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No, the Eagles’ MVP ain’t their star quarterback … it’s really their finest offending lineman — so says ex-Philadelphia tight end Trey Burton, who informs TMZ Sports Jason Kelce is more deserving of the honor than Jalen Hurts.
Don’t get it twisted … Burton wasn’t shading Jalen at all — he called the person “spectacular” this year — he simply believes that extremely of Philly’s center.
“I’ve played on a couple teams,” stated the 31-year-old, who was a colleague of Kelce’s for many years in Philadelphia. “There hasn’t been one guy that is comparable to Jason Kelce.”
Burton stated the 35-year-old future Hall of Famer does it all for the offense in Philly — discussing to us Kelce calls out defense plans in both the running video game and the death video game.
“When you go to your battle you hope you have him standing next to you,” Burton stated. “And, you can look at him and everything’s going to be all right. Just this calming presence that he has.”
Hurts likely would not disagree — Kelce has actually been a huge factor he’s had a breakout year … assisting provide the QB sufficient time to toss 22 goals while hurrying for 13 more.
Three goals in the very first half for Jalen Hurts. He looks healthy. Eagles take a 28-0 lead into halftime. Complete dominance pic.twitter.com/5adEIemOnG
— Chase Senior (@Chase_Senior) January 22, 2023
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Of course, Hurts — not Kelce — is up for the league’s genuine MVP award this year … together with Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes, Justin Jefferson and Josh Allen.
Voting for the honor has actually currently closed — however if Sunday’s video game versus the 49ers did consider, Burton thinks it’d just assist the signal-caller’s cause … informing us he believes there’s an opportunity Jalen and the Birds blow out S.F. in the NFC Championship Game.