"The reigning Super Bowl champions have a system quarterback and a game manager. That would be Jalen Hurts, who has played brilliantly in two Super Bowls, with the Eagles blowing out the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in New Orleans in Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9. Hurts completed 17 of 22 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns, and rushed for 72 yards and 11 carries with another score in being named Most Valuable Player."
"Which brings us to the supposedly disparaging faint praise which comes to quarterbacks that avoid turnovers, execute a system designed to fit their strengths and stay on top of things such as down, distance and the game clock. All quarterbacks are in effect system quarterbacks. The Eagles' system happens to use Hurts as a runner because he's such a good runner not exactly a novel concept and uses his running skills as well as those of Saquon Barkley to set up the passing game."
Jalen Hurts led the Eagles to a 40-22 Super Bowl LIX victory over the defending champion Chiefs, completing 17 of 22 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns while rushing 11 times for 72 yards and a touchdown, earning MVP honors. The piece emphasizes that quarterbacks who avoid turnovers and execute systems tailored to their strengths are valuable, noting that all quarterbacks operate within systems. Examples include Brock Purdy in San Francisco, Patrick Mahomes with Andy Reid, Joe Burrow with Zac Taylor, and Lamar Jackson with Todd Monken, and the significance of supporting casts is highlighted.
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