Jalen Hurts’ father compares his son’s competitive nature to a flame. It was stoked from an early age and burned brightly well before he reached the NFL, in races up the stairs with his big brother, backyard football games against the older kids,

NEW ORLEANS — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is playing in his second Super Bowl in three years. This time, he knows what to expect. “There’s a lot of wind around you, there’s a lot of external things that really don’t matter in the sense of what we come here to accomplish,” he said this week. “Just keep the main thing the main thing. …

But if the Eagles emerge victorious that will also mean some NFL history has been made. By starting quarterback Jalen Hurts. With this game representing a rematch of Super Bowl LV