Jalen Hurts blood clots

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The Philadelphia Eagles ruled quarterback Jalen Hurts out for the season on October 19, 2026, with blood clots in his legs and lungs. He was diagnosed with a superficial vein thrombosis in London, hospitalized at 4 a.m. on game day and released, then played the Jaguars before a post-flight scan showed the leg clot had moved and bilateral pulmonary embolisms were found. The NFL ruled the Eagles medical staff handled Hurts appropriately, while the NFLPA has demanded a full investigation and says the league told it no review of his care was planned. Reporting now centers on the decision to let him fly and play, including the absence of a second ultrasound before the flight home and conflicting accounts of…

How 17 podcasts covered it

The Right Time with Bomani Jones, 2026-10-15 (0:09 to 1:27)
Reacts to the calf clot and the absences
Opens the episode with the Hurts news: out for the Panthers game with a superficial calf clot, with Smith, Barkley and Dickerson possibly joining him. A quick reaction and a Tanner McKee joke, staying inside the initial report.
The Rich Eisen Show, 2026-10-15 (3:30 to 9:26)
Reads the Eagles' statement on Hurts
Reads the Eagles' statement on air: the October 8 training-room visit, the London ultrasound, the 72-hour follow-up that showed movement, and Hurts out for Sunday with Tanner McKee starting. Then runs the injury list and the schedule. A straight retelling of the team's own release.
The Herd with Colin Cowherd, 2026-10-15 (17:24 to 19:18)
Recaps the Hurts clot and backs the sit
Reports the Eagles are sitting Hurts for the Carolina game after a follow-up test showed the superficial clot had moved, and calls it a smart move. A brief retelling that stays inside the week's earlier reporting, plus Cowherd's own history with clots.
The Herd with Colin Cowherd, 2026-10-15 (16:20 to 20:14)
Recaps the Hurts ruling-out and the skid
Recaps the Hurts ruling-out and the Eagles' three-game skid, with Tanner McKee starting and Carolina favored by 3.5. Frames it as attrition in a weak NFC East and wonders whether the season is a reset or a lost year.
First Things First, 2026-10-15 (3:11 to 10:26)
Reacts to the clot update and a fire sale
Reacts to the Eagles' statement ruling Hurts out for the Panthers game after a follow-up ultrasound showed the superficial clot had moved, then pivots to a trade-deadline fire sale of veterans like Saquon Barkley. The medical update is the news; the rest is opinion.
New angle: The Eagles ruled Hurts out for the Panthers game after a follow-up ultrasound showed the superficial clot had moved.
First Things First, 2026-10-15 (1:31:29 to 1:42:05)
Recaps the clot news and weighs a bad season
Recaps the Hurts news - clot found in London, follow-up ultrasound showing movement, ruled out for Carolina - then spends the rest of the segment on what a bad season would mean: a fire sale, Sirianni's job, and Hurts' long-term future in Philadelphia.
The Bill Simmons Podcast, 2026-10-16 (5:08 to 8:19)
Walks through the clot timeline and testing
Pelissero walks through the timeline he reported: the Friday calf listing, full participation, the detailed team statement, the Wednesday night testing that showed the clot had moved. Adds the line move and the NFC East framing, but stays inside the reporting already on the record.
Pardon My Take, 2026-10-16 (20:17 to 27:22)
Recaps the clot news and pivots to Williams
Recaps the Hurts blood clot news and the Eagles' outlook with Tanner McKee at quarterback, then pivots to Caleb Williams' return in Chicago. The Hurts portion stays inside the diagnosis and declines to touch the flight and medical-handling questions.
Nightcap, 2026-10-16 (40:54 to 47:54)
Recaps the clot and the clearance to play
Recaps the superficial calf clot found in London, the clearance to play Jacksonville and the follow-up ultrasound that moved the team to rule Hurts out. Stays inside the day-one reporting, then drifts into the hosts' own clot and hematoma stories.
