Jalen Hurts Gets PAID! What Does It Mean For Lamar Jackson And Justin Fields?

Sports Talk Chicago

Football, Sports, Baseball

5.0 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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On today’s show, host Jon Zaghloul examines Jalen Hurts’s mega-contract extension, and explains its implications for both Lamar Jackson and Justin Fields.

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0:00.0	Aaron Sports Talk, Chicago.
0:02.3	John's a little with you here.
0:04.0	We got John Meadows in the building, directing and producing.
0:06.4	We have a couple of NFL hits that we're going to get to,
0:08.5	a couple of national items I really want to talk about.
0:11.9	We will start with Jalen Hertz.
0:13.6	So today Jalen Hertz officially signed his big mega contract extension with Philadelphia.
0:19.8	Five gears, $255 million, $179 million guaranteed,
0:25.5	plus a $23 million signing bonus, and an average annual salary of $51 million.
0:32.7	Highest paid quarterback, highest paid player in NFL history.
0:38.7	Good for Jamlin Hertz. This deal sets him up to even make more money in the future because
0:43.4	it's such a short-term contract. He's only going to be, he's going to be less than 30 years old
0:47.1	when he goes on the free agent market again. Big job for him. Good job. Here's what I have to say
0:53.0	about this, though.
0:58.1	And this is more of an NFL opinion, but I do want to wrap in Justin Fields as well.
0:58.8	But give me a minute here.
1:04.4	If Lamar Jackson thinks that he's going to get $51 million per year, he's crazy.
1:09.0	And that's the main point of this segment.
1:12.9	I don't know how many of Lamar Jackson fans are here with us.
1:14.7	Lamar Jackson's a very talented player.
1:15.8	Don't get me wrong.
1:23.1	Running, MVP winner, did things that no other quarterback has done, and he's still young.
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