{"id":185449,"date":"2023-01-13T09:11:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T09:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-jalen-hurts-shoulder-is-still-a-question-for-eagles-in-playoffs\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T09:11:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T09:11:13","slug":"why-jalen-hurts-shoulder-is-still-a-question-for-eagles-in-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-jalen-hurts-shoulder-is-still-a-question-for-eagles-in-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Jalen Hurts’ shoulder is still a question for Eagles in playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PHILADELPHIA \u2212 So now we know how much the Eagles risked by playing Jalen Hurts last Sunday against the Giants.<\/p>\n
Everything.<\/p>\n
The severity of Hurts’ injury was telling enough in the Eagles’ 22-16 win over the Giants on Sunday when the Eagles did everything possible to make sure that Hurts didn’t get hit in his shoulder. That, of course, was by not letting him run.<\/p>\n
It was also telling in Hurts’ comments after the game when he said his shoulder was “good enough” to win the game.<\/p>\n
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But the confirmation came from Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni on Tuesday when he was asked if Hurts will have to deal with pain in his shoulder as long as the Eagles remain in the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n
“I’m not sure I can answer that question,” Sirianni said. “We are fortunate that we have two weeks till the next time we play … He’s going to be a little bit healthier than what he was obviously the other day.<\/p>\n
“We knew it was going to hurt him like hell; he knew it was going to hurt him like hell.”<\/p>\n
Heck, even Hurts wouldn’t speculate after practice Thursday when asked how close he would be to full strength when the Eagles play next.<\/p>\n\n
“It’s not (game day), so I don’t know,” he said. “I can’t give you a number.”<\/p>\n
That’s how close everything the Eagles had built this season was to collapsing.<\/p>\n
Hyperbole?<\/p>\n
Consider that the Eagles determined that they were better off with Hurts with his shoulder at whatever diminished percentage than they would have been with Gardner Minshew at full strength. And this was against a Giants team that started a practice-squad QB and sat six of their best players in addition to quarterback Daniel Jones.<\/p>\n