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL, 2026-10-16 (52:58 to 1:06:13)
Reacts to the Hurts timeline and Eagles offense
Reacts to the Hurts timeline - the clot found before the London game, the decision to play anyway - and credits the Eagles for nearly beating Jacksonville with a depleted offense. Then spends most of the segment on Carolina's blitz rates and the Eagles' trade-deadline options. Reaction and framing, no new development.
First Take, 2026-10-16 (26:57 to 33:54)
Weighs the franchise fallout from Hurts' clot
Recaps the ruling-out for Carolina and the moved clot, then spends most of its time on the franchise fallout: Hurts' 2027 guarantee, Sirianni's seat, and whether Roseman already has a successor. Stays inside the week's reporting, adding only Herbstreit's own clot story.
The Dan Patrick Show, 2026-10-16 (17:43 to 19:01)
Notes the Milton signing and clarifies a remark
Briefly notes the Eagles signing Joe Milton with Hurts out and that Philadelphia is a 5.5-point underdog at Carolina, then spends most of the segment clarifying an earlier Pat McAfee remark. The Milton signing is a retelling of what is already on the record.
The Pat McAfee Show, 2026-10-16 (1:11:32 to 1:16:54)
Adds the three-game practice squad rule
Rapoport walks through the Hurts timeline and the blood thinner rules, then adds a detail on the Milton signing: a player taken off another team's practice squad must stay on the roster for three games, making it at least a three-game commitment.
New angle: A player signed off another team's practice squad must stay on the roster for three games.
The Herd with Colin Cowherd, 2026-10-16 (27:12 to 30:37)
Reports Hurts out and McKee starting
Reports Hurts out indefinitely with a blood clot and that Tanner McKee makes his third career start, then pivots to McKee's Stanford background, the 9-5 record of backup quarterbacks this season, and a case for a Bryce Young extension. A recap that stays inside the week's Hurts coverage.
Nightcap, 2026-10-17 (33:01 to 40:02)
Recaps the clot news and the hosts' own stories
Recaps the initial October 15 news - the superficial calf clot found in London, the clearance to play Jacksonville, the follow-up ultrasound that moved him off Sunday's game - then spends most of the segment on the hosts' own clot and contusion stories and on Chris Bosh. Stays inside the first week of coverage.
The Joe Budden Podcast, 2026-10-17 (1:07:34 to 1:12:07)
Traces the clot timeline and shares a scare
Turns to Jalen Hurts being ruled out with a superficial calf clot, tracing the timeline from the pre-game tests to the retest after the flight back that showed it had moved, then spends most of the segment on Mark Lamont Hill's own near-fatal lung clots.
New angle: Hurts was cleared to play after pre-game tests, but a retest after the flight back showed the clot had moved.
Nightcap, 2026-10-18 (10:50 to 15:28)
Adds the Milton signing off Dallas's practice squad
Recaps the IR move and the superficial-clot framing, then adds a roster detail the earlier coverage did not have: Philadelphia signed Joe Milton off the Cowboys practice squad on Friday, with Tanner McKee still first in line.
New angle: The Eagles signed Joe Milton off the Cowboys practice squad on Friday.
Nightcap, 2026-10-18 (41:18 to 43:08)
Questions why the Eagles let him fly
Recaps the Hurts clot timeline and questions why the Eagles let him fly home from London, arguing long flights cause clots. It stays inside the medical-staff criticism already on the record, adding only a passing mention of Mike Robinson's on-air apology.
The Herd with Colin Cowherd, 2026-10-18 (0:25 to 1:10)
Recaps the Hurts IR news and line move
Opens the Week 6 picks show with a one-line Hurts update - out indefinitely with a blood clot, on injured reserve, per Schefter and Rapoport - and notes the Panthers line moved sharply. A brief retelling that stays inside the week's reporting before turning to picks.
