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NFL defends Eagles' handling of Hurts injury as union demands probe

The players' union wants an investigation after Hurts played all sixty-two snaps against Jacksonville a day after a London ultrasound found a clot; the league says the care was proper.

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  1. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorEagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is out for the season with a blood clot, and the NFL's chief medical officer, Allen Sills, defended the team's handling of it on Tuesday.

  2. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorESPN reports the players' union answered with a statement calling for a full investigation into his medical care.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhat is the timeline? When did anyone find out?

  4. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorAn ultrasound in London on October tenth showed a superficial clot.

  5. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorLess than twenty-four hours later, he was on the field for every one of sixty-two offensive snaps, and the Eagles fell nineteen to seventeen to Jacksonville.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAll sixty-two.

  7. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorHe got back to the hotel at three in the morning, local time, and napped before the team left for the stadium.

  8. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe league says the Eagles acted in his best interest, and the union wants that checked by someone else.

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