NFL insider has interesting theory about latest bombshell report on Eagles, Jalen Hurts

On Wednesday, yet another bombshell report about alleged issues involving the Philadelphia Eagles and quarterback Jalen Hurts went public. 

As Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio noted, the fact that story dropped after most participants left the league meetings held in Arizona has raised eyebrows. Florio also thinks the Eagles are playing "the media like a pigskin Stradivarius" while trying to send a message to Hurts this offseason. 

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"The mere fact that the ESPN report exists becomes proof that the Eagles may be on the brink of playing hardball with Hurts," Florio wrote. "He’s signed through 2028, and after this season the dead-money charge slips to an eye-popping but manageable $67M, which could be spread over two years with a post-June 1 transaction. In recent years, several teams have done it. The Broncos with Russell Wilson, the Dolphins with Tua Tagovailoa, and the Cardinals with Kyler Murray."

Hurts signed a five-year contract extension in the spring of 2023, but it was suggested the following January that the Eagles were already experiencing some buyer’s remorse regarding that deal. In the summer of 2024, multiple reports surfaced claiming that the relationship between Hurts and head coach Nick Sirianni had become at least somewhat "fractured." While Hurts earned MVP honors for his performance in Philadelphia's Super Bowl LIX win in February 2025, it was reported this past January that he was "the source of much internal frustration" throughout the 2025 season. 

For Wednesday's lengthy article, ESPN's Tim McManus and Jeremy Fowler detailed how Hurts' personality traits that "rubbed people the wrong way before had grown since the championship win." McManus and Fowler also hinted that some within the franchise think Hurts is at least partially to blame for the Eagles' passing attack falling "into deep ruts over the past several seasons." 

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"It feels brokered," Florio wrote about Wednesday's piece. "It feels engineered."

Florio continued: "Wednesday’s article may be a pre-OTA shot across the bow to Hurts that his contract doesn’t translate to lifetime employment, and that if he doesn’t start doing what the Eagles want him to do, he may be doing it somewhere else in 2027."

Eventually, Hurts and other people associated with the Eagles will publicly respond to this latest article. What is said could offer a glimpse to outsiders regarding how certain employees truly feel about Hurts heading into training camp.