First Take, 2026-10-19 (22:24 to 31:45)
Reacts to the Hurts report and adds the agent's line
Reacts to the breaking Rapoport and Schefter report that Hurts is out for the season, then works the transparency angle: Florio's injury-reporting loophole and the gambling-integrity question of what the Eagles knew before Jacksonville. Adds the agent's line that contact football resumes once he is off blood thinners.
New angle: Nicole Lynn says contact football will resume once Hurts is off blood thinners.
The Dan Le Batard Show, 2026-10-19 (27:33 to 30:28)
Retells the 36-hour sleep and IR reversal
Retells the 36-hour sleep story from Pelissero's reporting and the Schefter IR reversal, then stretches to Jason Taylor's compartment syndrome as a comparison. The medical timeline is already on the record; the segment adds only the hosts' disbelief and a fireable-if-true argument.
The Dan Le Batard Show, 2026-10-19 (34:58 to 44:09)
Adds the Bosh precedent and a new embolism
Turns to the Chris Bosh precedent and reports that Bosh had another pulmonary embolism earlier this year, a reminder he has to stay consistent with his medication. Argues Hurts' clot is a life issue, not a football one, and criticizes Michael Robinson's on-air dismissal of a superficial clot.
New angle: Chris Bosh had another pulmonary embolism at the beginning of this year.
The Dan Le Batard Show, 2026-10-19 (15:51 to 18:49)
Adds Rapoport's provoked-clot report
Runs through NFL notes on Jordan Love's drops and Josh Allen's flip throws, then turns to Ian Rapoport's report that Hurts' clot was provoked by the cleating and that a provoked clot makes a recurrence and lifetime blood thinners less likely.
New angle: Ian Rapoport reported Hurts' clot was provoked by the cleating, making a second clot and lifetime blood thinners less likely.
The Rich Eisen Show, 2026-10-19 (3:32 to 5:47)
Reads the Eagles statement on the diagnosis
Reads the Eagles statement on Hurts going on the season: the London diagnosis, clinical stability, anti-coagulation and no contact activity. Reaction and well wishes around facts already on the record.
The Rich Eisen Show, 2026-10-19 (6:05 to 7:57)
Breaks down the football fallout for McKee and the line
Turns to the football fallout of Hurts' season-ending diagnosis: McKee gets a massive opportunity, the offensive line is banged up and changed, and Barkley is not there. Frames the NFC East as wide open. Stays inside the week's coverage.
The Right Time with Bomani Jones, 2026-10-19 (0:19 to 2:40)
Walks through why blood thinners end a season
Opens the episode with the season-ending news, walking through superficial versus deep vein thrombosis and why blood thinners end a football season, with Chris Bosh as the precedent. A brief, careful retelling that stays inside the agent statement and Schefter's tweet.
The Right Time with Bomani Jones, 2026-10-19 (5:57 to 8:34)
Reports Dalton turned down the Eagles
Turns to the Eagles' quarterback room after Hurts: dismisses a fantasy analyst's claim that Tanner McKee can keep the receivers productive, and reports that Andy Dalton turned down the Eagles before signing with Atlanta. The 63% Cowboys division number is the setup, not the story.
New angle: The Eagles tried to bring Andy Dalton back and he declined, signing with the Falcons instead.
The Herd with Colin Cowherd, 2026-10-19 (20:44 to 23:46)
Recaps the diagnosis and the London timeline
Recaps the season-ending diagnosis and the London timeline - the calf cleating, the treatment until 4 a.m., the 40 throws against Jacksonville, the clots reaching his lungs. Cowherd adds his own pulmonary embolism as context and questions why Hurts played; the Eagles' loss to Carolina and expected offseason changes close it out.
The Dan Le Batard Show, 2026-10-19 (13:03 to 19:26)
Calls the London decision an organizational failure
Reacts to Hurts being ruled out for the season, calling the London decision an organizational failure and running through who should answer for it - Sirianni, Roseman, the medical staff, Lurie. It stays inside the week's coverage, adding only Michael Robinson's ESPN take.
