Things started to go wrong before Jalen Hurts officially stepped foot on Lincoln Financial Field. Prior to the 2019 season, NBC Sports reported that Wentz had signed a four-year contract with the Eagles, and was upset to learn the team picked up another QB in the 2020 draft. It’s a move that’s happened before — think Aaron Rodgers’ reaction to Jordan Love, and even further back, Brett Favre’s reaction to Rodgers. At the time the Eagles insisted Wentz was still their go-to. “Nobody is going to be looking at a rookie quarterback as somebody who’s going to be taking over [for] a Pro Bowl quarterback. … There’s no threat to Carson here,” Eagles’ GM Howie Roseman told ESPN.
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Still, Wentz was threatened. A source close to the situation said (via Bleeding Green Nation), “Carson was the captain of the cool kids’ table. He’d treat Jalen, really one of the best guys you would ever want to meet like he wasn’t there.” Meanwhile, Hurts kept his head down, and focused on his game. “Carson … was starting — but Jalen would stay after and go through the entire game plan by himself on the field, just going through his reads,” running back Boston Scott told ESPN, speaking on Hurts’ dedication to the game. Couple that with the fact that Hurts went out of his way to cultivate relationships while Wentz remained aloof, and it was clear that a changing of the guard was right around the corner.
