The Facts: Speaking at the NFL annual league meeting Monday, GM Howie Roseman said the Philadelphia Eagles hope to sign Hurts to a contract extension "relatively soon."

Diehards Line: The topic was first broached when Roseman was asked why there wasn't a bigger push made to bring back safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson, who ended up inking a one-year, $6.5 million contract with the Detroit Lions in free agency. "When you go back to the start of free agency, we talked to his representatives about bringing him back here and also talked to them about the fact that we have limited resources. It's no secret that at some time relatively soon we want to extend our quarterback, so our whole roster building is going to kind of turn a little bit here from a quarterback on a rookie deal towards a quarterback hopefully on a long-term deal -- not that we have anything done, but obviously our goal is to keep Jalen here for a long time," Roseman said. "And so at some point you run out of resources. And so we were very clear that at some point we were going to have to go in a different direction. Those first couple days we tried (to agree to terms with Gardner-Johnson) and then we pivoted." Hurts, whom Roseman described as a "franchise quarterback" during his session with reporters at the Arizona Biltmore resort, is entering the final year of his rookie deal and is scheduled to make just over $4 million in 2023. His salary will soon skyrocket. Roseman declined to get into the specifics of the negotiations but said he believes Hurts wants to remain an Eagle, and called it a "priority" to extend him, while indicating an intention to keep Hurts in Philadelphia even if an agreement can't be struck before his contract expires. Hurts, 24, was an MVP candidate in 2022. He threw for over 3,700 yards with 22 touchdowns to six interceptions and rushed for 760 yards and 13 scores while posting a 14-1 record as the starter. He saved some of his best play for the biggest stage, accounting for 374 yards and four touchdowns with one turnover in a 38-35 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII.