Comparing Jalen Hurts to Carson Wentz in 2017
Take your thoughts back to just five years ago. It was the middle of a glorious year, of course, for the Philadelphia Eagles, which ended in the team’s first-ever and…
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – NOVEMBER 14: Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles looks to pass against the Washington Commanders during the fourth quarter in the game at Lincoln Financial Field on November 14, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)Take your thoughts back to just five years ago. It was the middle of a glorious year, of course, for the Philadelphia Eagles, which ended in the team’s first-ever and only Super Bowl victory. The quarterback for that team was Carson Wentz, and after nine games the Eagles were 8-1, just like this year. And the talk began after nine games in 2017 that the Eagles just may be a Super Bowl contender (much like the talk of the team right now) and that Wentz was a serious MVP candidate (just like Jalen Hurts now).
So that compelled me to take a little deeper look at the numbers of those two quarterbacks through nine games. Of course, Hurts got hurt in Game 13 in 2017 after leading the team to an 11-2 record and many thought that he still should have/could have been named the league’s MVP.
But let’s get back to the nine-game stretch to begin the season.
Here are the numbers on Carson Wentz from 2017:
Comp: 176
Att: 291
Comp. perc.: 60.5%
Yards: 2,262
TD passes: 23
INT: 5
Rushing TD’s: 0
Jalen Hurts in 2022
Comp: 180
Att: 265
Comp. Perc: 67.9%
Yards: 2,217
TD passes: 14
INT: 3
Rushing TD’s: 7
Simply amazing how similar those numbers are. What does it all mean? Absolutely nothing. But it’s interesting that Hurts, rightfully questioned before the season whether he was the franchise quarterback moving forward, may just be having that MVP season.
