The NFL Players’ Association (NFLPA) has called for a full investigation into how the Eagles’ medical staff handled the diagnosis of a blood clot in star quarterback Jalen Hurts.
\n\nNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell welcomes it.
\n\n“We welcome that,” Goodell said at a Wednesday press conference when asked about the players’ union’s demands for a full investigation.
\n\nHe continued, “That’s fine. Our chief medical officers have been through the protocols that were followed. So we welcome that. That’s what they did; they have that right.”
\n\n“Hurts was diagnosed Oct. 10 with a superficial blood clot on his calf and then played the Jacksonville Jaguars in London on Oct. 11,” Yahoo! Sports reports. “In the days that followed last week, doctors found the blood clot had moved not only into the deep veins of his calf but also into both of his lungs.
\n\n“The Eagles placed him on injured reserve as he undergoes treatment with blood thinners.”
\n\nHowever, questions and suspicions turned into outrage on Monday after a report said doctors had told Hurts not to sleep the night before the team’s game against the Jaguars out of fear for his health.
\n\nThat outrage only increased after Monday’s diagnosis of a deep…
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