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Jalen Hurts got to the point faster than he gets into the end zone on a tush push. Before a reporter could finish the first question to Hurts on the first day of Philadelphia Eagles training camp about the franchise QB’s seemingly complicated dynamic with coach Nick Sirianni, Hurts cut him off: The bottom line, all is good between Hurts and the fourth-year coach.
“I think we’re in a great place,” Hurts said.
Do the Eagles really believe that inside the locker room?
On a muggy Wednesday in Philadelphia, hundreds of fans packed the team facility to watch the first drills of camp — the first one held without either retired greats Jason Kelce or Fletcher Cox since 2010 — and tried to deduce if any simmering tension existed between Sirianni and Hurts.
Oh, and Saquon Barkley was there, too.
The former New York Giants running back, who signed a three-year deal for $26 million guaranteed, was cheered each time he touched the ball.
Peacetime in South Philly, perhaps.
But the lingering melodrama from last season’s collapse — when the Eagles turned a 10-1 start into a 1-5 finish and then a wild-card loss — still loomed even as Sirianni and his Eagles tried to spread the power of positivity at camp. Notably, the No. 1 storyline started with QB1 because of months of sources and speculation that stated Hurts and Sirianni had thorny relationship issues last season.
Hurts enters this season with his third straight new offensive coordinator after Brian Johnson — who followed Shane Steichen after he left to coach Indianapolis — was fired and Kellen Moore was hired. It’s another season of another offense, one Hurts estimated at organized team activities in June was “95% new.”
Hurts, who often clouds his true feelings with ambiguous phrases, acknowledged at camp there was some separation inside the locker room during last season’s freefall in the standings.
“I think any time you have any frustration, any time you have any adversity you have to overcome, it’s supposed to test…
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Publish date : 2024-07-25 13:54:58
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