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Jalen Hurts Quiets The Haters For Good With MVP Performance

No player gets more scrutiny than Jalen Hurts. Despite doing little else besides winning for the past 3 seasons, he has been the constant subject of national talk show segments,…

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 09: Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 to win Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – FEBRUARY 09: Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 to win Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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No player gets more scrutiny than Jalen Hurts. Despite doing little else besides winning for the past 3 seasons, he has been the constant subject of national talk show segments, picking apart his play. Just this past week people claimed he could never be on the same level as a Josh Allen, or a Lamar Jackson. As recently as 2 weeks ago people confidently claimed the Eagles couldn’t win with him. Now what.

Not only did Jalen Hurts lead his team to a Super Bowl win. Not only did he go through Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs to do so. Not only did he do so in blowout fashion, But he won Super Bowl MVP in the process. Something you think would quiet his haters for good.

Jalen Hurts Proves He Belongs… Again

It was not one of those performances where they just give the QB the MVP because he is the QB either. 3 total TDs, over 200 total yards, and only 5 incompletions. Besides for the one mistake, he was perfect. He went up against the guy many think could one day dethrone Tom Brady to become the next GOAT, and outplayed him, again...

Dylan MacKinnon is The Digital Content Coordinator For 97.5 The Fanatic. he has been an Eagles, Flyers, Sixers, and Flyers fan his whole life. He graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelors in Journalism. Dylan has worked at the Fanatic since 2016, starting as an Intern, moving to the Street team, and eventually was hired as an Associate Producer before settling into his current role in the Digital Department. You may hear him referred to on-air as "The D-Train."