Should Jalen Hurts be considered among the NFL’s elite quarterbacks? Not according to his former teammate Darius Slay Jr.
Slay recently said that the “elite quarterbacks” in the sport are Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes, Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen.
Is Slay off-base for not including Hurts? Former backup QB Chase Daniel doesn’t think so:
“If you poll 32 NFL teams and their starters and their executives and everyone that knows anything about actual quarterback play, they would say, ‘Yeah, the four elite quarterbacks are Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson,'” Daniel said. “To put Jalen Hurts in that category — I can’t. Quite honestly, I don’t know how anyone can.”
“Most players and most people that know football would be like, ‘They didn’t only win the Super Bowl because of Jalen Hurts.’… For me, elite quarterbacks are — if you need to win the game, this guy can put your team on the back of him and go down there and win the game on your arm.”
“There are only four guys that I would take to start a franchise with,” Daniels said. “Quite honestly, there’s more than four guys who I would take to start a franchise with over Jalen Hurts today. Because of that, I can’t sit here and say I want to start a franchise with Jalen Hurts. He’s not in the top 9 or 10.”
