FS1's First Things First took notice of the comments and parlayed them into a segment on their show, where Chris Broussard took the opportunity to lavish praise on Hurts for not ever slipping that bad boy onto his finger. "I don't like it," Broussard said. "I love it. I love it. That's a leader."

Cam Newton defends leaving Jalen Hurts off his top 10 QB list while firing back at ESPN analysts who criticized his rankings

It's year six for Jalen Hurts. He's a lot richer than when we first met him. He's older. He's wiser. He still has his supporters and his doubters, but he has beaten Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, and Matthew Stafford. Think about that.

Carolina Panthers great Cam Newton is making a lot of people angry lately. Newton recently left Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts off his list of the

The ex-quarterback gave Hurts his due props as well as a Patrick Mahomes comparison in a recent eye-opening take

Has anyone else noticed something? Everyone who leaves Hurts off their ranking and everyone who ranks him too low seems to know they have to explain why. Newton's criticism seems surprising. Many of his criticisms about Jalen Hurts mirror the criticisms that were shared about him.