The Philadelphia Eagles were thrilled to reach the Super Bowl, even though they lost it, but getting there once is never enough. Any organization that gets there wants to get there again. And almost all of them quickly learn that achieving greatness is much easier than maintaining it. In the NFL, there’s usually one big reason why that’s true.
“The hardest part, for sure, is the scarcity of really good quarterbacks,” Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said last month at the NFL owners meetings. “And we’ve got one. And we’ve got a very special player and individual in that position.” Lurie has now ensured the Eagles will have Jalen Hurts for quite a while.
The Eagles reaffirmed their commitment to their franchise quarterback with a blockbuster investment on Monday, signing the 24-year-old Hurts to a five-year, $255 million contract extension. The deal comes with $180 million in guaranteed money, a no-brainer of a no-trade clause and an average annual value of $51 million that makes him the highest-paid player in the history of the league.
Source: RALPH VACCHIANO Fox Sports
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