TE DALLAS GOEDERT HAS NOTICED THREE SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS WITH JALEN HURTS

[time2rock]

TE DALLAS GOEDERT HAS NOTICED THREE SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS WITH JALEN HURTS

By Victor Williams

June 8, 2022

 

Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni has gone on the record saying he’s noticed a "big difference” in Jalen Hurts this offseason.

Sirianni recently spoke with ESPN detailing the improvements Hurts has made to his game:

"I’m noticing a big difference,” he told ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio. "What I see is a crisper ball. The accuracy I’ve been very pleased with. You can just see him taking strides every single day with his accuracy because of the fundamentals he has with his feet and his upper body.”

The Eagles concluded OTA’s today with training camp set begin on July 26. Although the team has only participated in 7-on-7 drills, Hurts has displayed precision and accuracy throughout practice.

Again, they’re running around in shorts — so take these assessments with a grain of salt.

Starting tight end Dallas Goedert has also praised his QB’s work this summer, telling reporters that Hurts is "seeing the field better, making quicker decisions and getting the football out faster."

"His determination to be great is something that you see every day,” Goedert said. "I was out there in California with him working. The detail that he had with the coaches, looking at film, looking at his throwing mechanics, things like that. He really wants to be great and he shows that each and every day.”

These are encouraging remarks from fellow coaches and teammates as Hurts prepares for his second year as the lead man. With Pro Bowl WR AJ Brown in Philly and rising star DeVonta Smith poised for a breakout Year 2, it’s up to Hurts to tie it all together on offense.

The young signal-caller led his team to the playoffs last season, ending the year with 3,144 yards passing on 61% comp., 16 TDs and 9 INTs while rushing for 784 yards and adding 10 scores on the ground.

https://thelibertyline.com/2022/06/08/dallas-goedert-improvements-jalen-hurts/

[time2rock]

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The young signal-caller ... ending the year with 3,144 yards passing on 61% comp., 16 TDs and 9 INTs while rushing for 784 yards and adding 10 scores on the ground.

Hoping he can improve on those numbers to 3800-4000 yards, 65-66%, and 28 TDs in 2022.  If so he might just silence the critics and earn the right to be the starter beyond this upcoming season.  Whether or not he can do it is another question.  I can't say I expect it, but I also haven't completely written off the possibility like so many here have.  

[YubaEagle]

9 hours ago, time2rock said:

Hoping he can improve on those numbers to 3800-4000 yards, 65-66%, and 28 TDs in 2022.  If so he might just silence the critics and earn the right to be the starter beyond this upcoming season.  Whether or not he can do it is another question.  I can't say I expect it, but I also haven't completely written off the possibility like so many here have.  

I'm 100% with you. My take, watching him last year was that he has a higher ceiling than most give him credit for. But the game was way too fast for him in what was ostensibly his rookie year. He's smart, has all the intangibles, and has shown he has a live enough arm to be a starter. He'll never be Aron Rodgers or Tom Brady. Hell, he'll never be Maholmes or Allen. I think he has the ability to be a starter, though.

My biggest fear is that he shows enough to look extremely good this year, but inconsistent. If he hits those benchmark numbers, but still has flashes where he feels too much pressure and bails on the pocket too early, or ends up floating dying quails deep because of wonky mechanics, then the Eagles are in the same quandary again in next year's draft. Do they give him another year? Or do they use their picks to trade up for one of the QBs in the draft?

I want him to either suck really bad, or show up and ball out. Not middle of the road.

[UK_EaglesFan89]

There's little doubt that Hurts will do what it takes to fulfil his potential. He will work hard and he will do everything he can to be as good as he can be. Whether that's good good enough remains to be seen. 

[NOTW]

We hear every offseason about all the great strides every player is making.  What else are they going to say?  They're in shorts.  I like Hurts as a person and I know he'll do everything he can to try and improve, and I think he will improve...just not drastically enough to become a great passer.  He could, but I doubt it.

Last year there were reports that JJAW and Reagor were making improvements too.  The year before Wentz' worst year the reports were he was working with a specialist QB coach and working on his mechanics.  Guys are always working to improve in the offseason, and there are always fluff reports that players are all doing great, everything's positive this time of year.

[time2rock]

12 hours ago, NOTW said:

We hear every offseason about all the great strides every player is making.  What else are they going to say?  They're in shorts.  I like Hurts as a person and I know he'll do everything he can to try and improve, and I think he will improve...just not drastically enough to become a great passer.  He could, but I doubt it.

