Philadelphia, PA – The NFL world was rocked today as Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie announced a move unlike anything seen before: quarterback Jalen Hurts has signed a lifetime contract with Philadelphia, binding his legacy forever to the city that embraced him.

The deal, immediately hailed as the “contract of the century,” surpasses any precedent in professional sports. It is more than a financial agreement — it cements Hurts as the eternal cornerstone of the Eagles, a symbol of loyalty and belief in the city of Philadelphia.

Hurts’ journey makes this moment even more powerful. Drafted in 2020 amid doubts about his ceiling, he was questioned, doubted, even underestimated. Yet through resilience, hard work, and unshakable faith, he rose from backup to Super Bowl quarterback, rewriting his story in midnight green.

“Philadelphia believed in me when the world doubted me,” Hurts said in an emotional press conference. “This Lifetime Deal isn’t about money — it’s about loyalty, family, and building a dynasty that belongs to this city forever.”

Owner Jeffrey Lurie praised Hurts as the embodiment of Philadelphia’s values — grit, resilience, and relentless determination. He called the deal not just a contract, but a covenant between the quarterback, the franchise, and the millions of fans who bleed green.

From a strategic perspective, the lifetime commitment secures the Eagles’ Super Bowl window for years, perhaps decades. It ensures stability at the most important position in sports while signaling to the league’s elite talent that Philadelphia is a home for champions.

The reaction was immediate and electric. Former Eagles greats celebrated the news, teammates embraced Hurts with pride, and fans across Lincoln Financial Field erupted. Social media feeds flooded with a single refrain: “Hurts is Philly. Philly is Hurts.”

With this unprecedented contract, Jalen Hurts now transcends the quarterback role. He is not just the leader of the Eagles — he is the living soul of Philadelphia, carrying a city’s spirit into an era where loyalty and legacy mean more than ever before.

Philadelphia, PA – August 13, 2025

Black smoke coiled into the Pittsburgh sky, a wound no one in Clairton ever wanted to see torn open. Sirens screamed, ambulances raced toward the scene, and neighbors clung to one another in shock. On the morning of August 11, an explosion at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works killed two people and injured ten others — numbers that transformed fear into anger. For those who knew the plant’s long history of chemical safety and environmental violations, this was not a surprise, but the haunting fulfillment of warnings long ignored.

According to early investigations and records obtained by The Lever, Clairton Coke Works was once listed under the EPA’s Risk Management Program, a system meant to alert the public to high-risk industrial sites. But during the Trump administration, under heavy pressure from industry lobbyists, the Trump EPA removed public access to an EPA Risk Management Program (RMP) public data tool — limiting what nearby communities could see about dangerous facilities like Clairton. Overnight, the dangers surrounding communities like Clairton vanished from public view, a silence that would later prove deadly.

Jeffrey Lurie, chairman and CEO of the Philadelphia Eagles, is not known for wading into political controversies. But on this day, he could not stay silent. Rivalries and game-day storylines meant nothing in the shadow of Pittsburgh’s grief. “If our leaders knew the danger and still allowed families to live beside this ticking time bomb, that’s not a mistake — that’s a betrayal,” Lurie said, his words carrying the weight of both outrage and sorrow.

Lurie condemned what he called a systemic failure — a choice to protect industry profits at the expense of human lives. Since 2020, Allegheny County has levied over $57 million in fines against the plant, and the EPA has imposed over $10.6 million in the past five years. To Lurie, the Clairton disaster was more than an industrial accident; it was proof that public accountability in America is eroding.

The Clairton Coke Works facility has faced these penalties while continuing to operate, releasing emissions and running high-risk chemical processes without clear public warnings. Lurie called it “a tragedy written long before August 11.”

But his remarks were not for Pittsburgh alone. Lurie urged the broader sports community — and the NFL in particular — to use its platform to demand transparency and defend worker safety. “We celebrate hard hits on the field, but in real life, no one should lose their life because the truth was kept from them,” he said.

For Lurie, the lesson from Clairton is clear: reform labor safety laws, require public disclosure of industrial risks, and put people before profits. He closed with a line that left no doubt about his urgency: “If we don’t act now, the next tragedy isn’t a question of if — it’s when.”