Jalen Hurts went to Disney World.
The Philadelphia Eagles star quarterback, who was named Tremendous Bowl LIX MVP, honored the custom of going to Disney World on Monday. He was seen on a float driving round Magic Kingdom within the Principal Road USA parade because the park was full of Eagles followers.
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) celebrates after the NFL Tremendous Bowl 59 soccer sport towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Picture/Brynn Anderson)
Hurts had 221 passing yards, two passing touchdowns and a speeding landing in Philadelphia’s 40-22 rout of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. For that, he was named MVP of the sport.
The custom of Tremendous Bowl MVPs going to Disney World began in 1987 after the New York Giants defeated the Denver Broncos in Tremendous Bowl XXI. Phil Simms, who was the MVP of that sport, was filmed in Disney’s “What’s Subsequent?” industrial.
He’s requested, “Phil Simms, you will have simply gained the Tremendous Bowl. What are you doing subsequent?”
“I’m gonna go to Disney World,” he responded.
Hurts’ industrial featured his throw to Jahan Dotson within the first quarter, which was almost a landing. Then, it confirmed the workforce’s tush push to get him into the top zone for the primary rating of the sport. It additionally featured his bullseye move to Devonta Smith for a landing.
“I’m going to Disney World!” Hurts mentioned when requested what he was going to do subsequent.
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, proper, poses with the Pete Rozelle MVP trophy with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell throughout a information convention the morning after Tremendous Bowl 59 between the Eagles and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Picture/Gerald Herbert)
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Hurts silenced the critics along with his efficiency on Sunday. Philadelphia bought to the Tremendous Bowl two years in the past and misplaced to the Chiefs in a sport that Hurts performed effectively in. Final season, Philly began 10-1 however struggled down the stretch and have been bounced from the playoffs early.
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni mentioned the adversity Hurts confronted in 2023 helped construct momentum for his second in 2024.
“Adversity tends to carry you collectively,” he mentioned. “I look again on final 12 months and the way final 12 months ended, and I’m grateful. As loopy because it sounds, I’m grateful how final 12 months ended as a result of it formed us to who we’re in the present day and the place we’re standing in the present day.”
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts smiles on the rostrum subsequent to defensive sort out Milton Williams (93) after a win over the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs throughout the NFL Tremendous Bowl 59 soccer sport, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Picture/Matt Slocum)
Hurts admitted that the journey is vital in relation to holding up the trophies on the finish of the season and groups and gamers will in the end be judged by the outcomes on the sphere.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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