Sean Mannion's comments on Hurts from his introductory press conference:

Q: So when you come in here for the first time and start a relationship with Jalen, how does that process work? Getting to know a guy, what he likes to do — how did you navigate that?

A: Yeah, you know, I think it starts really just connecting with him on a personal level, get to know him, get to know kind of what his interests are, what makes him tick. And then once you start to kind of get to know a guy on a personal level, I think the football connection becomes pretty easy. It’s been a great process with Jalen. He’s been a pleasure to work with and really since I got the job, being able to connect with him on a personal level and then on a football level has been great.

Q: How much of a learning process is it going to be for Jalen? He’s had a bunch of different coordinators during his career. Is this kind of starting over for him again?

A: Yeah, I think Jalen’s been outstanding in the meetings. Having gone through multiple coordinators, you can tell he’s a really capable learner and that’s been really fun to work with on a daily basis. I think there’s always going to be some degree of connection and, like I said, it’s a blend of the things he’s really thrived in here and some of the new things we’re bringing to the table. But it’s been a great process to really build this thing from the ground up with him and with our staff. We’re being deliberate with the teaching and building this thing with a strong foundation because it’s constantly evolving. We’re always looking at how we can make this better.

Q: What is your evaluation of Jalen’s skill set and how it lends itself to the team?

A: Jalen’s been awesome. I really think he can do anything we ask of him. He’s accurate, a great athlete, and attacks the fundamentals. He’s always wanting more things to work on — fundamentals, timing, understanding the scheme. He’s hungry for more and those are the guys you love working with. He has great arm strength, great accuracy, and is obviously a tremendous athlete. He asks thought-provoking questions, is detailed, and attacks his fundamentals every day.

Q: Jalen has been a really good running quarterback. How important is it to get him back to being a threat in the running game?

A: Jalen has a unique skill set in that way, so that’ll certainly be part of what we do. But we’re looking at all areas as an offense to attack defenses weekly. His running ability is something that makes him unique and will absolutely be part of it, but it won’t be the only part of it.

I guess pretty standard answers from Mannion. He didn’t say anything there that makes you think oh wow that’s going to be interesting.

We know Jalen works hard and is always keen to improve. We know he’s a committed guy who takes football very seriously. The key is going to be whether he can play in an offense that requires him to do things he hasn’t typically done well or seemingly liked to do in the past. Can he work more under centre? Can he throw with better anticipation? Can he work the middle of the field more? Those are going to be key to whether this offense works.

On 5/17/2026 at 6:27 AM, greend said:

That's funny because in my mind he won't. Not sure why we are comparing him with Josh Allen but I will definitely take the sb win. No it wasn't all Hurts but he did play well. Since then he's played meh.

They constantly compare him to Allen for some reason

Jalen Year 7. Let's go.

1 hour ago, KINGnabb said:

Jalen Year 7. Let's go.

Enjoy that final year in Eagles green. 2027 will be a reboot. New coach, new QB

21 minutes ago, DeathByEagle said:

Enjoy that final year in Eagles green. 2027 will be a reboot. New coach, new QB

No it won’t.

12 hours ago, ManchesterEagle said:

No it won’t.

We don't know whether Jalen stays or goes.

All we know is that his "best friend" is no longer on the team.

Let's see if Jalen can find the open receiver.

1 hour ago, CouchKing said:

We don't know whether Jalen stays or goes.

All we know is that his "best friend" is no longer on the team.

Let's see if Jalen can find the open receiver.

Jalen will have ZERO excuses this year for fans/reporters etc to provide. The new offense is designed to open receivers with rub routes, mesh concepts etc. So now the key is can Jalen pre/post read a defense, make the correct read and trust he can make the tight throws if needed in the middle of the field? This has been his biggest struggle since joining the league. They tried it in the Chargers game last year and it was a nightmare situation for Jalen.

I think the FO is giving Jalen a short rope here. Yes they will give it some time for him to adjust, but I do not see them giving him 1-2 years like some believe. I think by week 8-12 if he is still struggling you could see them give a shot to Tanner if he is on the team to determine if they want to give him an extension and a shot.

