Benching Jalen Hurts Accomplishes Nothing

[time2rock]

Benching Jalen Hurts Accomplishes Nothing

 

Jalen Hurts is having a bad season.

While the stats on paper are not appalling, and his intangible characteristics are admirable, it’s clear to consumers of the team that he doesn’t read the field well and has extremely inconsistent accuracy.

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He doesn’t exactly have a cannon for an arm, either. The mobility is nice, but overall he has inspired little confidence that he can be the face of the Philadelphia Eagles for the next decade.

Indeed, the injured offensive line and basic one-dimensional playcalling are not doing him any favors, but he has struggled on his merit.

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With this season quickly going down the toilet, is it time for the recently-acquired Gardner Minshew to take the reins and make the case as the team’s starter?

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Some people have called for it and are predicting it will happen soon, but the reality is that benching Hurts does not progress this franchise forward in any way.

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I like Gardner Minshew. He makes intelligent decisions, has decent mobility, a flare for the highlight-reel play, and has an infectious personality.

He’s a great backup and serviceable fill-in starter. However, as a pure passer, he is a far cry from someone you can hitch your wagon to and build your roster around. The league already knows this. Last year he was benched in Week 9 for Jake Luton; the Jaguars used the top overall pick on his replacement, and they traded him to the Eagles in late August for a conditional 6th-round pick.

Minshew was practically given away in a league where anyone remotely resembling a franchise quarterback is held onto airtight.

I’m going a long way to say that while Hurts probably isn’t this team’s franchise quarterback, Minshew definitely isn’t it. I think they should draft a quarterback early as it currently stands, and I do not have a lot of faith in Hurts to turn it around.

Still, giving him that opportunity over the course of an entire season on the slim chance he shows something (or even increases his trade value) is much more beneficial to this team than handing the keys to your insurance policy that isn’t going to take the team anywhere anyway.

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Gardner Minshew isn’t making this team a playoff contender, and the prospect of holding Hurts accountable or seeing how Nick Sirianni does with a different quarterback isn’t worth the long-term detriment.

Just start Jalen Hurts and figure it out in the offseason.

https://www.phlsportsnation.com/2021/10/27/benching-jalen-hurts-accomplishes-nothing/

[Breeze 44]

I have to disagree somewhat.. I don't believe he is the Eagles QB of the future but I would also like to see what the offense could look like with a different person controlling the play... seeing the field and using it. I'm not willing to give this another wash next year with Jalen or not knowing what the offense could be. 

[PoconoDon]

There's no apparent QB solution coming in 2022 either, unless they trade for an over the hill QB. Barring that, and i hope they bar that, the 2023 draft may offer a franchise QB prospect. in the mean time, let them battle it out next year for QB1 and QB2, and when the real one shows up the following year, trade them or let them fight it out for QB2 and QB3.

[birdman#12]

What the f--- do you guys want to see in a young QB? 

Hurts is basically a rookie, who shouldn't have been given the starting position given how raw he is, not to mention with a rookie head coach and his 2nd offensive scheme in as many seasons.  With very little time in OTA's and preseason to get comfortable with his receivers, he is thrown out there and expected to be the savior.

All this nonsense that he "doesn't read the field well" and  "extremely inconsistent with his accuracy" are characteristics of a young, raw QB.....and usually get better with experience and familiarity with receivers.  And why the f--- does a QB need a "cannon" for  an arm? 

Then of course, the offensive line early struggles, the terrible playcalling and the early complete absence of a running game are downplayed and put directly on Hurts shoulders.  Sirianni put all the pressure on Hurts to carry the team.....a young, raw, inexperienced QB.......how f------- stupid is that?   

And despite it all, Hurts continues to get better.......now that Sirianni has discovered that running the ball with running backs is legal in the NFL, he offense is more balanced and Hurts numbers and accuracy have improve.....miraculous!

If Hurts was a 1st round pick, everybody would be excited at his improvements.......but he was a controversial 2nd round pick and put in a position with a rookie head coach to save the franchise.  Sirianni STILL doesn't utilize the weapons the eagles have.....

Take a look at the QBs that have been drafted over the last 4 years, labeled as that idiotic term "franchise QB"......some have already been discarded, have not developed as "expected" and some took  a couple years to be effective.  The ones that have been discarded were drafted mostly by lousy organizations with constant coaching changes.

Hurts should get 2 whole years, probably 3, before any determination is made about his future leading the eagles.....give him a f------- chance.  Or risk becoming the "new' old cleveland browns with revolving doors on the QB room.

[UK_EaglesFan89]

When was this article written? Seems a few weeks behind the times...

[time2rock]

1 hour ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

When was this article written? Seems a few weeks behind the times...

It was posted here 2 weeks after it was written, but it was more a message to those that continue to call for him to be benched or claiming he isn't "the guy".  I'm not saying he IS ... we just don't know yet.  But benching him to do what ... start Minshew?  That accomplishes nothing.  

[UK_EaglesFan89]

10 hours ago, time2rock said:

It was posted here 2 weeks after it was written, but it was more a message to those that continue to call for him to be benched or claiming he isn't "the guy".  I'm not saying he IS ... we just don't know yet.  But benching him to do what ... start Minshew?  That accomplishes nothing.  

But he's really not played that badly on the whole. I mean he's had some awful games but he's also had some very good ones. 

[time2rock]

53 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said:

But he's really not played that badly on the whole. I mean he's had some awful games but he's also had some very good ones. 

Exactly what you would expect from a QB (that wasn’t a top prospect) with only 14 starts now under his belt.  Lately he has looked better than earlier, so I see a player making progress. Can he progress enough?  That is the million dollar question.  

[UK_EaglesFan89]

3 hours ago, time2rock said:

Exactly what you would expect from a QB (that wasn’t a top prospect) with only 14 starts now under his belt.  Lately he has looked better than earlier, so I see a player making progress. Can he progress enough?  That is the million dollar question.  

He looks ahead of Lawrence and Fields and in terms of games he's not played that many more.