2 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

I am rooting for a Cowboys route next Monday to leave no questions here. This is a bad football team that needs a good draft in the worst way. Howie Douglas is on the hot seat. Again!! Who knew. I just needed to 1 more loss to see the light. And I got it. Clear as day!

Yea I can't do that

It'll always be F Dallas and root for an Eagles win

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Wouldn’t be surprised by that either. Also not surprised that Jalen hurts wanted to play in that game. That’s how he’s mentally wired. He’s gonna play unless you take it away from him and tell him he can’t. So to me, I understand why he wanted to go out there and do his job. That’s how he’s mentally wired and how he got to the position that he’s in. He’s tough and wants to play any chance he can. It’s how he became a starting nfl QB.

But the Eagles, their medical staff and the coaches have to be smart enough to be like yeah he’s gonna say he can play he feels good enough to play. But they have to be the smart enough and respect his life is more than just playing football. This was about the rest of his life and not just a game in London.

I agree, but we have to get to the bottom of the stories flying around. Last week it was reported it was a superficial clot and not a huge deal as long as he kept moving. Someone here called it a bruise. The "he couldn't sleep" thing is what's bringing it to this point. Was that a if you want to play you have to keep moving kind of thing or a if you sleep you may die kind of thing? I don't know how much Howie and Jeff would have known. They landed, he went to get tests, they went to sleep, and they played. I'm sure they asked how's he doing and were told he's fine as long as.....kind of thing. Again, I doubt Jeff or Howie heard he could die and they sent him out. I doubt they dive into things a ton in situations like that and trust the doctors.

1 minute ago, Mike030270 said:

Yea I can't do that

It'll always be F Dallas and root for an Eagles win

Don’t worry, the Eagles probably won’t give you a lot to root for

1 minute ago, Cliftoma said:

Isn't "face of the league" popularity? I didnt say his popularity in London

8 minutes ago, Cliftoma said:

They said the reason they scheduled the Eagles in London was because of Jalen Hurts popularity

It is exactly what you said. If you didn't specifically mean London, you would say "they scheduled the Eagles for an international game because of Jalen Hurts popularity"

Just now, Mike030270 said:

Yea I can't do that

It'll always be F Dallas and root for an Eagles win

This is the one time I'm allowing it. And I feel bad for @Joe Ball . He needs a meaningless win.

1 minute ago, Lambo said:

It is exactly what you said. If you didn't specifically mean London, you would say "they scheduled the Eagles for an international game because of Jalen Hurts popularity"

London is international genius. Whatever. You're just being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian.

23 minutes ago, devpool said:

People doing victory laps because other people believed the statements that the team put out is so incredibly stupid lmao

That's where we are as a society.

Ever since guys like RTK and jojo and company joined this blog its a sad place.

1 minute ago, Diehardfan said:

I agree, but we have to get to the bottom of the stories flying around. Last week it was reported it was a superficial clot and not a huge deal as long as he kept moving. Someone here called it a bruise. The "he couldn't sleep" thing is what's bringing it to this point. Was that a if you want to play you have to keep moving kind of thing or a if you sleep you may die kind of thing? I don't know how much Howie and Jeff would have known. They landed, he went to get tests, they went to sleep and they played. I'm sure they asked how's he doing and were told he's fine as long as.....kind of thing. Again, I doubt Jeff or Howie heard he could die and they sent him out.

I am guessing that Jeff and Howie listened to their medical personnel. Which is a bigger problem that your medical personnel is not as good as they previously thought (guessing we have a new medical staff in 2027).

But furthermore, the whole 36 hours of not sleeping is what is more on the team Because I don’t know how anybody would think they could do their job at an effective level and a high level not sleeping for 36 hours. Especially with all the rest of the stuff that was going on with the blood clot itself and travel to London. To me that’s where it falls on the organization. The doctors may have just been poor in their diagnosing and clearing him to play. But everyone knew he hadn’t slept for 36 hours. To me that’s where the Eagles as an organization failed him. The doctors may have said oh he’ll be fine playing with their diagnosis and you take their word for it as most of us go to our doctors and trust them. But not sleeping for 36 hours which severely hinders his performance and ability to function in a dangerous game falls entirely on the Eagles and allowing him to go out there.

Eagles offense PPG:

2024 - 27.2 (7th)

2025 - 22.3 (19th)

2026 - 17.7 (29th)

Well...that's not great. 35% decline in scoring since 2024.

1 minute ago, vikas83 said:

Eagles offense PPG:

2024 - 27.2 (7th)

2025 - 22.3 (19th)

2026 - 17.7 (29th)

Well...that's not great. 35% decline in scoring since 2024.

Passing offense has been pretty consistently bottom 1/3 of the league since 2024

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I am guessing that Jeff and Howie listened to their medical personnel. Which is a bigger problem that your medical personnel is not as good as they previously thought (guessing we have a new medical staff in 2027).

But furthermore, the whole 36 hours of not sleeping is what is more on the team Because I don’t know how anybody would think they could do their job at an effective level and a high level not sleeping for 36 hours. Especially with all the rest of the stuff that was going on with the blood clot itself and travel to London. To me that’s where it falls on the organization. The doctors may have just been poor in their diagnosing and clearing him to play. But everyone knew he hadn’t slept for 36 hours. To me that’s where the Eagles as an organization failed him. The doctors may have said oh he’ll be fine playing with their diagnosis and you take their word for it as most of us go to our doctors and trust them. But not sleeping for 36 hours which severely hinders his performance and ability to function in a dangerous game falls entirely on the Eagles and allowing him to go out there.

People die on long flights from blood clots and they let him fly to London and back without doing a full body scan and kept him up all night due to risk of sleeping but let him play? This is gonna be a big deal. Time for everyone to lawyer up before they say anything. The national media is already all over this story and they love to play gotcha.

Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I am guessing that Jeff and Howie listened to their medical personnel. Which is a bigger problem that your medical personnel is not as good as they previously thought (guessing we have a new medical staff in 2027).

But furthermore, the whole 36 hours of not sleeping is what is more on the team Because I don’t know how anybody would think they could do their job at an effective level and a high level not sleeping for 36 hours. Especially with all the rest of the stuff that was going on with the blood clot itself and travel to London. To me that’s where it falls on the organization. The doctors may have just been poor in their diagnosing and clearing him to play. But everyone knew he hadn’t slept for 36 hours. To me that’s where the Eagles as an organization failed him. The doctors may have said oh he’ll be fine playing with their diagnosis and you take their word for it as most of us go to our doctors and trust them. But not sleeping for 36 hours which severely hinders his performance and ability to function in a dangerous game falls entirely on the Eagles and allowing him to go out there.

Yeah. We have to see what ends up being true. X is blowing up with people going off the rails about this, which may turn out to be justified, but we have no idea what is true. Did the Eagles know he'd been kept up that long? Who's decision was that? Hurts or the team telling him to? We have the story about Howie bullying Lane into playing a few years ago, so I guess there is history. We'll see. I'm not sure there is enough to cost them a first though....at least I hope not. We'll see where the facts land.

13 minutes ago, jojodancer said:

I am rooting for a Cowboys route next Monday to leave no questions here and the exclamation FU loss. This is a bad football team that needs a good draft in the worst way. Howie Douglas is on the hot seat. Again!! Who knew? I just needed to 1 more loss to see the light. Fully. And I got it. Clear as day!

I am rooting you break all 10 of your fingers so you stop typing drivel for a bit. 🤞

3 hours ago, Mike31mt said:

It won't change anything at all, he's grasping at straws which is understandable given his position.

I agree with you, our only hope is that the OL gets their ish together and we can figure out how to run the ball.

I've lost all hope that they can fix anything schematically.

The problem isn't the o-line talent. The problem is the runs are poorly designed and not coached well at all.

Just now, weko said:

People die on long flights from blood clots and they let him fly to London and back without doing a full body scan and kept him up all night due to risk of sleeping but let him play? This is gonna be a big deal. Time for everyone to lawyer up before they say anything. The national media is already all over this story and they love to play gotcha.

Imo doctors are gonna be sued to oblivion by the Eagles for their part. If I’m hurts lawyer, I’m suing the Eagles and the doctors. Furthermore, if I’m Jalen hurts, do I wanna play in an organization, that didn’t do the right steps to make sure that my health was of the utmost importance. And allowed me to go out there and play. We can say he wanted to play and he wanted to be out there. And he told him he wanted to be out there. But it is their job to prevent players from hurting themselves even more. He is wired that way, so we couldn’t wanna do it. So your doctors and you as an organization have to be concerned for the rest of his life not just a football game in London.

3 minutes ago, weko said:

People die on long flights from blood clots and they let him fly to London and back without doing a full body scan and kept him up all night due to risk of sleeping but let him play? This is gonna be a big deal. Time for everyone to lawyer up before they say anything. The national media is already all over this story and they love to play gotcha.

Which is why I said Hurts will be part owner affer this due to how much the Eagles botched this yet I was mocked for this not being serious at all and the Eagles did no wrong.

1 minute ago, Outlaw said:

I am rooting you break all 10 of your fingers so you stop typing drivel for a bit. 🤞

1 minute ago, Outlaw said:

I am rooting you break all 10 of your fingers so you stop typing drivel for a bit. 🤞

10 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

That's where we are as a society.

Ever since guys like RTK and jojo and company joined this blog its a sad place.

Weak. You were the one doing victory laps in here when Hurts was out and I told you to calm down. You are one big troll who is wrong.....a lot. Fess up.

2 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

Yeah. We have to see what ends up being true. X is blowing up with people going off the rails about this, which may turn out to be justified, but we have no idea what is true. Did the Eagles know he'd been kept up that long? Who's decision was that? Hurts or the team telling him to? We have the story about Howie bullying Lane into playing a few years ago, so I guess there is history. We'll see. I'm not sure there is enough to cost them a first though....at least I hope not. We'll see where the facts land.

I really don’t think it’s gonna cost them draft. But if I’m an NFL player and I see what just went down, it makes me wonder about whether or not I want to play for that organization as do they care more about winning then my overall health.

We can say what they want that they are a good organization and they win but this is more than football and about a players long term future and his life. Pointing out it isn’t good optically they also just traded Cam Jurgens away when he was diagnosed with a concussion and has yet to play for the ravens yet. I’m not saying you don’t do that trade, but it’s optically a bad look that you traded away a guy with a concussion and now you have this story coming out. And then you have the Maragos story from years ago that’s gonna get played out. Plus then you have the lane Johnson story with Howie that happened in 2018. That’s also gonna be played out. It’s a bad look all around.

The Eagles and doctors put themselves in a bad spot regardless of what the full story is. PR on this is awful and most people go with the first piece of news they see not the follow ups.

Just now, ManuManu said:

If Hurts isn't here is that still the right move?

So, the head trainer, the team doc, the team orthopedist….they aren’t going to know how to personally review an ultrasound for DVT versus superficial clot (at a high level). It’s not their skill set. That’s radiology and/or vascular surgeon (or AI).

They are relying on a report provided to them by one of those entities. And the eagles, to my knowledge, don’t employ any of those types of docs.

So there could be some external error that was introduced into their medical staff. At this point, I’d say the most likely scenario is that the ultrasound was not interpreted correctly. He wouldn’t have played with a known DVT, but I’d bet that’s what he actually had.

Man that Greenard 3rd rounder is gonna sting