Either way, I truly believe Howie will move up in 2027 draft in the first round and draft a QB. This supposedly is one of the most talented QB drafts in over a decade. "Supposedly" id the key word of course, that could change half way through the NCAA season. I also think the cap number plays a large role in this decision. Jalen does not play like a $50mill/year QB.

47 minutes ago, DeathByEagle said:

Jalen will have ZERO excuses this year for fans/reporters etc to provide. The new offense is designed to open receivers with rub routes, mesh concepts etc. So now the key is can Jalen pre/post read a defense, make the correct read and trust he can make the tight throws if needed in the middle of the field? This has been his biggest struggle since joining the league. They tried it in the Chargers game last year and it was a nightmare situation for Jalen.

I think the FO is giving Jalen a short rope here. Yes they will give it some time for him to adjust, but I do not see them giving him 1-2 years like some believe. I think by week 8-12 if he is still struggling you could see them give a shot to Tanner if he is on the team to determine if they want to give him an extension and a shot.

Either way, I truly believe Howie will move up in 2027 draft in the first round and draft a QB. This supposedly is one of the most talented QB drafts in over a decade. "Supposedly" id the key word of course, that could change half way through the NCAA season. I also think the cap number plays a large role in this decision. Jalen does not play like a $50mill/year QB.

I have to agree with this entire post....AJ is gone and all this talent at WR and he has absolutely NO excuses this year....this new system, personnel, offense, etc will be designed for him to spread the ball around so we shall see what he makes of all of this......

7 hours ago, CouchKing said:

We don't know whether Jalen stays or goes.

All we know is that his "best friend" is no longer on the team.

Let's see if Jalen can find the open receiver.

6 hours ago, DeathByEagle said:

Jalen will have ZERO excuses this year for fans/reporters etc to provide. The new offense is designed to open receivers with rub routes, mesh concepts etc. So now the key is can Jalen pre/post read a defense, make the correct read and trust he can make the tight throws if needed in the middle of the field? This has been his biggest struggle since joining the league. They tried it in the Chargers game last year and it was a nightmare situation for Jalen.

I think the FO is giving Jalen a short rope here. Yes they will give it some time for him to adjust, but I do not see them giving him 1-2 years like some believe. I think by week 8-12 if he is still struggling you could see them give a shot to Tanner if he is on the team to determine if they want to give him an extension and a shot.

Either way, I truly believe Howie will move up in 2027 draft in the first round and draft a QB. This supposedly is one of the most talented QB drafts in over a decade. "Supposedly" id the key word of course, that could change half way through the NCAA season. I also think the cap number plays a large role in this decision. Jalen does not play like a $50mill/year QB.

5 hours ago, GeorgeM37 said:

I have to agree with this entire post....AJ is gone and all this talent at WR and he has absolutely NO excuses this year....this new system, personnel, offense, etc will be designed for him to spread the ball around so we shall see what he makes of all of this......

I mean some of you are acting like Sean Mannion is Kyle Shanahan. Hopefully he schemes receivers open, but he could also suck. He will also be Hurts’s 6th different playcaller in 6 years. So yes he has excuses. Hopefully he flourishes in the scheme but they may need time.

50 million is fine for Hurts, particularly as he will make it cap friendly with Howie.

You want Howie to trade up in 2027? You’ll be giving up a couple of first rounders for a QB who may suck. Imagine if we had done that in 2024. No Mitchell or DeJean or Super Bowl and instead McCarthy, Penix or if we were lucky Nix.

Hurts’s time to go will come, but I suspect it is a lot further away than some of you hope or think.

7 hours ago, CouchKing said:

We don't know whether Jalen stays or goes.

All we know is that his "best friend" is no longer on the team.

Let's see if Jalen can find the open receiver.

