Commanders coach Ron Rivera has stressed that there’s a level of patience required for dealing with the growing pains of a young quarterback. But staying patient, history has shown, can be rewarding in the long run — with one of the better examples in today’s NFL existing with Jalen Hurts and the Eagles.
ASHBURN — The Philadelphia Eagles were at a crossroads with Jalen Hurts. As much of a crossroads as there can be for a quarterback who had just completed his second season, anyway. This was at the end of the 2021 season when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had shut down Hurts and the Eagles in such a dominant fashion during the playoffs that it created legitimate questions about whether Philadelphia should look for an upgrade in the months ahead.
This week, Commanders coach Ron Rivera has stressed that there’s a level of patience required for dealing with the growing pains of a young quarterback like starter Sam Howell — who is coming off a nine-sack, four-interception performance against the Buffalo Bills.
Howell, of course, is a stylistically different player than Hurts, and the second-year signal-caller may not ever reach the same heights. But for the Commanders, Hurts’ ascension provides a road map of how it can be worth trusting a quarterback through early struggles — and how important it can be to surround them in the right environment.“There’s a lot of good young quarterbacks that have come in and have done really well, and there’s been some that have struggled,” Rivera said.
But the Eagles also did well to surround Hurts with enough talent to succeed. Though they didn’t trade for a quarterback in 2022, Philadelphia’s brass traded for star receiver A.J. Brown to give Hurts a reliable No. 1 option. The Eagles also arguably had the best offensive line in football, which benefitted Hurts further. Hurts took advantage of the talent around him — and still made a leap of his own. Hurts’ accuracy jumped from 61.3% to 66.5%. His interception rate of 1.
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