Packers vs. Eagles: Injury Concerns for Hurts and Love?

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00:00In the NFC, it's the two-seed Philadelphia and the seven-seed the Green Bay Packers.

00:06Joe, earlier on in the show, we showed you the injury news around the NFL.

00:11Jordan Love, a right elbow injury, a contusion from this past Sunday,

00:16does not seem to be all that serious and he is expected to play this weekend.

00:22But not great news when your quarterback has injury questions starting off the postseason.

00:27But you could say the same thing for Jalen Hurts and Philadelphia.

00:31Exited the opening half of the Eagles' last loss of the year back in Week 16

00:37against the Washington Commanders in concussion protocol.

00:42Did not play Week 17. It was Kenny Pickett.

00:45They clinched the division against the Cowboys.

00:47So nobody needed to play in Week 18.

00:50So it was Tanner McKee against the Giants and still a victory for the Birds.

00:55So we didn't really check in on Jalen Hurts.

00:58We just knew that he remained in concussion protocol,

01:01but probably a precaution, right, to get ready for the postseason.

01:05Well, as of yesterday afternoon, Hurts still in concussion protocol.

01:11Tomorrow begins the full practice week for Philadelphia.

01:15If we see a DNP or a limited participant on that practice report,

01:20what will that mean for Hurts' status to start off the postseason?

01:24And, Joe, what would that mean for the spread?

01:27I posed the question kind of to you to end off one of those segments in the opening hour.

01:32Is this 4.5-point number the largest spread of our three matchups in the NFC, by the way?

01:38Is it taking into account that Jalen Hurts' status is uncertain

01:43or that Hurts expects to be ready to go on Sunday afternoon?

01:48What say you?

01:50Well, I don't think it'll get to a touchdown, Ben,

01:53if that's what people are thinking.

01:55I do think that defensively, and I think the way to approach this,

02:00is via the total in this game.

02:03Because whether Jalen Hurts plays or doesn't play, Ben,

02:06to me this is a dead-under game.

02:09The Philadelphia defense is what's going to elevate this team

02:14and carry it through any sort of turmoil with or inability of Jalen Hurts

02:19to be able to play here.

02:21No Christian Watson means now all of a sudden that limits the Packers' explosiveness

02:27for big plays down the field here.

02:30I do love what Green Bay has done defensively,

02:33but also Jair Alexander not going to be playing also for Green Bay.

02:38I just think that this is two teams that are going to run the ball,

02:43two teams that are going to limit what the other team wants to do defensively.

02:49So if I'm looking at this game, whether Jalen Hurts plays or not,

02:53I'm backing the under, and I would get it now, Ben, because if he's not playing,

02:58I think the biggest move is going to be on the total.

03:02It's not going to be on the side.

03:04I think Philadelphia is still your favorite one way or the other here.

03:08And if he does get announced that he's playing, again,

03:12I don't know that the total moves all that much,

03:14but I bet you this thing gets closer to maybe five and a half, six if he is announced.

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