Eagles re-sign Jalen Hurts

[Risen Star]

Burrow should flirt with 300 million.

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

Lololol eagles just signed away their advantage

 

[Redline360]

This quarterback market is beyond crazy. Honestly feel it's going to come to a breaking point soon.

I am highly against paying people based upon one break out year in any position. He has improved yearly and did take them to the superbowl however was it an outlier playing behind the best OL in football and stout offense support. Would have waited to see his last year on his rookie contract.

Beyond lunacy

 

[TWOK11]

$50 million per year for a guy that requires an offense be built around protecting his very pronounced weaknesses

Yikes

 

[Zordon]

What if Prescott now holds out for a new deal?

There are enough people (fans/media) who are telling him that he is still the best qb in the division so I wouldn’t be surprised if he demands something in this ballpark.

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

 

[infamousstyles]

After watching him check his coach, he made me a fan. Well deserved.

 

[Hagman]

Up to $54 million a year for Jalen Freaking Hurts. I guess $54 million doesn't buy as much quarterback as it used to.

 

[Ken]

He did take his team to the super bowl and almost won it.

Almost.

He was a big reason they lost it.

 

[Risen Star]

Don't know why there's love for Hurts here.

I can't stand him and I hope his career ends on his next snap.

 

[805BoysInBlue]

1good year at the qb position gets you paid these days...Wow

 

[CouchCoach]

Yep. Hope this keeps the Eagles from making moves in FA, but I personally like Jalen and he balled out last year. Well deserved

I became a fan of his when he got benched in the biggest game of his life and showed how a team player responds to adversity.

 

[Davidlee1973]

Highest paid ever and he is not even hall of fame talent.

 

[davey999]

Why don't they just drag this out and pay him more later? I don't get it.

 

[Reality]

And the Eagles are somehow now projected to be 100 million under the cap next year.

The salary cap usually benefits from large contracts the first couple of years.

Teams can also push it down the road again with someone that's a franchise player like your quarterback, but ultimately it catches up to you and you have to deal with it.

Personally, I would dedicate a year every 4-5 years to "fixing the cap situation" which would allow teams to trade veterans for draft picks, release high salary (for that season) veterns, then have a bad season to get a high draft pick and come back strong the next season with big free agent signings and draft picks.

That is the best strategy for the current NFL salary cap system. It is not great for fans every year though as it only creates short windows for success, but if your coaching and front office are good you can make a Super Bowl run every 3-4 years which fans would appreciate if that happens regularly.

 

[Flamma]

Jalen Hurts is a class act. I think they have a 2-3 year window with him and that running game. Because I don't think he's a good QB. But wait until we see what Burrow and Herbert get!!!

 

[Smith22]

Curious how this impacts Lamar and the Ravens situation.

 

[CATCH17]

Once again underscoring how crazy the QB market is. Surely fans understand that the scarcity of QB talent in this league is dictating market prices. Not what QBs have acccomplished.

And yet 3 of 4 QBs were on rookie deals in the final 4 games and the QB who won is the greatest of all time.

By all means keep paying these guys though.

To me it screams that teams would rather maintain relevancy than actually compete for Superbowls.

Competing for and winning Superbowls is not paying guys like Dak Prescott and Jalen Hurts.

 

[NFCBeasts]

$50 million per year for a guy that requires an offense be built around protecting his very pronounced weaknesses

Yikes

He threw the ball well this season if you are referring to that.

But regardless it’s a big deal he was going to get from someone let’s hope it brings them down to earth a bit in terms of cap management and maybe we can take an advantage before we have to extend our quarterback who also requires the perfect team around him…

 

[StylisticS]

Congratulations to him. Good for him.