June 30, 2021   2 MIN READ

“Not Some Dude Just Running:” Q&A With Quintin Mikell, Jason Avant

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Chris Simms, a former NFL quarterback and current NFL analyst for NBC Sports, is in hot water with Eagles fans for recently publishing his top-40 quarterback list, which didn’t include Jalen Hurts.

Simms fueled the fire recently when he appeared as a guest on 94.1 WIP with Howard Eskin to defend his list and remarked that Hurts’ throwing motion lends to inaccuracy, adding that Hurts missed some throws that Simms would expect a good high school quarterback to execute.

The full interview can be heard here:

In the latest Q&A on Inside The Birds, featuring former Eagles safety Quintin Mikell and former Eagles wide receiver Jason Avant, Simms’ ranking and comments were refuted,

“If anybody watched Jalen Hurts … the one thing you will know is the kid is accurate,” said Avant, who was an assistant wide receivers coach for the Eagles last year. “He’s not just some dude running around, scrambling with the ball. Does he mess up because he don’t know something right now? Yes, that’s what young players do. But don’t tell me he’s inaccurate.

“[Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is not inaccurate. Daniel Jones gets confused. He gets startled by the rush. Tell me something of that nature, that’s substantive.”

Added Mikell: “To me, the thing that’s the most frustrating is there was no proof. I didn’t see a video clip of Hurts not being able to make this throw. I didn’t see any stats associated with his statement. It really just stuck out as …I don’t like this guy and I don’t like where he’s at so I’m going to try to cut him down. If you’re going to make a statement like that, at least gave some stats, at least have some video clips, a least have something to back it up other than, ‘I know high school quarterbacks who can make that throw.'”

Other topics Mikell and Avant addressed: Better Eagles running back – Brian Westbrook or LeSean McCoy; Chip Kelly’s predictable offense; why coaches like football players who came from humble beginnings; and the Super Bowl team.

– Geoff Mosher (@geoffmoshernfl) is co-host of the “Inside the Birds” podcast and staff writer for InsideTheBirds.com.

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Geoff Mosher is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience covering the Eagles, the NFL and other college and pro sports across several different multimedia platforms. He is co-host of the acclaimed Inside the Birds podcast, the leading podcast for intel on the Philadelphia Eagles, and co-host on 97.3 ESPN's drive-time show. He has also hosted on Philadelphia's sports-talk station, 94.1 WIP and 97.5 The Fanatic. Geoff was the lead Eagles Insider from 2012-2015 for NBC Sports Philadelphia, where he wrote for the website and appeared daily on the station's TV shows, including Quick Slants, Philly Sports Talk, Eagles Pregame/Postgame Live and Eagles Extra. Prior to joining NBC Sports, Geoff worked the Eagles beat from 2005-2012 for the Wilmington News Journal, where he broke several major news stories and also won an Associated Press Sports Editors award under the category of Breaking News for his coverage of the sudden death of Phillies play by play broadcaster Harry Kalas. Geoff has appeared on ESPN's SportsCenter, NFL Network, NBC Sports Network, FOX29, 6ABC and has conducted interviews for Sirius/XM NFL radio and countless other radio stations across the country.

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