{"id":1031834,"date":"2026-10-19T15:21:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1031834\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T15:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:21:19","slug":"eagles-qb-jalen-hurts-to-miss-rest-of-season-after-blood-clots-travel-to-his-lungs-philadelphia-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1031834\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles QB Jalen Hurts to miss rest of season after blood clots travel to his lungs | Philadelphia Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will miss the rest of the season after further testing \u2060revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/oct\/17\/jalen-hurts-eagles-injured-reserve-blood-clot-calf\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blood clots<\/a> in his lungs, the team announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Hurts\u2019s condition is considered stable and \u2060he \u201chas no significant \u2060functional limitations,\u201d \u200bthe team said. His treatment for a new diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary \u2060emboli will involve blood thinners, during which time he is unable to participate in contact activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The 28-year-old\u2019s prognosis is good and the team said it expects \u200ba full recovery with no long-term \u200ceffects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Specialists in London \u200cinitially diagnosed superficial clots in Hurts\u2019 left calf after Philadelphia\u2019s 19-17 \u200closs against the Jacksonville Jaguars on 11 October. Further testing discovered multiple blood clots in his lungs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cWe anticipate that he will have the opportunity to resume contact football activities when off the blood thinners,\u201d the team\u2019s statement concluded. \u201cIn the meantime, he \u200cwill remain active around the team and continue to condition. More importantly, we anticipate that he will \u200bhave no long-term effects.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">A three-time Pro Bowl selection and the MVP of Super Bowl LIX, Hurts has compiled a 59-28 regular-season record since taking over as the starter late in his rookie season \u2060in 2020. He has passed for 18,824 yards with \u200b118 touchdowns and \u200b48 interceptions and rushed \u200bfor 3,661 yards and 64 touchdowns. Hurts completed 57.8% \u200bof his passes \u200cfor 933 \u200byards, eight \u200bTDs and three interceptions in five starts this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Backup Tanner McKee started in Hurts\u2019s place on Sunday as the Eagles (2-4) sustained their fourth consecutive loss, a 25-14 setback at home to the Carolina Panthers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Eagles and his agent, Nicole Lynn, said Hurts is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will miss the rest of the season after further testing \u2060revealed blood clots&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1031835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[25,7,6,242,109,2476],"class_list":["post-1031834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-eagles","tag-eagles","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-philadelphiaeagles"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117468258864688945","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1031835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}