2. Hurts has been through this process before
Jalen Hurts was the apple of Crimson Tide fan’s eyes when he was replaced by then-freshman Tua Tagovailoa in the second half of the team’s National Championship victory over Clemson.
The next season, in 2018 with the blessing of Nick Saban, Tua snatched the starting job from Hurts, who played in 13 games as a reserve and completed 51 of 70 passing for 765 yards, eight touchdowns.
A true professional, Hurts rescued Alabama when Tagovailoa was injured in the fourth quarter of the 2018 SEC Championship Game, leading the Tide to a comeback win (7 of 9, 82 yards, passing touchdown, rushing touchdown). Hurts decided to transfer from Alabama to Oklahoma as a graduate student for 2019 and replaced Kyler Murray.
He’s class personified, he knows what Wentz will be going through and his reputation as a man and a teammate is a major reason why the Eagles felt comfortable making this move.
Hurts is also the reason this will be successful.