Jalen Hurts Played Week 5 With a Blood Clot and The NFL Says The Eagles Did ‘No Wrongdoing’

Jalen Hurts is out for the rest of the season after a blood clot problem spread to his lungs, but despite him playing through Week 5 with that condition, the NFL says the Eagles won’t face any punishment. This whole situation has been dominating headlines, and it just got a wild update from Jonathan Jones of The Athletic: the league’s concluded the Eagles’ process for clearing Hurts to play was “handled appropriately.” You read that right.

The Controversial Decision That Put Hurts On The Sideline For Good

This isn’t some minor issue. We’re talking about a blood clot, something serious. Yet, Hurts was out there in Week 5 against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London, playing on minimal sleep, with a blood clot. The decision to let him play was controversial then, and it looks even worse now that we know the clot spread to his lungs and has him sidelined for the rest of 2026. Fans were outraged, the media had questions, and it felt like something had to give. You had to wonder how a team could make that call, risking a player’s health in such a significant way.

No Punishment. Seriously?

So, after all that, after Nick Sirianni got grilled by reporters about Hurts’ health and the choice to play him, the NFL comes out and says, through a league source to The Athletic, that they won’t issue any punishment to the Eagles. Not for how they handled the medical process, and not for not giving Hurts an injury designation before the game. It’s wild. Tanner McKee and Cole Payton were right there as options for that one week in London. Instead, Hurts played, flew back, and only then was the more serious issue revealed. He’s on blood thinners now, out for the entire 2026 season, with a recovery not expected until well after the season concludes. Despite the serious outcry, the NFL has apparently closed the book on this one.

For now, it seems this is where we stand. Hurts’ recovery is the main thing to look forward to, hoping he can make a full comeback for the 2027 season. Meanwhile, the league’s decision not to punish the Eagles leaves a lot of us scratching our heads and wondering about accountability.

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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.