3 minutes ago, ManchesterEagle said:

I mean some of you are acting like Sean Mannion is Kyle Shanahan. Hopefully he schemes receivers open, but he could also suck. He will also be Hurts’s 6th different playcaller in 6 years. So yes he has excuses. Hopefully he flourishes in the scheme but they may need time.

50 million is fine for Hurts, particularly as he will make it cap friendly with Howie.

You want Howie to trade up in 2027? You’ll be giving up a couple of first rounders for a QB who may suck. Imagine if we had done that in 2024. No Mitchell or DeJean or Super Bowl and instead McCarthy, Penix or if we were lucky Nix.

Hurts’s time to go will come, but I suspect it is a lot further away than some of you hope or think.

Yes he "could" suck but I do not look at things in a pessimistic way....I do not think there is a worse playcaller than what we saw last season and we have seen some BAD OC's as fans....so yes, he could suck but I seriously cannot imagine him being worse than Patullo, particularly with his track record....yes this will be Hurts' sixth playcaller and yet he has overcome all of them so I really do not think the scheme will be the problem this year...I just really do not think so. His time to really shine is now because I truly believe he was forced to throw to AJ, no matter how covered he was, to placate him and many sportscasters have also pointed this out....remember, AJ also hinted that Hurts was part of the problem as well but now that the story has come out about the sidepiece, we shall really see if the story is what was bothering AJ or Hurts' play....

We shall see....we shall see....we shall see......I am STILL willing to give Hurts alot of grace here....

3 hours ago, GeorgeM37 said:

Yes he "could" suck but I do not look at things in a pessimistic way....I do not think there is a worse playcaller than what we saw yesterday and we have seen some BAD OC's as fans....so yes, he could suck but I seriously cannot imagine him being worse than Patullo, particularly with his track record....yes this will be Hurts' sixth playcaller and yet he has overcome all of them so I really do not think the scheme will be the problem this year...I just really do not think so. His time to really shine is now because I truly believe he was forced to throw to AJ, no matter how covered he was, to placate him and many sportscasters have also pointed this out....remember, AJ also hinted that Hurts was part of the problem as well but now that the story has come out about the sidepiece, we shall really see if the story is what was bothering AJ or Hurts' play....

We shall see....we shall see....we shall see......I am STILL willing to give Hurts alot of grace here....

Fair enough and I’m optimistic about Mannion as well.

But it will take time for Hurts to be comfortable in his scheme. OL injuries and depth are both massive questions. Lots of potential, lots of question marks.

31 minutes ago, ManchesterEagle said:

Fair enough and I’m optimistic about Mannion as well.

But it will take time for Hurts to be comfortable in his scheme. OL injuries and depth are both massive questions. Lots of potential, lots of question marks.

Agreed.....we agree on this.....

I think the idea that Jalen is playing for his career with the Eagles is exaggerated. First off I don’t see why Jalen would want to sign a contract right now. Has any of his counterparts signed yet either? The first one to sign will get the cheapest pay. Also the Eagles are installing an entirely new offense. So the Eagles are so impetuous that they’re going to give their quarterback one season to run it after year meanwhile year after year continuously giving him another play caller doesn’t really make a lot of sense. Funny thing is when the team and the players say things contradictory to the gossip, the people believe the gossip. Everytime people have doubted and counted out Jalen he proves them wrong time and time again. Yeah the Eagles are going to give up on their SB winning MVP quarterback in hopes some rookie pans out.

5 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

I think the idea that Jalen is playing for his career with the Eagles is exaggerated. First off I don’t see why Jalen would want to sign a contract right now. Has any of his counterparts signed yet either? The first one to sign will get the cheapest pay. Also the Eagles are installing an entirely new offense. So the Eagles are so impetuous that they’re going to give their quarterback one season to run it after year meanwhile year after year continuously giving him another play caller doesn’t really make a lot of sense. Funny thing is when the team and the players say things contradictory to the gossip, the people believe the gossip. Everytime people have doubted and counted out Jalen he proves them wrong time and time again. Yeah the Eagles are going to give up on their SB winning MVP quarterback in hopes some rookie pans out.

