.
In 2024, Hurts has been entrusted with more responsibility at the line of scrimmage, and a critical part of that added trust stems from the retirement of the future Hall of Fame center,
“It’s been something I’ve wanted to do… I think the opportunity has come”
I asked Jalen Hurts with Jason Kelce retiring, if Jalen will be setting more of the protections on the line of scrimmage and diagnosing where the pressure is coming from. He says yes it has been an… pic.twitter.com/p41cND7HXL
— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) July 26, 2024
Is Hurts fully ready to control the game from the line of scrimmage like Patrick Mahomes? Probably not, but he’s an intelligent player, extremely cerebral, and efficient under duress.
Hurts has stated that 95% of the offense is new, and Kellen Moore’s system and the Eagles’ offense will be noticeably different, with more bunch sets and more pre-snap motion, allowing the quarterback to have more straightforward and more detailed reads at the line of scrimmage.
