From ABC World News Tonight, told to us by a network news anchor:
Jalen Hurts, the Philadelphia Eagles star quarterback, is out for the rest of the season after doctors discovered a blood clot in his leg and clots in both his lungs.
Well that’s unfortunate and concerning, but if you’re new to this story, you might wonder why an NFL injury report is on the nightly news. The timeline on this situation is a mess and has the NFL world calling for mass firings. I’d argue that we plausibly know less than what is being reacted to, but what little we know looks really bad for the Eagles.
The starting pistol for widespread outrage is this post from ascending NFL reporter Tom Pelissero: