Eagles quarterback coach could eventually have NFL rivalry against LSU QB son

Doug Nussmeier hasn’t yet considered a future scenario in which he is coaching Super Bowl LIX MVP Jalen Hurts between possessions while simultaneously stealing glances at the field to make sure that Hurts’ counterpart is doing everything that he was taught.But the need for Nussmeier — Eagles quarterbacks coach and the proud father of a potential 2026 first-round draft pick — to find a balancing act for games pitting his son against the Eagles defense is quickly approaching.LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier stayed in school for his redshirt senior season rather than enter the 2025 NFL Draft, which makes him an option for any team that puts off finding its Quarterback of the Future for one year.The potentially Matthew Stafford-seeking Giants and Tyrod Taylor-led Jets both could fit that bill.“He wasn’t always the biggest.

He wasn’t always the fastest.He wasn’t always the best.

But he always has his mindset there,” Doug Nussmeier told The Post.“I didn’t get up in the morning saying, ‘Hey, we are going to work on this, this and this today.’ He would come to me and say, ‘Dad, do you have some time today? Can we go throw?’“The biggest thing as a dad is his love of the game and his perseverance.

It hasn’t always been the easiest path.He’s put his feet in the ground and had to fight.

That’s a great trait, not only in football but in life.”Garrett spent three seasons as LSU’s backup — two after he was jumped on the depth chart by Jayden Daniels — but never looked for a shortcut in the NIL- and transfer-crazed NCAA.While Daniels was setting the NFL ablaze as the 2024 Offensive Rookie of the Year, Nussmeier finally got his chance and, during a 9-4 season, accounted for more passing yards, completions, touchdowns and total offense than any first-year starter in LSU history.Most NFL coaches claim to be game-planning — not watching college football — on Saturdays.

Doug Nussmeier turned on the television.It was through a fan’s (or ...