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Not Sure About You, But I’m Going with Peyton Manning Over the Dipshit Rage Baiters When it Comes to Jalen Hurts Opinions
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Manning: “…you’re right, he’s played so well in both of the Super Bowls, but I like the way he goes about it. He calls me a lot, and asks me lots of questions. They actually run a lot of plays that we used to run. (From Nick) Sirianni, to Frank Reich, to (former Colts OC) Tom Moore, sort of that chain. And he calls me with very specific questions about certain plays. So he’s a student of the game. And here’s another example, you squat 600 pounds, he can run over guys, he can throw it a mile. But his appreciation of the cerebral part of the game is what’s impressive to me and how he’s taken his game to the next level and I think the sky is the limit for this guy.”
Hear hear! When it comes to opinions about Jalen Hurts, I’m inclined to side with the 2x Super Bowl-champion Peyton Manning, who won 5 MVPs and went to 14 Pro Bowls. You may agree with Johnny Dipshit at 103.4 The Talker out in Cincinnati, who has Jalen Hurts ranked 11th on his QB list (behind Dak), but Johnny Dipshit probably doesn’t know ball as well as Peyton Manning does. Presumably.
Jokes aside, it’s nice to hear Peyton talk about the cerebral stuff, about how Hurts is a student of the game and calls him to ask questions. Same thing with the Wink Martindale stuff from last year, when Hurts was in contact with the former Giants DC to pick his brain and learn everything he could learn. There are a lot of intangible factors that go into the composition of an athlete, and Jalen has always excelled there. It’s just hard to quantify those characteristics for the purposes of a clickbaity offseason ranking.
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Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com