Jalen Hurts deserves better, Nick Sirianni could be on the hot seat, and more of what they’re saying about the Eagles
Here's everything they're saying about the Eagles following their fourth consecutive loss of the season.
The Eagles dropped to 2-4 and suffered their fourth consecutive loss on Sunday, falling 25-14 at the hands of the Carolina Panthers (3-2). It’s the team’s first four-game skid since 2020 and its longest losing streak under head coach Nick Sirianni.
Following the loss, most of the discourse surrounding the team has centered around Jalen Hurts’ health and Sirianni’s future in Philly.
Here’s a look at what the national media and former players are saying about the Birds, following their loss to Carolina.
The news keeps getting worse. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will likely miss the rest of the 2026 season with a deep vein thrombosis blood clot, as well as bilateral pulmonary emboli. Moments after the story broke, The Inquirer’s Jeff McLane and Marcus Hayes reacted to the news, looking at what the diagnosis means for the Super Bowl MVP, how the Eagles handled the situation dating back to their trip to London, and whether backup Tanner McKee is ready to take the helm on a full-time basis. Listen here.
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‘Protect Jalen Hurts, the person’
Hurts will possibly miss the remainder of the season after further medical testing revealed that he has blood clots in his lungs. According to a statement on Monday, the quarterback will be put on blood thinners and is expected to make a full recovery.
Hurts’ blood clots were first discovered in his calf before the team’s Week 5 matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Inquirer’s Jeff McLane reported that the quarterback was told not to sleep prior to the game as a precaution, leading media members to question the team’s decision to let him play in London.
“At this point, I don’t give a damn about the player,” former running back and general manager Ran Carthon said on CBS. “And I want to be specific in what I’m saying. I don’t give a damn about the player, and when I’m saying the player, I’m saying the player is what goes on the field. This should have been a situation where you took care of the person. Right? Because he’s only a player those couple hours that he’s on the field for you each day.
“He is a person, the rest of the time that he is there. And if this report is indeed true, if he was in the hospital the night before a game and you found blood clots in his lungs, he should not have taken the field. … I’m not blaming the Philadelphia Eagles, but a more conscientious decision should have been made to protect Jalen Hurts the person."
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith said he believes the NFL will get involved.
“Inevitably, right or wrong, there is going to be some probing of what the Eagles knew and how long ago they knew this,” Smith said on Monday’s First Take. “Because why was Jalen Hurts out on that football field against the Jacksonville Jaguars?”
Sirianni on the hot seat?
Before the latest Hurts news, much of the discourse following the Eagles’ loss was surrounding the head coach’s future with the Eagles.
“I think this year is the year where he is truly on the hot seat,” Carthon also said on CBS Sports HQ. “And the reason why I say that, we talk about him having two coordinators leave and get head coaching jobs but then he’s had multiple coordinators come through there on the offensive side of the ball that have not worked.
“And you have to remember Nick Sirianni is an offensive coach and so there has been constant change, constant turnover at the offensive coordinator position so far this year — whether you’ve had guys in the lineup or out of the lineup, this offense has not looked to have any sort of unison under the first-time coordinator Sean Mannion. So, it could be another year where, if they’re even considering moving on from the coordinator, this will be the year where I think they’ll choose Nick Sirianni first.”
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However, his colleague Pete Prisco disagrees.
“I don’t think from an organization standpoint that he’s on the hot seat because of all the injuries,” Prisco said on CBS Sports HQ. “How long ago was it that he won a Super Bowl, not that long ago. It’s not that long ago he won a Super Bowl and now they’ve been just bombed with injuries.
“You take away the best runner, you take away the offensive line, now you take away the quarterback, I think that gives him some grace. And that’s why I don’t think he’s going to get fired this year — but, I will say this, if he makes it through this year and he gets off to a slow start next year, see you later, Sirianni.”
‘We are a bad team’
After the loss, former running back LeSean McCoy is giving up on the Eagles.
“We are a bad team,” McCoy said on The Speakeasy podcast. “And now I know what it feels like for the last 30 years to be a Cowboys fan. I have no hope for the season. There was a point in the game where I’m like, ‘Yo, are we going to compete?’ We just taking it. This game was bad. We was taking it.
“Normally, in a football game with great players around the world … they make plays, we make plays, they might have a quarter, we may have a quarter. There was none of that today. Since Play 1 to the last play, bro, I knew we were going to lose. This is the first game I ever said, ‘Wow, we can’t win.’”
