6 pick in the draft and Simms thought the Birds should gamble on taking a quarterback with that pick.
“I never evaluated Jalen Hurts through my process — and I know he’s a fine young man and he’s got charisma and leadership skills and all that — but there’s just nothing that I ever saw that led me to think he’s an NFL starting quarterback,” Simms said in March.
The offensive line was in shambles, the young receivers were making simple errors and the play caller clearly seemed to lose his rhythm.
This season, the situation ought to be much better for Hurts.
“He’s still certainly a below average thrower in NFL terms. Now, his athletic ability and the threat he brings to the run game and things like that, that can simplify defenses and I’m not saying he needs to be Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers and pick defenses apart and all of that too.