Eagles Face Backlash Over Jalen Hurts

The NFL concluded it would not discipline the Philadelphia Eagles over their handling of quarterback Jalen HurtsJalen HurtsAmerican football player (born 1998)’s blood-clot condition. Hurts was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis in his left leg and pulmonary emboli in both lungs, and the team said he would miss the rest of the season. The condition followed a superficial clot found in his calf before Philadelphia’s Oct. 11 game against Jacksonville in London. Blood clots in deep veins can move to the lungs, while blood thinners raise bleeding risks in contact football. The Eagles said doctors cleared Hurts to play. The league said it was in contact with Eagles doctors and the Cleveland ClinicCleveland Clinicnonprofit multispecialty academic medical center based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States in London. Hurts’s agent and the team said they expect a full recovery.