Eagles vs. Vikings: The good, the bad, and the ugly

For the brief time that they were together, Jalen Hurts was relegated to the nerds table in the NovaCare Complex, often ignored while Eagles’ starter Carson Wentz and his pals, backup quarterback Nate Sudfeld and quarterback’s coach Press Taylor, would yuk it up at the cool kid’s table.

Hurts never said anything. He never caused a problem. He kept to himself, and he kept to his grind, put his head down, and focused on what he had to do to be a better quarterback and earn the starting job.

A year later, Wentz, Sudfeld and Taylor were gone—and Hurts was on his way to eventually winning Super Bowl MVPs and Super Bowls. Wentz, meanwhile, was on his way to six different teams in the last six years, the latest being the Eagles’ opponent on Sunday, the Minnesota Vikings.

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