Emmanuel Acho points out media’s hypocrisy while comparing Jalen Hurts’ average stats this season to that of Dak Prescott’s last year

Analyst Emmanuel Acho has lost faith in Jalen Hurts.

Emmanuel Acho points out media’s hypocrisy while comparing Jalen Hurts’ average stats this season to that of Dak Prescott’s last year

Emmanuel Acho and Jalen Hurts (via YouTube and Sports Illustrated)

The NFL 2023-24 regular season is finished and the analysts are focussing highly on the playoffs. Nonetheless, the talks are going on regarding the players’ performance in the regular season. Especially, the quarterbacks are still attracting a lot of media talk and discussions.

In the latest episode of Speak, Emmanuel Acho pointed out a sharp contrast between the media treatment of Dak Prescott and Jalen Hurts. He said that the media does not treat the two quarterbacks in the same way.

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Emmanuel Acho said:

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I have not lost all faith in Jalen Hurts, but I have lost some and a lot of faith in Jalen Hurts. The logic is simple. He had one great year sandwiched between two averages at best. In his second year in the National Football League (NFL), 16 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions, were average at best. This year in the National Football League, 15 interceptions and 23 touchdowns passing. Remember all the slander that we gave Dak Prescott last year for 23 touchdowns and 15 interceptions? Jalen Hurts, as a passer is the same as Dak Prescott, last year.
Emmanuel Acho on Speak

Despite taking a jibe at the ‘passer’ Jalen Hurts, Acho did not deny the role of the quarterback as a rusher. He even said “Kudos to Jalen for his 12/15 rushing touchdowns.” Nonetheless, his point was simple, Hurts had an average season and he is not being treated as Dak was earlier.

Consistency has remained a problem for Jalen Hurts and the Eagles

Jalen Hurts had an inconsistency problem throughout the season. He and his team started the season very well. But both of them suffered badly halfway through the season. The Eagles were at 9-1 after 10 games and everyone thought that it would be very easy for them to bag the NFC Conference seed. However, that did not happen.

Sean Desai
Sean Desai (via Philadelphia Inquirer)

The Eagles ended up losing five games in their next seven and finished the season with 11-6. The team went through some structural changes like demoting DC Sean Desai and that did not have a good impact on the squad. Defense remained a major concern for them and demoting Desai did not help the situation.

If defense was the first problem of the team then the second can be attributed to the performance of Jalen Hurts. Hurts’ interceptions in the later half of the league had a bad impact on the team’s performance.

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