The Ryen Russillo Show, 2026-10-19 (45:55 to 57:05)
Reacts to the IR move and the deadline plan
Reacts to Hurts going on IR with clots in his lungs and spends most of the segment on what it means for the Eagles' deadline: Nate Tice expects Howie Roseman to sell aggressively, naming Saquon Barkley and Moro Ojomo, and flags the Cam Jurgens trade as the first domino. The medical handling gets a short, damning aside.
First Things First, 2026-10-19 (27:32 to 37:32)
Cross-checks the Eagles' shifting Hurts statements
Reads the joint statement from the Eagles and Nicole Lynn line by line, then walks the timeline of the team's shifting statements from Saturday's no-IR report to Monday's season-ending news. Argues the sequence does not pass the logic test and calls for a fire sale.
New angle: The joint statement says Hurts will remain active around the team and is expected to have no long-term effects.
First Things First, 2026-10-19 (1:53:09 to 1:59:45)
Plays the press conference and reads the joint statements
Recaps Sirianni's press conference after the Hurts announcement, playing the exchange with a beat reporter and reading the joint statements as a sign Hurts' camp is not blaming the team. Stays inside the week's coverage, with no new reporting of its own.
Nightcap, 2026-10-20 (38:09 to 40:56)
Adds the agent's correction on Hurts' sleep
Recaps the season-ending clot diagnosis and the 36-hour sleep story, then adds the agent's on-record correction: Hurts was up until early Sunday morning for hospital evaluation but slept after rejoining the team, which set aside a stadium room for him.
New angle: Hurts' agent Nicole Lynn says he slept after rejoining the team; the Eagles set aside a stadium room for him.
Nightcap, 2026-10-20 (40:56 to 49:11)
Argues Eagles risked Hurts' life and career
Runs through the Eagles' decision to fly Hurts to London and back and to keep him up 36 hours, arguing they risked his life and career to win and to showcase him. Reaction and opinion built on the facts already on the record, with Chris Bosh as the comparison.
Nightcap, 2026-10-20 (1:02:59 to 1:05:22)
Plays Sirianni's grilling and shifts blame
Plays a minute of Nick Sirianni's press conference and recaps the five-minute grilling over why Hurts was allowed to fly with a clot. The hosts argue the blame sits with the medical staff, the GM and the owner, not the coach.
Nightcap, 2026-10-20 (1:05:25 to 1:09:55)
Questions why only Sirianni faced reporters
Asks why Sirianni was the only one put in front of reporters, with no team doctors, Roseman or Lurie made available. Argues trainers, not coaches, clear players. Stays inside the Sirianni press conference already on the record, then drifts into a 36-hour-sleep riff.
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL, 2026-10-20 (20:49 to 28:51)
Recaps the diagnosis and the Eagles' future
Recaps the Hurts diagnosis and the decision to let him play and fly, then turns to what it means for the Eagles' future: the Sean Mannion offense, the quarterback decision and a possible top-ten pick. Stays inside the week's reporting, with the hosts explicitly holding off on judgment.
Start Here, 2026-10-20 (18:04 to 23:33)
Brings on an ER doctor on Hurts's clots
Brings on an ER doctor to walk through Hurts's progression from a superficial clot to bilateral pulmonary embolisms and a DVT, and to question why he played and flew after the first diagnosis.
New angle: Hurts was diagnosed with a superficial clot, played the next day and flew home before bilateral pulmonary embolisms were found.
PTI, 2026-10-20 (1:17 to 3:44)
Sets football aside for the medical scare
Opens the show on Hurts' season-ending clots, with Wilbon setting football aside to talk about the medical scare and citing Wembanyama and Bosh. Kornheiser turns to the Eagles' four-game skid and the weak NFC East. A reaction segment that stays inside the week's coverage.