Me personally I do not think he is playing for his career. What I think is that this season will truly tell us what we as fans need to know as far as his ability to adjust to a new offensive scheme. We saw how last year played out and agreed that the OC truly needed to go as the playcalling was ridiculous and predictable. We have seen Jalen adjust to a new playcaller basically since he first arrive, right? But last year would have been the time for him to prove he could put the team on his back and win DESPITE the bad playcalling and he did not do that..he actually looked horrible in some games last year. AND...this was the first time I have ever seen AJ Brown kind of hint that Jalen was part of the offensive struggles on the team....to my recollection, he has never done that before. Now...there are some of us who have said that he is a very limited QB....nice guy and nice leader and all of that but he is just an average game manager. Look, I have also wanted to be wrong about QB1 but there were times last season where I said to myself that I have always been right about his limited skillset. It's not that some of us wants him to fail...its that we want to win it all and at some point we have to be honest about what the team's issues are and he is a part of that. I think ALOT of us got blinded by the two superbowl appearances and the one win but I PERSONALLY believe that this is the season he can really prove everyone wrong who has doubted him.

This is why I used to love Donovan McNabb play....he actually DID put the team on his back and got to four consecutive championship appearances and a superbowl with not-so-good time management and very few offensive weapons....I just want to see this kind of effort with Jalen and think this is the season to do it with the departure of AJ....

These are just my thoughts on everything...

34 minutes ago, GeorgeM37 said:

Me personally I do not think he is playing for his career. What I think is that this season will truly tell us what we as fans need to know as far as his ability to adjust to a new offensive scheme. We saw how last year played out and agreed that the OC truly needed to go as the playcalling was ridiculous and predictable. We have seen Jalen adjust to a new playcaller basically since he first arrive, right? But last year would have been the time for him to prove he could put the team on his back and win DESPITE the bad playcalling and he did not do that..he actually looked horrible in some games last year. AND...this was the first time I have ever seen AJ Brown kind of hint that Jalen was part of the offensive struggles on the team....to my recollection, he has never done that before. Now...there are some of us who have said that he is a very limited QB....nice guy and nice leader and all of that but he is just an average game manager. Look, I have also wanted to be wrong about QB1 but there were times last season where I said to myself that I have always been right about his limited skillset. It's not that some of us wants him to fail...its that we want to win it all and at some point we have to be honest about what the team's issues are and he is a part of that. I think ALOT of us got blinded by the two superbowl appearances and the one win but I PERSONALLY believe that this is the season he can really prove everyone wrong who has doubted him.

This is why I used to love Donovan McNabb play....he actually DID put the team on his back and got to four consecutive championship appearances and a superbowl with not-so-good time management and very few offensive weapons....I just want to see this kind of effort with Jalen and think this is the season to do it with the departure of AJ....

These are just my thoughts on everything...

I think Jalen gives them what the team needs. There has been games where Jalen put the team on his back and won the game. He did that in the SB to keep drives going. He did that in the first half of the Dallas game last year as well. Jalen doesn't get the credit he deserves when he does these things. In my opinion the bigger issue here is the fact the HC doesn't call plays. It's why Jalen's on yet another new play caller. Question: What happens if the Eagles go to the SB or deep into the playoffs this season? Answer: Mannion gets a head coaching job, and Jalen gets ANOTHER NEW PLAY CALLER. It's a vicious cycle the Eagles have been in since they drafted Jalen. What do the Eagles do in this situation? Do they continue to yo-yo the offense every other year or do they finally bring som consistency here by promoting the OC to HC? Every season a new play caller. What quarterback in the league deals with this? What quarterback in the league deals with this, but consistently finds away to win double digit games and get his team to the playoffs? This isn't a functioning cycle to continue and be successful. This team can't keep hiring coaches only to watch them leave for HC jobs or get fired after a year for ineffectiveness. What do we really know about how well Jalen will play when he never gets the same play caller? Something has to give and I highly doubt some rookie can come in and easily handle this situation.

