Uhhh…

Yeah…

The Eagles took Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts with the 53rd overall pick:

I don’t know. I have no idea.

Of course you need a good backup quarterback. That’s why the Eagles finally won the Super Bowl. But Jalen Hurts at #53 with plenty of quality defensive players and receivers still on the board is outrageous.

I’ll update the post as we learn more.

Update one:

Here’s Lefkoe’s reaction –

Jesus Christ.. this is just hitting me now. This is going to be absolute clusterfuck on sports radio and in the local media for YEARS. You though Tebow was bad? Vick? This is gonna be just as bad as those media feeding frenzies, maybe even worse.

Fuck me, I cannot even begin to comprehend what is about to happen in this town.

Update two:

Ack, barf. If the Eagles use Jalen Hurts some gimmicky crapola, then they have failed. Hurts is a stud, and you don’t draft a guy like that to run him in wildcat and other bullshit formations.

Please God no to the Taysom Hill thing.

Update 3:

Howie and Doug are speaking, here are some tidbits –

  • Howie: they’re always going to be about the quarterback position
  • Howie: “that position, that room, we want good people in it, we know what kind of support he’ll throw behind our starter”
  • RE: using him like Taysom Hill and using Hurts’ unique skill set – Doug: “it’s something we’re gonna explore, first and foremost, Jalen Hurts is a good quarterback, he’s a quarterback first and was drafted as a quarterback, great runner, unique set of skills we’ll continue to look at”
  • Howie: history with the QB position is a factor, most important position in the game
  • Howie: in first round, teams were looking for a lot to trade up
  • Howie: “Hurts is a proven winner, incredible teammate, we have a Pro Bowl QB but we’ve seen the value of the quarterback spot.. this gives us another weapon, somebody is going to be incredibly supportive, and quite frankly this is exciting, these are the types of decisions we’re gonna make and we’re proud of it”
  • Howie: “disagree with comparisons to Nick Foles situation, doesn’t think Hurts is coming in to take job from Wentz, they believe in the QB position, saw their board and it had gone in a different direction”
  • (Andy Weidl says he watched Hurts play live against West Virginia. I also watched that game and we fucking sucked. Anybody could have hung 40+ points on us that day.)
  • Howie: Nate Sudfeld is still in the mix and wants an opportunity

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue!