Despite a year that saw Hurts hoist up the Lombardi Trophy and earn Super Bowl MVP, the quarterback barely cracked ESPN’s top 10. Instead, quarterbacks like Jared Goff (No. 8), Justin Herbert (No. 7), Matthew Stafford (No. 6), and Jayden Daniels (No. 5) were ranked above him.

An army of former players around the league have called into question ESPN's rankings of the top 10 quarterbacks in the NFL going into the 2025 season. And unlike the ESPN panelists, they aren't "anonymous.

Jalen Hurts was not considered a top-five quarterback in the NFL, according to a recent poll. A former player-turned-analyst went off on the rankings this week.