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Jalen Hurts nearly won MVP last season. Here’s why this season he can be even better

PHILADELPHIA — As Jalen Hurts’ teammates tell it, there are two screens.

“A two-computer setup,” Philadelphia Eagles receiver A.J. Brown says, “not a monitor.”

The Eagles’ $255 million quarterback runs home film sessions via multiple simultaneous engines. Why not? In game situations, Hurts must process multiple sources of information and react immediately.

Entering his fourth pro campaign and coming off an MVP-caliber 2022, Hurts has demonstrated growth in that distillation. His game benefited last season from long-awaited continuity at play-caller after seven straight years of change.

Then, Philadelphia offensive coordinator Shane Steichen was hired as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, teaming Hurts with a ninth play-caller in eight years.