Jalen Hurts Expected to Play NFC Championship Despite Knee Injury

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00:00Dr. Chow, anytime there is an injury to a quarterback that is going to start and get a ton of our attention

00:07Jalen hurts did exit the game yesterday against la with a knee injury came back

00:13With a rather large knee brace on that left knee said after the game when asked how he was feeling

00:20I finished the game when asked in his post-game press conference if he would be ready to go

00:25For that nfc title against the commanders. He said simply

00:29Yes, what do you believe the status is for? Jalen hurts entering the nfc championship game next sunday

00:37I think he's telling the truth. He finished the game and yes, he'll be ready

00:41But how ready and how effective I think you saw in the second half of the game or after that knee injury

00:48He didn't keep the ball and run very much. It sort of changed early on. He was very effective

00:54of course it helped that saquon was uh was being very effective too, but

00:59Hopefully there's no structural damage. It's not like a pcl injury. It's a knee contusion versa injury

01:07Hopefully the mri will show nothing else inside his knee

01:11He'll be hobbled but he will play is sort of our opinion right now

01:17Doc take us through the week here when you do bang up or let's just say have a knee injury on a sunday with the

01:21Thoughts of playing next week. Is there physical therapy that goes on or is it just more about rest and recovery at this point?

01:28Definitely both physical therapy rest and recovery different modalities

01:33Pressure wraps, you know different pumps different things

01:37uh

01:38medications

01:40All sorts of things and you know with this is what the athletic trainers are there. I mean you can literally get

01:46Quote physical therapy three times a day. Whereas the rest of the world gets it at most three times a week