The Dan Le Batard Show, 2026-10-20 (39:21 to 46:21)
Recaps the Hurts report and Sirianni's presser
Recaps Pelissero's report that Hurts was awake 36 hours before the London game and replays Sirianni's contentious press conference, arguing the team hung the coach out alone on medical questions. Stays inside the week's reporting, adding only the hosts' own takes.
First Take, 2026-10-20 (31:11 to 32:45)
Plays Sirianni declining to explain the flight
Recaps the Hurts diagnosis and plays the Sirianni press conference clip where he declines to explain why Hurts was allowed to fly, staying inside the week's coverage. The World Series matchup gets a brief mention up top.
First Take, 2026-10-20 (32:48 to 43:12)
Adds Hurts was hospitalized at 4 a.m
Reacts to Sirianni's press conference, with Jeff Saturday calling him a scapegoat and Stephen A. Smith and Chris Canty demanding the team doctor and Howie Roseman face the media. Adds that Hurts was hospitalized at 4 a.m. on game day before being released.
New angle: Hurts was hospitalized at 4 a.m. on game day and released before playing the Jaguars.
The Dan Le Batard Show, 2026-10-20 (4:49 to 8:44)
Reads Pelissero's tweet and his walk-back
Reads Pelissero's original tweet that Hurts was awake roughly 36 hours before starting against Jacksonville, then his walk-back relaying Nicole Lynn's clarification that Hurts slept after rejoining the team. Stays inside the reporting already on the record, with the hosts' own disbelief and a familiar argument about winning over the quarterback.
The TMZ Podcast, 2026-10-20 (9:46 to 15:09)
Details the Hurts blood clot timeline
Details the Hurts blood clot timeline - the London game, the hospital visit, the flight home, the clots reaching his lungs - and questions the Eagles medical staff and the NFL's international schedule. The first coverage of a story none of the candidates touch.
New angle: Hurts played the London game after the clot was found, then flew home before it reached his lungs.
The Dan Patrick Show, 2026-10-20 (3:05 to 7:45)
Recaps Hurts being ruled out and Sirianni's exchange
Recaps Hurts being ruled out for the season and replays Sirianni's tense exchange with a Philadelphia reporter over whether he was briefed before Hurts flew. Dan's own argument is that the coach should not have faced the media alone; it stays inside the week's coverage.
The Dan Patrick Show, 2026-10-20 (21:53 to 24:41)
Argues medical professionals should face the media
Riddick argues the Eagles should have put medical professionals, not Nick Sirianni, in front of the media, and that nobody without medical knowledge should opine on Hurts. Reaction and a call for answers, not a new development in the case.
The Dan Patrick Show, 2026-10-20 (4:20 to 5:21)
Argues a doctor belonged at the podium
Recaps the Hurts season-ending update and Sirianni's press conference, arguing the Eagles should have put a medical staff member at the podium. Reaction and opinion, staying inside the week's coverage.
The Dan Patrick Show, 2026-10-20 (0:16 to 4:10)
Plays the Sirianni clip and faults the Eagles
Plays the Sirianni press conference clip and argues the Eagles should have put a doctor in front of the media instead of the coach. Reaction and media criticism, staying inside the week's reporting on the clot timeline.
The Dan Patrick Show, 2026-10-20 (23:30 to 26:25)
Argues medical staff should have faced the cameras
Riddick argues the Eagles should have put medical staff in front of the cameras instead of Sirianni, and urges everyone to stop speculating about a life-threatening condition. Reaction and opinion on the press conference already on the record, not a new development.
The Dan Patrick Show, 2026-10-20 (36:36 to 38:04)
Adds the caller's guaranteed-contract argument
A caller argues the Eagles' handling of Hurts was a disservice to the whole league and that players should demand fully guaranteed contracts; Dan notes many deals are already guaranteed and credits Kirk Cousins with the first fully guaranteed one. Reaction, not new reporting.