{"id":972858,"date":"2026-08-14T10:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/972858\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:21:21","slug":"nfl-analyst-takes-jab-at-baker-mayfield-while-praising-eagles-jalen-hurts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/972858\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Analyst Takes Jab At Baker Mayfield While Praising Eagles’ Jalen Hurts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TAMPA, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 28: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles embrace after the game at Raymond James Stadium on September 28, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> made headlines on August 12 when they shared a training camp clip of Jalen Hurts<\/a> throwing an interception to the All-Pro cornerback, Quinyon Mitchell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many NFL fans and even reporters were shocked<\/a> by the fact that the Eagles exposed one of Hurts\u2019 camp mistakes for their 3.7 million followers to see. Funny enough, the post itself generated 16 million views in under 48 hours.<\/p>\n

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GettyPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA \u2013 JANUARY 11: Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles jogs off the field after his team\u2019s 23-19 loss against the San Francisco 49ers<\/a> in the NFC Wild Card Playoff game at Lincoln Financial Field on January 11, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

It was the talk of the league during the Eagles\u2019 off day, and the notable sports talk personality Colin Cowherd dished out his thoughts on the situation. While Cowherd\u2019s thoughts on the situation included praise for Hurts, he couldn\u2019t help but do it while taking a jab at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> quarterback Baker Mayfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Praise For Hurts Is A Jab For Baker
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GettyPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA \u2013 JULY 30: Jalen Hurts #1 of the Philadelphia Eagles looks on during training camp at Jefferson Health Training Complex on July 30, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cAll great quarterbacks in the NFL<\/a> have a superpower. Jalen Hurts\u2019 superpower is maturity, steady, stoic, unbothered, and unflappable,\u201d Cowherd said on his show<\/a> on August 13.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not always great, but he\u2019s never bothered by the criticism. In Philadelphia, the loudest NFL market where talk radio is huge, the fans are loud, Nick Sirianni\u2019s loud, [Hurts] is unbothered. He\u2019s a grown-up. I\u2019ve said it before. If you put Baker Mayfield in this city, it would be man overboard. Jalen Hurts may not be the gifted thrower of Baker, but that\u2019s where he\u2019s great in Philadelphia. And yesterday was a great example.\u201d<\/p>\n

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GettyORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK \u2013 DECEMBER 28: Jalen Hurts #1 and Dallas Goedert<\/a> #88 of the Philadelphia Eagles shake hands during the first quarter of the game against the Buffalo Bills<\/a> at Highmark Stadium on December 28, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Nic Antaya\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Cowherd is famously an outspoken critic of Mayfield, so it doesn\u2019t come as a surprise that the longtime sports talk personality used the Bucs\u2019 passer as an example to compare the QBs in this situation.<\/p>\n

Whether he\u2019s right about Mayfield or not is unknown\u2013the veteran passer hasn\u2019t played in Philly. But Cowherd certainly has it right about Hurts.<\/p>\n

While Cowherd is on the side of believing that the post shouldn\u2019t be a big deal, it became one. And since the Eagles left it up, even after the uproar it caused, it simply proved that Hurts is unbothered by the talk outside of the building.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tJustin Grasso<\/a> Justin Grasso is an NBA\/NFL reporter, covering trending league news, transactions, injuries, and player developments. He is a credentialed journalist with nearly a decade of insider access. More about Justin Grasso<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty TAMPA, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 28: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Jalen Hurts #1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":972859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[25,7,6,242,109,2476],"class_list":["post-972858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-eagles","tag-eagles","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-philadelphiaeagles"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117093367040424103","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972858","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=972858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/972859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=972858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=972858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}