Quarterback Jalen Hurts is preparing for his fifth NFL season with the Philadelphia Eagles. But the former Alabama standout isn’t proceeding into the 2024 campaign with that attitude.

“Every team is different,” Hurts said, “and I have the approach of treating every year like I’m a freshman, like I’m new to it, like I’m a rookie, and being diligent and patient in everything I’m doing.

“I think that requires you to learn the individuals that you’re going out there to battle with – see what they’re good at, see what they’re not. Just see where their head is for better or worse and get to know them. That consists of spending time in the summer, throwing, checking up on folks, just building that rapport.”

The “diligent-and-patient” approach has almost been a requirement in Hurts’ football journey. In three seasons with the Crimson Tide, the QB played for three offensive coordinators. After spending his final college season at Oklahoma, Hurts is working with his fourth offensive coordinator in the NFL.

Philadelphia brought in Kellen Moore to serve as its offensive coordinator in 2024 after he held that position for the Dallas Cowboys from 2019 through 2022 and the Los Angeles Chargers in 2023.

Hurts’ experience gives him confidence that he can navigate another change in playbooks.

“I’ve kind of had to take all these new things and new voices and still go out there and be successful and efficient,” Hurts said, “so I think that’s exactly what’s going to happen again.”

Hurts said there’s been a lot to learn this time around.

“I think this whole entire offseason has been about learning,” Hurts said, “learning and taking in the new knowledge, the new perspective of the minds that we have in the room. I think throughout the whole entire thing, that’s kind of been the emphasis. You get to a point where you kind of feel, ‘Hey, I’m going to feel comfortable with this. I’m going to like this,’ but that time comes when you can rep it, rep it, rep it later on. But right now, it’s been a lot of new inventory in, the majority of it, probably 95 percent of it, being new.

“And so it’s just been that process, and it’s been a fun process because you get to see what works for other people. And the number of coaches that I’ve had since I’ve been here, I’ve been able to take in a lot of new knowledge and new understanding. And so I think the goal coming in was to learn Kellen’s offense and master it, and I think that’s been a process, and by the end of it, I want it to be mine and have it in my own way.”

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Eagles coach Nick Sirianni praised Hurts when he met with reporters on Thursday.

“I think he’s done a really nice job of adapting to some of the different things that we’re doing,” Sirianni said. “There’s different concepts, and there’s similar concepts. But in those similar concepts, sometimes we’re asking him to read it differently than we have in the past. There’s similar things with the way the routes are being run, and there’s some differences in how we’ve run it in the past as well that go with how the play’s supposed to be designed. And so I think he’s done a really nice job of handling the things that are similar, but as his job has changed a little bit and done a really nice job of really grinding away to be a master at the offense and all the things that come with it.”

Hurts said he knows he must get it right or nobody else will be able to.

“Everybody in the building knows who the game runs through,” Hurts said, “and so the goal of it is to learn as much as I can and master and see how they look at these plays and what’s your intentions behind this. What are you coaching me to do? Then over time it will naturally take over itself.”

The Eagles’ offseason program ended on Thursday with the final day of mandatory minicamp. The team is on summer break until training camp starts in late July.

“I think there’s a ton of good in all the reps that we got,” Hurts said. “Just going out there and competing and getting as close as we can to 11-on football – obviously, just doing majority seven-on-seven. I thought it was a great time. I thought I had a great offseason here just learning and taking in everything.

“Now the next step is just to build and spend some of the time we’re going to spend together in the offseason with the receivers and whatnot, but coming back to training camp ready to go.”

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.