Jalen Hurts got rewarded in an unprecedented way for bringing the Eagles to the Super Bowl last season.
The defending NFC champs announced on Monday that they had reached an agreement to extend their field general with a record-breaking deal that makes Hurts the highest-paid player in NFL history. The 24-year-old’s new five-year deal is worth a reported $255 million, with $179.3 million of it guaranteed.
With an average annual value of $51 million, that’s a 27.5% increase over the pact that made Prescott a $40 million man for the Cowboys in 2021… and a significant faction of the fanbase was (and still is) clutching their pearls about that payday.