Friday Injury Update: The Eagles officially ruled Jalen Hurts out for Sunday’s game against the Washington Commanders with a concussion. Tap here for the full injury report as well as the latest on quarterback Kenny Pickett.
Will Jalen Hurts play on Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys?
Naturally, that was the first question at Head Coach Nick Sirianni’s virtual press conference on Monday afternoon.
“Jalen is in the concussion protocol,” Sirianni confirmed. “When that happens, we just lean on the doctors to let us know on a daily basis where he is.”
Hurts suffered the injury at the end of a 13-yard scramble with 9:52 to play in the first quarter. Hurts went down to the ground and had his head knocked into the turf by linebacker Frankie Luvu.
“He always has done a good job protecting himself and has been dynamic both as a passer and as a runner. Anytime something goes down and you lose one of your best players, you wish they would do something else or not take that hit in that scenario,” Sirianni said.
“We always run runs that protect him, and we always want him to protect himself. Again, this is an unfortunate part of football, the injuries that happen. Unfortunately, sometimes it’s with head injuries, and you never want to see that because you always want what’s best for your players and their well-being.
“Obviously don’t want him to take that hit.”
Kenny Pickett replaced Hurts and was 14-of-24 for 143 yards with a touchdown and an interception for a 72.0 passer rating in the 36-33 loss to the Commanders.
“Kenny did some really good things there yesterday. Obviously, we missed Jalen. Jalen is a great football player who has had tremendous success and led us to a lot of victories. So, we missed him and his contributions to the team and leading the team,” Sirianni said.
“But Kenny, under the circumstances, came in and did a nice job and played good football; gave us a chance to win the football game.
“Obviously, he’s going to want some plays back, but he did a lot of good things. That’s the nature of his position, that they have to be able to do those things without reps. Everyone knows that. They don’t get a lot of reps there.”