Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is positioned as an NFL MVP dark horse candidate for the 2026 season as the team implements significant offensive changes following a late-season collapse last year.
According to Next Gen Stats, Hurts registered a net negative of -11.1 in Expected Points Added on dropbacks over his final nine games of 2025, which included the postseason.
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New Coaching Staff and Offensive Adjustments
To revitalize the unit, former NFL quarterback Sean Mannion replaced Kevin Patullo as offensive coordinator, while Parks Frazier transitions into the quarterbacks coach role after serving as the offensive passing game coordinator.
Frazier is tasked with managing a quarterback room that includes Hurts, Tanner McKee, Andy Dalton, and Cole Payton.
"From the quarterback perspective, again, it's just trying to take one of the hardest positions in sports and make it as simple as possible," said Frazier.
"So you try to chunk things together."
Frazier spent the offseason program reinforcing fundamentals and building relationships with the quarterbacks to ensure the offense plays with increased speed.
"So you try to make it where guys can play fast even though there's a lot going on," said Frazier.
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"That's been the biggest thing I learned from those guys is just, you know, you see it from the outside and you see all the motions, you see all the different plays, but how do you take that and you package it together to make it simple for the quarterback on the player, so they can go out there and play fast?"
