Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts praises God after dominating Super Bowl win over Chiefs

By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Monday, February 10, 2025

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts had excessive reward for God and his teammates Sunday following a 40-22 win over back-to-back defending champions Kansas Metropolis Chiefs to develop into the Tremendous Bowl LIX champions in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sunday.

“, …. God is sweet. He is higher than all of the highs and the lows. And I believe personally, myself, I’ve simply been in a position to make use of each expertise and study from it. The great, the unhealthy, all of it. Utilizing it as gasoline to pursue my very own greatness,” Hurts mentioned in an interview with Fox Sports activities’ Erin Andrews when requested the way it felt to beat the Chiefs after they beat the Eagles in 2023’s Tremendous Bowl LVII.

Though the 26-year-old Eagles quarterback, who’s in his third full season beginning for the group, was additionally named Tremendous Bowl MVP. He made it clear that the win couldn’t have occurred with out his teammates.

“I believe I could not do any of these items with out the fellows round me. , we obtained a particular group this yr. We had been capable of study from the previous and get some, get some good new items and recover from that hump,” he mentioned.

For nearly three quarters, the Eagles’ protection stored the Chiefs scoreless, and Hurts mentioned the protection, which was among the many league’s finest all season, made the distinction within the championship victory. 

“I believe No. 1, protection wins championships … and we noticed how they performed at the moment. We noticed the distinction they made within the sport, they usually gave us alternatives, gave us quick fields. And we had been capable of do what we do,” Hurts informed Andrews.

When requested about how he felt about those that doubted his potential to steer his group to victory after the Eagles’ earlier loss to the Chiefs, Hurts mentioned throughout a press convention that he used criticism constructively.

“I’ve at all times discovered a thrill in any doubt and any questioning and any opinions. It is at all times been one thing that I’ve embraced, and I do not need it to alter now simply due to the consequence,” he mentioned.

“I am simply working [my] race and enjoying with goal. that is what I am known as to do on this season of my life, and I’ll give all of it I’ve and take a look at my finest to depart no stone unturned.”

Hurts talked concerning the “unprecedented journey” to turning into Tremendous Bowl champion, relating different disappointments in his profession, reminiscent of being benched for Tua Tagovailoa throughout the College of Alabama’s victory within the 2017 Nationwide Championship.

“The aim by no means modifications. I believe your values by no means change. I believe, ultimately, it comes all the way down to how folks take a look at you. I’ll at all times be the identical. I used to be telling somebody earlier I am that very same child that went to the Nationwide Championship and misplaced and went again and obtained benched and needed to switch and needed to undergo this simply unprecedented journey,” he mentioned.

“And that child at all times stored the primary factor the primary factor and at all times was true to his imaginative and prescient and what he noticed. And all of it started with nice management … simply doing it the appropriate method,” Hurts mentioned, crediting his dad and mom for being an excellent instance. 

“I believe, ultimately, issues come proper on time,” he mentioned. “The final time round, it wasn’t my time, and generally it’s important to settle for that it’s important to wait your flip. … And coping with …. every part that got here with the final Tremendous Bowl,” he mentioned.

“It wasn’t sufficient to win, and I believe going by these feelings and processing these issues and processing that have lit an excellent flame in me and enhanced my want to win considerably.”