Eagles News: Jalen Hurts projects as a top 10 fantasy football quarterback

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Early 2021 Fantasy Football Quarterback Rankings – Sharp Football Analysis
10. Jalen Hurts: Hurts scored 19.3, 37.8, 18.6, and 16.3 points in his four starts last season after the Philadelphia season was a lost cause. His 272 rushing yards in those starts were second in league history for a quarterback over his first career four starts behind Lamar Jackson. Hurts was last in the league in completion rate (52%), but also last in expected completion rate (55.5%), according to NFL Next Gen Stats. Despite that, he still led all rookie passers in yards per pass attempt (7.7 Y/A) from a clean pocket. If the Eagles commit to Hurts for a season, he joins the high-floor group aided by rushing production with the upside of crashing a ceiling should he improve from a passing stance.

NFL Mock Draft Roundup: 10 different options for the Eagles at No. 6 – BGN
The feeling here is that the Eagles can’t go into this year’s draft with the idea they’re taking a quarterback at No. 6 no matter what. Don’t want to see them force it like that. If they’re totally in love with Fields (or someone else), then QB is a reasonable pick. The overall aim should be to acquire an elite-level difference-maker, almost regardless of position.

The Solak Show 002: If They Drafted Hurts When They Had Wentz..‪.‬ – BGN Radio
On this week’s episode of The Solak Show, Benjamin Solak breaks down the Eagles’ approach when drafting Jalen Hurts in the 2020 NFL Draft, and how that approach indicates they’ll take a quarterback at 6 overall regardless of how they feel about Hurts internally. After the break, he’s joined by Zach Hicks of Stampede Blue (29:15) to talk Carson Wentz in Indianapolis. Just how much clout does Frank Reich have in the building? Which coaches will take which approaches to resuscitate his career? Are the Colts actually better?

Eagles mailbag: Ranking the 2021 NFL head coaching hires – PhillyVoice
1) Brandon Staley, Chargers: I like Staley as a young up-and-coming coach, but also, the Chargers might actually be good. In the short term, it’ll be hard not to improve on a 2020 season that started at 3-9. Long-term, Justin Herbert will keep them competitive. … 2) Robert Saleh, Jets: The Jets have a buttload of picks, and Saleh feels like the right man for the job to get the most out of what will be a very young roster. … 3) Arthur Smith, Falcons: The Falcons are in a similar situation as the Eagles, in that they require a bit of a teardown before they can rebuild, but I’ll give a slight edge to Smith over Nick Sirianni. … 4) Nick Sirianni, Eagles: The bet here is that the first two seasons won’t be pretty, but it appears that Sirianni will be given a bit of time to turn things around. An unexpected decent season in Years 1 or 2 would exceed expectations.

Pass Catchers – Iggles Blitz
This receiver class is deep and talented. It is amazing that year after year, we are seeing terrific classes. Shouldn’t we run out of outstanding prospects? The passing game has exploded all over the football world and that means there are more talented receivers than ever. That fact makes it especially…