Jalen Hurts Asked Peyton Manning for Advice After Eagles Won NFL Super Bowl 59

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts wasn't satisfied after he won the Super Bowl last season. To avoid complacency, he reached out to NFL legend Peyton Manning for advice.

"He said, 'Hey, there's some things I think we can do to be even better. Peyton, what do you think?'" Manning told Olivia Reiner of the Philadelphia Inquirer. "As opposed to being on some island celebrating, he was already into [the] 2025-26 season. So that tells you everything. He's still a very hungry player. And how lucky the Eagles fans should be to have a guy like that."

Manning said a big part of the conversation was how he handled his responsibilities at the line of scrimmage before the play began.

"Jalen can throw it as far, can run as fast as anybody, but the fact that he's combining that with a real appreciation of the cerebral part of understanding plays, mastering each play. It's mastering each play vs. each coverage," he said. "Just because you run a play and you get man-to-man coverage, OK, I got it. OK, what if you run the same play and they play Cover 2? What is the actual read there? I ran basically the same offense my whole career in Indianapolis and Denver, and that's a lot of reps with the same play over and over again against each defense. So you never stop learning. And Jalen is still a young player, and the fact that he's going all-in trying to learn and trying to master the cerebral part, I think it's just a great quality."

While the Eagles have had their ups and downs offensively this season as they adjust to new offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo—his sixth different OC in the NFL—Hurts has been steady, throwing for 1,677 yards, 15 touchdowns and just one interception while completing 70.2 percent of his passes and rushing for 207 yards and five scores. The Eagles, in turn, are 6-2 ahead of a pivotal Monday night matchup against the Green Bay Packers.