Jalen Hurts 'Suits' the Eagles; QB Reveals 'The Thrill' Of Philadelphia Team
PHILADELPHIA – Howie Roseman joked last week, days after Jalen Hurts agreed to his $255 million contract extension with more than $179 million guaranteed, that his quarterback should show up for his news conference driving a Ferrari.
The general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles was making a point that money won’t have a negative impact on Hurts, despite being just 24 years old.
There were no Ferraris spotted in the parking lot at the Eagles’ training complex on Monday when the quarterback arrived to talk about becoming the highest-paid player in the NFL.
He did, however, show up looking resplendent in an Eagles-colored suit.
Not just any suit, but a piece of Italian cloth measured and cut to such precision that it fit like a glove. The Gucci label was still on Hurts’ sleeve.
The Gucci label on the suit Jalen Hurts wore to Monday's news conference
If he was the star of the show, his tailor wasn’t far behind.
His teammates, who were arriving for the first day of phase one of the Eagles’ offseason workout program, noticed.
“They said I had a nice suit,” said Hurts, who was joined at the presser by girlfriend Bry Burrows. “Nah, everyone’s excited. I’m appreciative of my teammates first and foremost. I haven’t seen them in a minute with everybody kind of doing their own thing. But this is an exciting time.
“It’s a very exciting time for us all to be together. I can’t wait to get back with those guys and get to work and get meeting with the coaches and talking ball. That’s where I get the thrill from.”
Hurts may be the highest-paid player in the league, which, by extension, makes him the highest-paid player on the Eagles, but he understands it’s a team game, and that is why he took a team-friendly deal.
The salary-cap charge doesn’t become too unwieldy until 2026 when it swells to $31.77 million.
That allows the Eagles to build out other positions of the team as need arises to keep them competitive and in the playoff mix for the foreseeable future.
“I truly love the game, and I hate to lose, and this being a team sport, you get a certain type of thrill and gratification from doing that with someone else,” said Hurts. “From putting that work in with someone else, from everybody committing to one common goal and trying to achieve that goal in the end.
“I think that’s what’s made us so special, and that’s what’s kind of evolved in my three years of being here. And I think that’s the precedent that we want to set for the future in terms of what we want to achieve.”
Ed Kracz covers the Philadelphia Eagles for SI's EaglesToday.
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