Packers vs. Eagles Showdown: Jalen Hurts’ Concussion Concerns

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00:00First game on Sunday in the NFC is midway through the afternoon. It is the Green Bay Packers and

00:06the Philadelphia Eagles at the lake in Philly. Four and a half points spread in favor of the

00:13Eagles, which actually, although it's only four and a half, is the largest number of any of our

00:19three games in the NFC during Super Wild Card weekend. Let's start with the quarterbacks. We

00:25know that Jordan Love is good to go, obviously exited the regular season finale against Chicago

00:30with a right elbow injury. Jalen Hurts, however, who got injured in week 16, way back in the third

00:38to last game of the regular season, exiting the game in the opening half with a concussion as of

00:43last check, remains in the concussion protocol. Today is a big day because it officially opens

00:50up the full practice week as they get ready for a Sunday contest. So the first big question,

00:56DRS, for the Birds and the Pack, what is the concern level for Jalen Hurts' concussion?

01:03Zero. When you understand how the concussion protocol actually works and the final stage

01:08to be cleared, Ben, which means it's just for you to practice. We weren't going to practice last

01:13week for Jalen Hurts at all because he was never going to play in that game. So then you see the

01:17weekend comes out on a Monday and the head coach, Nick Ceran, is saying, I can't update. He's still

01:21in concussion protocol. The final hurdle before you're able to talk to the quarterback and admit

01:25it is once he practices, which is going to take place today. Also, if you do read the tea leaves

01:30as coaches in the NFL, boy, they love to give other teams something to think about because if

01:34one thing happens, he asked Kelly Moore yesterday, also the offensive coordinator, how do you feel

01:38about preparing three quarterbacks? Yeah, it's fine. No big deal. Not one there. And then end

01:41the story at that point. And then Ian Book gets released later in the day, who is the Eagles'

01:45fourth quarterback, which on game day, Ben, you have three active quarterbacks with one that's

01:49going to be the emergency. If Book is gone, do the math. Jalen Hurts is going to be available

01:54for Sunday afternoon's game for the Philadelphia Eagles, which last week I got a little bit

01:57nervous until I understood what was actually taking place is you can't clear concussion

02:02protocol if you don't practice. The Eagles weren't going to let him practice last week and no

02:06practices yet this week. So therefore, he hasn't cleared it despite being in the building and

02:10getting his work done and being in meetings and all that good stuff at this point. So me worrying

02:14about Jalen Hurts playing this weekend, it's at a zero.