‘There’s Clips Online!’ ESPN’s Chris Canty Grilled by Colleagues for Blatantly Flip-Flopping on Take About Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts

ESPN Radio host Chris Canty was put on the spot by his own colleagues when he was caught flip-flopping on a take about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts.

On Monday’s episode of Unsportsmanlike, Canty and his co-hosts were reacting to the Eagles’ 55-23 win over the Washington Commanders in the NFC Championship Game. During their conversation, they brought up prior criticisms of Hurts. The 26-year-old QB had less-than-stellar performances in the team’s first two playoff games before a strong showing in the conference championship.

While some in the sports media remain unsure of Hurts’s future as a franchise QB, Canty claimed he had always viewed him as one of the top signal callers in the league.

“Like, I’m just sitting back looking at the rankings that I had of the quarterbacks coming into the postseason,” Canty said. “I had Jalen Hurts sixth, so right outside of the top five. Now, retroactively, that might be a little low; but there was plenty of respect that we had for this show when it comes to the Jalen Hurts of it all.”

When Canty later said he ranked Hurts as a top-10 quarterback coming into the season, an off-screen producer couldn’t help but interject.

“You also had him outside the top 10 at one point,” the producer said.

“No, I had him as a top-10 quarterback coming into the season,” Canty responded. “I’m sitting here looking at my notes!”

The producer then brought up what Canty himself said earlier this season on multiple ESPN shows.

“Yeah, there’s clips online — from First Take and this show — of you saying, ‘I don’t have Jalen Hurts in the top 10,” they said.

A stunned Canty reiterated that he had Hurts in his top-10 ranking before admitting, “I don’t know what to say to that.”

As it turns out, the producer was right. During an episode of First Take shortly after the conclusion of the 2023-24 season, Canty stated plainly that Hurts was not in his top 10.

Watch above via ESPN2.