Jalen Hurts Injury Gives Tanner McKee His Eagles Shot

Meanwhile, there'll be no return for Jalen Hurts. He's placed on injured reserve with blood clots. This is going to be a lot more than one week, of course. We saw this happen to Victor Wembanyama. We've seen it happen to Chris Bosh. It's happened to players in both college and professional sports. And it's usually a return to action, but it's extended. And then the question becomes, if Philadelphia can't get back on track, what ends up happening with Hurts? Now, here is the good news from this. There's the silver lining, Joe, which is the Eagles, after all of these years of holding Tanner McKee and not trading Tanner McKee to other teams are finally going to give him a good look I'm very curious to see how he does he is you know arguably been one of the most valuable backup quarterbacks in the NFL they've wanted to to see what he could do anytime he plays in the preseason or regular season he does well but he's finally going to get this test now the only question is without Lane Johnson without their starting four running backs you know he's sort of up against going into every game but credit to Philadelphia as bad as they've looked and all these injuries that they look Joe they've been within one play the last two weeks of winning games so not not time to write them off just yet no but i think the situation is a very difficult one as you're alluding to you don't have Lane Johnson you don't have Cam Jordan you don't have Saquon Barkley healthy you don't have Devonta Smith really healthy even though he's going to try to play today so what are we throwing the key into is the big question and yes the the eagles have found ways to lose these last couple weeks but i think the loss is the thing to target and really discuss because losing is contagious just like winning is contagious. The Eagles sit at two and three right now, and Hurts is going to miss at least the next four weeks. And when this news came out on my shows on Fandom NFL on YouTube, I was talking about, be prepared to be without him for the rest of the season. And people said, well, isn't that being a little hyperbolic? And aren't you kind of putting the cart before the horse? Which I said, no, because this is a very serious situation with a guy that you have a lot invested in. He's your franchise quarterback. And this year is starting to look like it doesn't belong to the Philadelphia Eagles. And you're right. Maybe this is a chance for you to evaluate the rest of the talent on the team. I was actually very high on the guy they drafted, Colt Payton. I thought he's a very interesting, raw talent, skilled quarterback, a lefty who can really sling it, big guy who can really move as well and get out there and get yards all over the place. Very similar to Josh Allen in terms of just a bigger quarterback who can run and really sling it. Yeah, you know, played in a smaller conference and all that stuff, but a very interesting athlete. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? So you're going to get some evaluation of some of these quarterbacks potentially over the next couple of weeks and see how things go. But if you're in fantasy leagues, if you have Jalen Hurts, you have to really look at yourself in the mirror, especially in super flexes and go, okay, I need a more permanent solution because I don't know when or if Jalen Hurts is going to return this year healthy and what the Eagles are going to look like when that juncture happens. So I think it's a very tricky situation right now. The Eagles find themselves. And for those ancillary pieces, the Smiths, the Barclays, all those other pieces you might have also a very difficult situation where I think you should be looking for other options.