THE TAKE
When I turn on Jalen Hurts tape, I don't see an all-pro player… Even the year he got his all-pro [2022], when I turn on Jalen Hurts tape, it's not as though he wows me more significantly than other quarterbacks… He'll give you all-pro numbers, I don't know that he'll give you all-pro tape.
BOLDNESS
72/100
GRADE
20/100
PLAYERS / TEAMS
Jalen Hurts
GRADING CRITERIA
TRUE IF
Hurts continues to produce All-Pro-level statistics but independent film analysts, advanced metrics (e.g. CPOE, EPA/play, PFF grade), and peer evaluation consistently rank him outside the top 5-8 QBs by tape quality. Take would be
FALSE IF
Hurts earns additional All-Pro selections accompanied by widespread recognition from coaches, scouts, or analytics-based film graders placing him among the elite passers in the league.
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OUTCOME
CONFIRMED FALSEHurts won Super Bowl LIX and was named Super Bowl MVP after leading the Eagles to a 40-22 victory over Kansas City, cementing his status as one of the elite quarterbacks in the NFL. While he did not earn an additional AP All-Pro selection after 2022 (his only one remains the 2022 second-team honor), PFF's film-based grading ranked him 11th overall among QBs — not outside the elite tier, but also not inside it — and he was ranked as high as No. 10 QB overall by Chris Simms post-Super Bowl. The crowning achievement of a Super Bowl MVP, combined with widespread recognition from coaches, media, and analytics platforms as a top-10 quarterback, directly contradicts Acho's dismissal of Hurts as a non-elite tape player.