Last year there were reports that JJAW and Reagor were making improvements too.  The year before Wentz' worst year the reports were he was working with a specialist QB coach and working on his mechanics.  Guys are always working to improve in the offseason, and there are always fluff reports that players are all doing great, everything's positive this time of year.

I agree.  I’ve been saying none of these reports now are meaningful … what he does starting in September is when we’ll really know how much improvement he made in the parts of his game that were weak spots last year.  But I suppose there isn’t much else to write about right now, and if I didn’t post these the forum would become a ghost town until training camp started (kinda like how IWTETG is now following the draft).  

[pgcd3]

8 minutes ago, time2rock said:

I agree.  I’ve been saying none of these reports now are meaningful … what he does starting in September is when we’ll really know how much improvement he made in the parts of his game that were weak spots last year.  But I suppose there isn’t much else to write about right now, and if I didn’t post these the forum would become a ghost town until training camp started (kinda like how IWTETG is now following the draft).  

Yep we're desperate and and yes they are meaningless. It's not like last Goedert was admitting Hurts accuracy was poor and his footwork was bad. Now all of a sudden they are improved in 7 on 7 drills. 

[NOTW]

45 minutes ago, time2rock said:

I agree.  I’ve been saying none of these reports now are meaningful … what he does starting in September is when we’ll really know how much improvement he made in the parts of his game that were weak spots last year.  But I suppose there isn’t much else to write about right now, and if I didn’t post these the forum would become a ghost town until training camp started (kinda like how IWTETG is now following the draft).  

No of course, keep posting them, this forum needs content.  

Some fans get worked up by these reports though, and argue that he's improving like it's a given thing but every offseason there are fluff and hype pieces about improvements.  You don't usually hear articles about how terrible the offseason is going, how poorly a player is playing, oh man so and so is awful in practice he should be cut.  That stuff comes during preseason and regular season.  

[time2rock]

8 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

Yep we're desperate and and yes they are meaningless. It's not like last Goedert was admitting Hurts accuracy was poor and his footwork was bad. Now all of a sudden they are improved in 7 on 7 drills. 

I suppose the positive is, they aren't saying that stuff about him now.  If reports on him were largely negative, then it would be more concerning.  But still, how he plays when the season starts is when we'll really know one way or the other. 

[brkmsn]

9 hours ago, pgcd3 said:

Yep we're desperate and and yes they are meaningless. It's not like last Goedert was admitting Hurts accuracy was poor and his footwork was bad. Now all of a sudden they are improved in 7 on 7 drills. 

Last year, when Training Camp began, Hurts didn't start out so hot. Mullens was the best of the bunch in week 1. So it's not so hard to believe that Goedert is just being honest about what he sees so far, compared to last year. We're hearing similar reports from coaches and observers. This also follows the pattern of a young QB that actually is improving. 

What I don't understand is why it's so hard for some people to take a positive remark at face value.  

[UK_EaglesFan89]

7 hours ago, brkmsn said:

What I don't understand is why it's so hard for some people to take a positive remark at face value.  

Yeah I can't understand that either. Hurts looked good in OTAs. That doesn't mean he's going to be good when the season starts. That doesn't mean he's going to claim that long term spot and earn that big contract. But he's looked good in OTAs and that's a little encouraging. 

[pgcd3]

22 hours ago, time2rock said:

I suppose the positive is, they aren't saying that stuff about him now.  If reports on him were largely negative, then it would be more concerning.  But still, how he plays when the season starts is when we'll really know one way or the other. 

It's all fine. Really reporters have seen him throw less than 20 passes in 7-on-7 drills with no pass rush. Players & coaches are almost always complimentary.  It's going to be hard to get any meaningful info until the joint practices

[brkmsn]

1 hour ago, pgcd3 said:

It's all fine. Really reporters have seen him throw less than 20 passes in 7-on-7 drills with no pass rush. Players & coaches are almost always complimentary.  It's going to be hard to get any meaningful info until the joint practices

Don't get 4for4EaglesNest started!

[pgcd3]

4 hours ago, brkmsn said:

Don't get 4for4EaglesNest started!

Honestly last year we only heard good things from the joint practices too.  Nothing really matters until the actual games but it's all we got so we try to extrapolate from any little nugget 

[PoconoDon]

At this time I still view him as a QB2. He will have to improve dramatically over the course of the whole season for me to change my mind. I hope he does, but I expect he won't.

[jsdarkstar]

Love that he is getting the ball out quick, making faster decisions and seeing the field better. All encouraging signs. 

The Greatness of guys like Drew Bree's, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Dan Marino is they get the ball out fast. 2.5 seconds fast. I would love to see Hurts do that consistently.