One day, when we’re all old and grey, we’ll have quite a few stories to tell the grandchildren about great quarterback play. Who knows? Maybe we’ll discuss Jalen Hurts with them.
Maybe we can, at that time, discuss several Super Bowls he won with the Philadelphia Eagles. It’s hard to imagine an NFL career getting off to a more fiery start, unless, of course, we could travel back in time and fix the field at Super Bowl 57.
By raising the Vince Lombardi Trophy last February, Jalen made waves by losing his first Super Bowl and getting back to win another one. It isn’t something we have seen happen very often. Shout out to John Elway!
But, it’s Hurts’ time now. He’s one of the young offensive signal-callers filling a void few thought could be filled, a mammoth-sized hole left by Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.
Speaking of Peyton Manning…
Peyton Manning jokes that Jalen Hurts may have talked him out of the QB rankings business
Here’s a funny story for those looking for a chuckle. While hanging out at Fanatics Fest in NYC, Peyton joked that he wouldn’t be offering a 2025 version of the top five NFL quarterbacks list he shared last season.
Last year, when he did the same, he received a call from Jalen Hurts about 20 minutes later asking Manning why the Eagles‘ quarterback was omitted.
Peyton Manning joked that he won’t be naming a top five QB list at Fanatics Fest this year.
Manning revealed that Jalen Hurts was upset and texted him 20 minutes after finding out that he didn’t make Manning’s list last year. pic.twitter.com/S7cQJWbRoA
— Anthony DiBona (@DiBonaNFL) June 20, 2025
There has seemingly been no word about whether or not Jalen and Peyton’s conversation added any more fuel for his quest to win Super Bowl 59 last season. Still, based on everything we have learned about Hurts up to this point, we’re going to assume it did.
We’d also like to thank Manning for any additional comments that he might make about the Eagles’ gunslinger in the future. At this point, praise, criticism, oversights, backhanded compliments, and disrespect are all welcome.
Oh, and by the way. Did you catch that? Who knew that Hurts had Manning on speed dial and that these two were so friendly? Alabama and Tennessee quarterbacks are hanging out now.
Who would have ever guessed?
This article originally appeared on Eagles Wire: Jalen Hurts may have quietly ended Peyton Manning’s QB rankings days