DALLAS — Between 2 and 5:30 p.m. Sunday while you are watching the Eagles and 49ers contend for a trip to the Super Bowl, it will likely be mentioned more than once that one quarterback is an NFL MVP finalist and the other a stunning Rookie of the Year finalist. You can only hope the Cowboys take note.
The Eagles drafted Jalen Hurts with the 53rd pick in the 2020 draft. There were some concerns that Hurts was a more gifted runner than pro passer, but that‘s not the crux of the matter for Dallas. The key is that Philadelphia used its second-round pick on a quarterback when Carson Wentz was coming off a perfectly healthy 16-game, 4,000-yard, 27-to-7 touchdowns-to-interceptions season. The dark cloud that hovers over Wentz’s career today was not visible (at least not west of the Schuylkill River) but the Eagles plunged ahead with a quarterback, anyway. That’s despite the fact that a 9-7 team could have used help in any number of areas.
They didn’t draft Hurts to replace Wentz but he did, anyway. And now the Eagles are favored to reach the Super Bowl.
