If Philadelphia Eagles thought the Jalen Hurts situation couldn't get worse, it just did.
Hurts was placed on IR after having a blood clot from a calf injury he suffered in Week 4 against the Los Angeles Rams. In a new statement, Hurts' agent, Nicole Lynn, said the blood clot has traveled to Hurts' lungs, but he is expected to recover fully, as he will be on blood thinners. Multiple reporters added that before the Week 5 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Hurts spent time in the hospital and was told to stay up all night, so he played that game after more than 36 hours.
The updated timeline is that Hurts will be out for about three months and is expected to miss the rest of the season. This should lead to punishment for the Eagles leadership group led by Nick Sirianni and Howie Roseman.
Accountability has to be pointed towards Eagles leadership
First off, whoever the Eagles team doctors are, they all have to go. To have this kind of mistake made, with Hurts traveling with a blood clot in the first place, is just horrendous judgment, when they made an oath to take care of their patients to the best of their ability. Anyone with common sense knows traveling with a blood clot is a bad idea.
Let's be honest too, whoever made the decision to let Hurts travel and play needs to be punished in some kind of capacity. That's where we get to Roseman and Sirianni.
They lead this organization, and they can veto Hurts playing. If your player is in the hospital and stays up all night before a game, that should be a clear sign he shouldn't play, and the goal is to take care of him as soon as possible.
On a side note, Hurts playing in that Jaguars game, throwing for 220 yards and scoring a touchdown after staying up for over 36 hours, is remarkable. No one should ever question Hurts as a quarterback again. That dude is as tough as it gets, and no one should ever question him.
Back to Roseman and Sirianni: they need to answer for their actions now that they know all those facts. Sirianni never talks about injuries at press conferences, but he has to answer for this. What he and Roseman did was malpractice and should be punished for it.
Should it lead to Sirianni and Roseman being fired? I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility. They've clearly shown they don't care about their players' health and would rather put them on the field. Even if they didn't know all of that, they are still responsible for knowing their players' health, so they need to be held accountable.
At minimum, people need heavy fines or suspensions. At most, people need to be fired for this.
Of all the things this franchise has been through and done, this is the most embarrassing and disgusting thing that has happened. They could have gotten Hurts killed because they botched this whole situation.
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Honestly, it would be even more disappointing if Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie did nothing. Something has to happen because this should never have happened to Hurts.
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