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Jalen Hurts exits Eagles matchup vs. 49ers with head injury

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was forced to leave the Week 13 loss to the $9ers with a head injury

The Eagles defense allowed four straight touchdowns to the 49ers, but the biggest concern will be Jalen Hurt suffering a potential concussion in Sunday’s heated showdown.

Did the NFL’s neurotrauma consultants miss a Jalen Hurts head injury?

It appeared that the NFL’s neurotrauma consultants missed a possible Jalen Hurts head injury in Super Bowl LVII.

The NFL’s history regarding head trauma has been fairly abysmal throughout the league’s history, and that hasn’t changed in recent years. You only need to ask Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa about that. Tagovailoa suffered multiple concussions in the 2022 season that neither the Dolphins’ medical staff, nor the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultants employed by the NFL seemed able to diagnose and deal with on the spot.

The last thing the NFL wants is such a controversy in Super Bowl LVII, but the league might have one on its hands. With 5:28 left in the second quarter of the game, the Eagles had fourth-and-5 from the Kansas City 44-yard line, and quarterback Jalen Hurts trucked Kansas City’s defense for 28 yards.

An impressive play, and one that led to a four-yard touchdown run five plays later. But if you watch the end of the play, Hurts was slammed to the turf, and the back of his head clearly hit the ground hard. Hurts asked for assistance getting up, and the game simply continued.

The proper move would have been to take Hurts off the field and put him through the league’s concussion protocol, but nobody thought to do that.

Hopefully, Hurts didn’t suffer any kind of head trauma on that play. Because if he did, like most NFL players, he’ll be on his own.