{"id":940,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/940","headline":"Eagles face questions over playing Hurts after blood clot diagnosis","dek":"Jalen Hurts will miss the rest of the season with blood clots in his lungs, and reports say he played in London after already being diagnosed with a clot.","body":"Jalen Hurts is done for the season. The Eagles confirmed Monday that further testing found several blood clots in the quarterback's lungs, but the bigger story quickly became what happened before that diagnosis.\n\nTom Pelissero of The Ringer and Netflix, who first reported Hurts' season was over, followed up with details on last week's game in London against the Jaguars. According to Pelissero, Hurts had already been diagnosed with a superficial blood clot before kickoff, and doctors told him not to sleep as a precaution. He was reportedly awake for roughly 36 hours before starting, throwing for 220 yards and a touchdown.\n\nThe report set off questions about why Hurts was cleared to play, and fly, under those circumstances. Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni addressed it Monday, saying Pelissero had since adjusted the account to indicate Hurts did get some sleep before the game. Sirianni declined to get into specifics about the medical decision-making, saying he trusts the team's medical staff to make those calls. \"I'm not a medical expert,\" Sirianni said. \"I lean on our guys in all those situations. I'm a football coach.\"\n\nNo further details on Hurts' recovery timeline were given.","published_at":"2026-10-20T00:05:54.422100+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"CBS’ Leger Douzable ponders message Eagles are sending with handling of Jalen Hurts","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/cbs-leger-douzable-ponders-message-220058713.html"},{"outlet":"Awful Announcing","publisher":"Awful Announcing","title":"CBS’ Leger Douzable ponders message Eagles are sending with handling of Jalen Hurts","url":"https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/leger-douzable-philadelphia-eagles-jalen-hurts-treatment.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Nick Sirianni defends Eagles’ medical staff amid questions about Jalen Hurts’ care","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7705870/2026/10/19/nick-sirianni-jalen-hurts-blood-clot/"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Nick Sirianni on Jalen Hurts: Full faith and trust in how our medical team does things","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nick-sirianni-on-jalen-hurts-full-faith-and-trust-in-how-our-medical-team-does-things"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Report: On doctors' advice, Jalen Hurts played in London after being awake for 36 hours","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/report-on-doctors-advice-jalen-hurts-played-in-london-after-being-awake-for-36-hours"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"The goal of team doctors shouldn't be to help players \"be available\"","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/the-goal-of-team-doctors-shouldnt-be-to-help-players-be-available"},{"outlet":"Awful Announcing","publisher":"Awful Announcing","title":"Nick Sirianni met with media about Jalen Hurts’ health, didn’t have much to add","url":"https://awfulannouncing.com/nfl/philadelphia-eagles-nick-sirianni-jalen-hurts-medical-experts.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"The goal of team doctors shouldn't be to help players "be available"","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/goal-team-doctors-shouldnt-help-222012506.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Nick Sirianni met with media about Jalen Hurts’ health, didn’t have much to add","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nick-sirianni-met-media-jalen-224059467.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Eagles coach dodges questions about Jalen Hurts controversy: ‘I’m not a medical expert’","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/eagles-coach-addresses-jalen-hurts-203543175.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Nick Sirianni on Eagles allowing Jalen Hurts to play, fly home from London with known blood clot: 'We leave that up to the medical experts'","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/nick-sirianni-on-eagles-allowing-jalen-hurts-to-play-fly-home-from-london-with-known-blood-clot-we-leave-that-up-to-the-medical-experts-232104356.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Eagles’ Nick Sirianni Does Damage Control After Jalen Hurts Report Emerges","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/eagles-nick-sirianni-does-damage-232729880.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"‘NFLPA Gonna Chime In?’ — Calls Mount for Players’ Union to Stand Up for Eagles QB Jalen Hurts Over Controversial Handling of Blood Clots","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nflpa-gonna-chime-calls-mount-233347161.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/d978454457fe4565b2c500a29abd5434a708e56beeb8d185cdaf6971a5d52b39/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fawful_announcing_173%2F0100df9979866aa7de4121808f718a6a.png","credit":"Yahoo Sports","width":1200},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. 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