Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts will miss Sunday’s game due to a blood clot. And according to one former NFL doctor, he may miss more:
David Chao served as the Chargers team doctor for 17 years while they were still in San Diego, so when he studied the statement the Philadelphia Eagles released about Jalen Hurts and his blood clot, the doctor focused on one key word that will determine whether the quarterback misses a little time or a long time.
The word that glowed in neon for Dr. Chao was “movement.”
The Eagles’ statement announcing Hurts is out for Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers said that a follow-up ultrasound on Wednesday revealed “movement in the small blood clot” the team had discovered four days earlier.
“What do they mean by movement?” Dr. Chao told OutKick. “Do they mean movement as in it’s propagating and it’s now a bigger superficial blood clot? Or is it movement meaning it’s deeper and it’s a deep vein clot?
“If he has a deep vein clot, he’s out for multiple weeks, at least.”
Somewhere in Pennsylvania, Aaron Rodgers is having the last laugh.