6 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

I think Jalen gives them what the team needs. There has been games where Jalen put the team on his back and won the game. He did that in the SB to keep drives going. He did that in the first half of the Dallas game last year as well. Jalen doesn't get the credit he deserves when he does these things. In my opinion the bigger issue here is the fact the HC doesn't call plays. It's why Jalen's on yet another new play caller. Question: What happens if the Eagles go to the SB or deep into the playoffs this season? Answer: Mannion gets a head coaching job, and Jalen gets ANOTHER NEW PLAY CALLER. It's a vicious cycle the Eagles have been in since they drafted Jalen. What do the Eagles do in this situation? Do they continue to yo-yo the offense every other year or do they finally bring som consistency here by promoting the OC to HC? Every season a new play caller. What quarterback in the league deals with this? What quarterback in the league deals with this, but consistently finds away to win double digit games and get his team to the playoffs? This isn't a functioning cycle to continue and be successful. This team can't keep hiring coaches only to watch them leave for HC jobs or get fired after a year for ineffectiveness. What do we really know about how well Jalen will play when he never gets the same play caller? Something has to give and I highly doubt some rookie can come in and easily handle this situation.

And I am not disagreeing with you on any of these points. Again, there were games last season he looked absolutely dreadful and I recently watched Acho point out multiple games where he is not seeing wide open receivers, escaping a very clean pocket, etc and it looked like 2023 all over again....No, NO QB in the league has to deal with a constant rotating play caller and yet like I mentioned before, he has overcome all of that....he stopped running for firsts and just goes out of bounds, the constant 3 and outs were the highest in the league and downright embarrassing to watch...its like he forgot all of the fundamentals and I just want to see him really carry this team when he needs to during the regular season.....I don't think its too much to ask for the leader of the team....I DO give him credit when he is deserving of it.....

4 hours ago, GeorgeM37 said:

And I am not disagreeing with you on any of these points. Again, there were games last season he looked absolutely dreadful and I recently watched Acho point out multiple games where he is not seeing wide open receivers, escaping a very clean pocket, etc and it looked like 2023 all over again....No, NO QB in the league has to deal with a constant rotating play caller and yet like I mentioned before, he has overcome all of that....he stopped running for firsts and just goes out of bounds, the constant 3 and outs were the highest in the league and downright embarrassing to watch...its like he forgot all of the fundamentals and I just want to see him really carry this team when he needs to during the regular season.....I don't think it’s too much to ask for the leader of the team....I DO give him credit when he is deserving of it.....

I would like to see the man play in the same offense for multiple seasons before make any comments good or bad, but I have serious doubts that anyone can come into Philly and play quarterback here and be successful.

11 minutes ago, EazyEaglez said:

I would like to see the man play in the same offense for multiple seasons before make any comments good or bad, but I have serious doubts that anyone can come into Philly and play quarterback here and be successful.

Again....not disagreeing with you.....

4 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

I would like to see the man play in the same offense for multiple seasons before make any comments good or bad, but I have serious doubts that anyone can come into Philly and play quarterback here and be successful.

That is besides Jalen Hurts, one of the greatest Philly athletes of all-time even if he quit tomorrow.

He is 28 and he has done more at QB than any other Eagle and more than all than about 15-20 QBs who have ever played.

His elite peers so far in his career are Allen and Mahomes, who he almost always outplays.

Its weird that historically these kind of match ups were always important until Hurts was the one dominating them.

How does Stafford (51-39 during Hurts' career) do vs Hurts? Lots of almost wins?

Through age 27 McNabb was 43-21 and 5-4 with no SB appearances.

Other Eagles QBs were 8-8

Hurts is 57-25 and 6-4 with 2 incredible SBs and a SB MVP.

Other Eagles QBs are 6-12-1 during his career.

Foles was 21-11 and 4-2 as an Eagles starter. (counting up to age 29 since he barely played)

Other Eagles QBs were 25-23

Wentz was 35-32-1 and 0-1 (Eagles career ended after age 28)

Other Eagles QBs were 7-5

Randall was 40-28-1 and 0-3 through age 27.

