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Vic Fangio reels in the ‘reckless’ hype over Philadelphia Eagles’ young edge rusher<\/a> originally appeared on A to Z Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There is a ton of hype surrounding Philadelphia Eagles’ young edge rusher Jalyx Hunt recently.<\/p>\n

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For example, Philly’s left tackle Jordan Mailata did not hesitate to compare Hunt to Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh man, he\u2019s going to be special, man,\u201d Mailata said. \u201cHis burst. He has tendencies like Micah [Parsons], just to be able to cut on a dime like that; How did I go from Josh Sweat to Jalyx? It\u2019s crazy! I\u2019m like, \u2018Howie, give me a break for one year, Jesus!\u2019 Jalyx is going to be a star.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, fellow edge Nolan Smith said, \u201cHe\u2019s going to be the best thing since sliced bread.\u201d<\/p>\n

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That is a lofty comparison and one heck of a compliment from two Eagles starters. While Hunt has shown some flashes, it’s no secret that he still has a ton of work to do.<\/p>\n

Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio brought his teammates’ high praise comments back down to earth while speaking to the media during training camp<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, both of them overdid it,\u201d Fangio. \u201cJalyx to me, the last third of the season into the playoffs played a lot for us and played good. We have high expectations for them. Anything beyond that right now to say would be reckless.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hunt appeared in all 16 regular-season games last season, recording 21 total tackles, 1.5 sacks, one pass deflection, and two forced fumbles. He added another sack during the Eagles’ playoffs en route to their Super Bowl LIX appearance.<\/p>\n

But with his teammates hyping him up, Hunt remains humble. He is also putting in the work to improve and spent the offseason learning from some of the best outside Philly: Von Miller, Cam Jordan, and Maxx Crosby.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t take this for granted,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cThis is something I haven\u2019t been able to experience a whole bunch in my life. So, being surrounded by people who are of this caliber and also great people, it\u2019s a very humbling experience. “It\u2019s something that I want to get used to. Because, when you get used to something, it\u2019s like, \u2018Wow, I really belong here. I\u2019m really here.\u2019 And I definitely feel like I belong here.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Related: Philadelphia Eagles move on from WR who shined during OTAs, sign another<\/a><\/p>\n

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This story was originally reported by A to Z Sports<\/a> on Jul 30, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vic Fangio reels in the ‘reckless’ hype over Philadelphia Eagles’ young edge rusher originally appeared on A to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[1232,257,25,7,10167,13945,7522,6563,491,6,12510,242,109,2476,7960,7958],"class_list":{"0":"post-249636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-cam-jordan","9":"tag-dallas-cowboys","10":"tag-eagles","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-jalyx-hunt","13":"tag-jordan-mailata","14":"tag-josh-sweat","15":"tag-maxx-crosby","16":"tag-micah-parsons","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-nolan-smith","19":"tag-philadelphia","20":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","21":"tag-philadelphiaeagles","22":"tag-vic-fangio","23":"tag-von-miller"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114945707952999017","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}