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Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback and Reign Super Bowl MVP Jalen hurts They split the fans when they chose to skip the team’s celebration White House visit in April.
Hurts was one of the Eagles players who chose not to go along with AJ Brown, Devonta Smith, Jalen Carter and Brandon Graham. However, as a quarterback, Hurts’ absence has earned a certain scrutiny. it hurts He told reporters On May 20th, he didn’t go because he was “unavailable.”
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jaylen Hearts (1) will be discussing offensive coordinator Kellen Moore on Sunday, February 9, 2025 at New Orleans, in the first half of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game with the Kansas City Chiefs. (AP Photo/MattSlocum)
Former Eagles star quarterback Donovan McNabb said he coached the Hearts since coming to Philadelphia, and in an interview with Fox News Digital he responded to his protégé’s absence. McNabb also suggested that Hurts’ absence was based on a decision.
“I have no issues with that at all. I agree. I fully agree with him and the decision he made. It was a decision of a grown man and he stuck to it,” McNabb said. “And for him, his focus is probably being ready to go back to another Super Bowl.”
McNabb added that he made the same decision as Hurts.
President Donald Trump celebrates Super Bowl LIX champion Philadelphia Eagles at the White House in Washington, DC on April 28, 2025. (Today’s Josh Morgan-Usa via Imaginary Images)
The wound raised his brows again as he attended. I met Gala The following week after missing out on the White House.
Still, the majority of the Eagles roster and coaching staff attended the White House, celebrating with Trump and the president’s daughter Ivanka. These players included stars running through Saquon Barkley.
“Everyone has a choice,” McNab said of the players he went to. “You don’t harness other people’s decisions about what they did. It’s a decision. It’s a personal decision he gave to both for Jalen and Saquon,” McNabb said.
“And again, no matter what the visit or whatever it is, we’ll immediately focus on the tasks at hand and see if we have the opportunity to be invited to the White House.”
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When the Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2018, the team decided not to attend the White House. Trump has revoked an invitation to host the Eagles after several players said they would not be taking part in the visit due to previous criticism of the national anthem protest.
The Los Angeles Dodgers visited the White House just weeks before the Eagles did so to commemorate the World Series title. Mookie Betts, who skipped his visit with the Boston Red Sox in 2019, joined this year.
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