Other Eagles QBs in non-scab games were 10-13

Hurts is the best Eagles winner and the team did the worst without him.

1 hour ago, SkippyX said:

That is besides Jalen Hurts, one of the greatest Philly athletes of all-time even if he quit tomorrow.

He is 28 and he has done more at QB than any other Eagle and more than all than about 15-20 QBs who have ever played.

His elite peers so far in his career are Allen and Mahomes, who he almost always outplays.

Its weird that historically these kind of match ups were always important until Hurts was the one dominating them.

How does Stafford (51-39 during Hurts' career) do vs Hurts? Lots of almost wins?

Through age 27 McNabb was 43-21 and 5-4 with no SB appearances.

Other Eagles QBs were 8-8

Hurts is 57-25 and 6-4 with 2 incredible SBs and a SB MVP.

Other Eagles QBs are 6-12-1 during his career.

Foles was 21-11 and 4-2 as an Eagles starter. (counting up to age 29 since he barely played)

Other Eagles QBs were 25-23

Wentz was 35-32-1 and 0-1 (Eagles career ended after age 28)

Other Eagles QBs were 7-5

Randall was 40-28-1 and 0-3 through age 27.

Other Eagles QBs in non-scab games were 10-13

Hurts is the best Eagles winner and the team did the worst without him.

There’s a serious "be careful what you wish for” vibe when it comes to these clowns who can’t wait for Jalen to be gone. If anyone can simply win here I expected to see more wins for guys who play when Jalen doesn’t. Clearly that is not what happens.

6 hours ago, GeorgeM37 said:

Again....not disagreeing with you.....

Well maybe now that the petulant crybaby is gone and not derailing the offense by refusing to block and dropping key passes while constantly crying for more touches, we can see a smoother offense. To be honest I believe Nick Sirianni’s job is more in jeopardy than Jalen’s. I mean they have brought in a guy who runs a completely different system than Nick and basically said it’s his show. Nick doesn’t run the defense or the offense now. If this goes sideways who would be to blame? If this is successful who would be to blame? Do they simply let this new successful OC simply walk out the door? Then what happens? Do they reinstall Nick’s system? How many years can the Eagles operate under that type of uncertainty?

2 hours ago, EazyEaglez said:

Well maybe now that the petulant crybaby is gone and not derailing the offense by refusing to block and dropping key passes while constantly crying for more touches, we can see a smoother offense. To be honest I believe Nick Sirianni’s job is more in jeopardy than Jalen’s. I mean they have brought in a guy who runs a completely different system than Nick and basically said it’s his show. Nick doesn’t run the defense or the offense now. If this goes sideways who would be to blame? If this is successful who would be to blame? Do they simply let this new successful OC simply walk out the door? Then what happens? Do they reinstall Nick’s system? How many years can the Eagles operate under that type of uncertainty?

I have tried to buy into what Nick has been selling since he has been here and I just cannot....he calls zero plays and is basically a glorified cheerleader....I honestly can't wait until he is gone.....

57 minutes ago, GeorgeM37 said:

I have tried to buy into what Nick has been selling since he has been here and I just cannot....he calls zero plays and is basically a glorified cheerleader....I honestly can't wait until he is gone.....

Them brining in a young guy who everyone thinks is that next guy will become a problem for Nick in the future. I doubt Nick can survive a losing season which is something he's never had, but the demand and expectations are high in Philly and despite having a double digit win season, they way the ended the season was a disappointment. I can't seeing him survive even a winning season if they fail to make the playoffs or go out early.

1 hour ago, EazyEaglez said:

Them brining in a young guy who everyone thinks is that next guy will become a problem for Nick in the future. I doubt Nick can survive a losing season which is something he's never had, but the demand and expectations are high in Philly and despite having a double digit win season, they way the ended the season was a disappointment. I can't seeing him survive even a winning season if they fail to make the playoffs or go out early.

One thing for sure is this will be an extremely interesting season coming up.....I cannot wait for it...