{"id":799,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/799","headline":"Eagles keep Jalen Hurts off injured reserve despite indefinite absence","dek":"Hurts is being treated with blood thinners for a superficial blood clot in his calf and will sit out Sunday's game against the Panthers, with no return timeline given.","body":"Jalen Hurts is out indefinitely with a superficial blood clot in his calf, and the Eagles are not planning to put him on injured reserve, according to sources. He's being treated with blood thinners, a medication that rules him out from playing while he's on it, and the team says it hasn't even discussed the IR option.\n\nThat leaves Philadelphia without a clear timeline for its quarterback while trying to manage a 52-man roster through a brutal stretch: the Panthers, Cowboys, at the Commanders and at the Giants, all within 22 days before the bye. Hurts will miss Sunday's game against Carolina at minimum.\n\nThe uncertainty has fueled speculation elsewhere. Former NFL fullback Michael Robinson suggested on NFL GameDay Kickoff that the Eagles, now below .500 for the first time since 2021, might be using the injury to shift blame for a disappointing season onto Hurts, setting up a future exit. Robinson repeatedly admitted he had no inside information before floating the idea, calling it \"devil's advocate\" territory.\n\nFor now, Philadelphia is left juggling both an ailing starter and a roster crunch, with no word yet on when Hurts might be cleared to return.","published_at":"2026-10-17T17:20:27.918286+00:00","source_count":6,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Awful Announcing","publisher":"Awful Announcing","title":"Michael Robinson questions validity of Jalen Hurts’ blood clot","url":"https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/michael-robinson-questions-validity-of-jalen-hurts-blood-clot.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Eagles don't plan to put QB Jalen Hurts on injured reserve","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/eagles-dont-plan-put-qb-135404774.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Eagles don't plan to put QB Jalen Hurts on injured reserve","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/eagles-dont-plan-to-put-qb-jalen-hurts-on-injured-reserve"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Eagles not planning to place Jalen Hurts on IR, as he deals with superficial blood clot, per report","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/eagles-not-planning-to-place-jalen-hurts-on-ir/"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Sources: Eagles QB Hurts out indefinitely with blood clot, no IR planned","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50200331/sources-no-ir-plans-hurts-indefinitely-clot"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NFL Network analyst floats surprising theory about Jalen Hurts’ absence from Eagles","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nfl-network-analyst-floats-surprising-111231828.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Eagles’ Jalen Hurts blood clot conspiracy theory recklessly spewed by NFL analyst","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/eagles-jalen-hurts-blood-clot-113134340.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Jalen Hurts injury update: Eagles reveal key decision on star QB’s blood clot","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/jalen-hurts-injury-eagles-reveal-115137856.html"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Eagles make Jalen Hurts IR decision as QB’s return timeline from blood clot remains uncertain","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/17/sports/eagles-not-placing-jalen-hurts-on-ir-after-blood-clot-reveal/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Why Eagles don't have to rush to put Jalen Hurts on IR amid blood clot issue","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/why-eagles-dont-rush-put-172706937.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Philly not considering IR for Jalen Hurts","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/philly-not-considering-ir-jalen-174614721.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://cdn1.thecomeback.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2026/10/Untitled-Design-4.png","credit":"Awful Announcing","width":2500},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}