Jalen Hurts Is Done For The Season. It’s Time For The Eagles To Blow It Up.

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The Philadelphia Eagles entered the season expecting to compete for another Super Bowl. Six weeks later, their fans are wondering whether it’s time to compete for a Top 5 draft pick.

It’s safe to assume Eagles’ GM Howie Roseman is mulling his options, too.

The team announced Monday that quarterback Jalen Hurts will miss the remainder of the 2026 season after doctors discovered multiple blood clots in his lungs.

It’s a frightening development for Hurts, whose health and recovery obviously take precedence over anything on a football field. For the Eagles, though, the news should also bring some clarity.

If the Eagles want to extend their current “golden era,” it’s time to blow up the 2026 season.

Hurts was initially diagnosed with a superficial blood clot in his left calf after reporting discomfort following Philadelphia’s Week 4 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

He flew to London with the team for its Week 5 game against the Jaguars, but an ultrasound revealed the superficial blood clot in his calf. Team doctors cleared Hurts to play, but the night before the game, he spent time in the hospital and was told not to sleep because it could be a risk.

Hurts played the full game after not sleeping for 36 hours, flew seven to eight hours home from London to Philadelphia, and started practicing in full last week.

#Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, who is out for the season after several blood clots were revealed in his lungs, has been undergoing tests for days.

Before the London game, Hurts was in the hospital until 4 am and did not sleep because sleep was a risk. He played without having slept. https://t.co/avMUeBBOua

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 19, 2026

A follow-up ultrasound in Philadelphia showed the clot had moved, and he was ruled out for Week 6. Now, further testing shows that Hurts has deep vein thrombosis and blood clots in both lungs. His agent, Nicole Lynn, issued a statement that Hurts is “clinically stable and expected to make a full recovery.” His treatment requires blood thinners, which means he’ll have no physical contact, especially football, for the foreseeable future.

The timeline of events has understandably raised serious questions about how the Eagles’ front office and medical team handled Hurts’ injury.

Committed? Committed? The Eagles’ front office should be committed. And the players’ union should be committed to player safety. This is not a feel good story. It’s an outrage.

— David P. Samson (@DavidPSamson) October 19, 2026

Dr. Jesse Morse, a popular sports injury physician on social media, is fired up about the decision to allow Hurts to play in London before flying home with a blood clot that was already high-risk.

The Eagles may not want to admit it right now, but Morse believes Hurts’ condition could very well be career-ending.

The Eagles’ decision-making deserves close scrutiny, and it certainly feels like having a sleep-deprived quarterback play a full game while flying to and from a different continent was a reckless call, but it’s important to note that these accusations of medical malpractice are speculative. For now, we all hope Hurts has a successful recovery.

As for the Eagles’ football season? There’s plenty of evidence that it’s time to blow things up.

There will be plenty of folks in the coming weeks who argue that Philadelphia should keep fighting to win the NFC East. That they can still make the playoffs and anything can happen after that.

Technically, they have a point. The NFC East is a total mess. The Eagles are 2-4, tied for second behind the three-win New York Giants. There is still a clear path to some sort of turnaround.

I’m sure some of the players do, as do the fans who only tune in every Sunday to have something to watch. But the men in charge at Lincoln Financial Field don’t give participation trophies for sneaking in through the back door and getting embarrassed in the Wild Card round.

In fact, that’s actually the opposite of how Roseman and Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie do business. With an injury-plagued offensive line, no formidable running game, and a horrid passing attack, there is no rational reason to think this team can have sustained success in 2026.

Sure, maybe they’ll beat the Cowboys next week. Don’t be fooled. Tanner McKee (or Joe Milton or Cole Payton) aren’t saving this season — and there’s no reason to sacrifice the future trying.

This is still a team with a tremendous young core. DeVonta Smith, Quinyon Mitchell, Cooper DeJean, Jalen Carter, and rookie Makai Lemon are the kinds of foundational players who make quick turnarounds possible. Howie Roseman is partly to blame for the current state of the Eagles, but he has the trust of an owner who knows he’s capable of fixing his own mistakes.

It’s time to prove it ahead of the Nov. 10 trade deadline.

#Eagles DT Moro Ojomo is going to get $100 million-plus next spring https://t.co/RHzxzK0L1x

— Fran Duffy (@FDuffyNFL) September 21, 2026

Now, for the uncomfortable conversations.

That’s how long offensive coordinator Sean Mannion and head coach Nick Sirianni have to save their jobs.

Lurie isn’t known for getting sentimental about his head coaches. He moved on from Doug Pederson three seasons after Pederson won the franchise’s first Super Bowl. Why? The offense sputtered out. The ruthlessly quick hook made much of the fanbase uncomfortable, but it worked: The Sirianni-led Eagles won another Super Bowl just a few years later.

Before Pederson, Lurie fired Chip Kelly as soon as it became clear his offense wasn’t working. And before that, he let Andy Reid go after his scheme had grown stale in Philadelphia.

Lurie is nothing if not consistent, and Sirianni’s Eagles have been consistently declining in offensive production the past two seasons.

Mannion was hired to bring a fresh approach to an offense that had already grown stale. Instead, the Eagles look more predictable than ever. Maybe the first-time playcaller will straighten things out. But right now, it feels safe to assume that a new coordinator will be calling offensive plays in 2027.

If that’s the case, will Lurie still allow Sirianni to oversee the operation? Given what we know, that would be an uncharacteristically patient choice.

Sirianni has established himself as a good locker room coach with the ability to connect with and inspire his players. But it’s tough to quantify what specific competitive advantages he brings the team on game day. The bulk of his success, statistically, is tied to the presence of excellent coordinators.

Average coordinator: average results. Bad coordinator, well … it’s fair to wonder whether Lurie would prefer to have a new head coach who’s less dependent on downstream offensive minds.

BG insinuating what most Eagles fans always wanted. https://t.co/5Uv5uLPhry

— Typ Shiiii (@GRVYWear) October 19, 2026

So far, we’ve seen nothing to suggest this staff can turn things around with a depleted roster. That may not be their fault, but it is reality. And now they’ll have to get creative with their franchise quarterback riding the stationary bike.

All while Roseman and Lurie explore creative ways to reshape the organization around players and coaches who give them the best chance to extend this generation of success.