The NFL and the Philadelphia Eagles almost killed Jalen Hurts for a Week 5 international showcase.
The full details of what happened behind closed doors in London just surfaced, and the negligence is staggering.
Before kickoff in London, Hurts was in a hospital bed until 4:00 AM undergoing emergency vascular testing. Medical staff instructed him not to sleep because sleep was considered an active health risk.
Instead of shutting down their $255 million franchise quarterback, the team cleared him to play 60 minutes of brutal, high-impact collision football on zero sleep.
Then, they loaded him onto a pressurized, 8-hour transatlantic flight back to Philadelphia.
Every doctor on the planet knows that long-haul flights and cabin pressure are the exact triggers that cause lower-extremity blood clots to break free. The Eagles spent days assuring the public it was just a "minor, superficial calf clot".
Now the truth comes out: the clot dislodged, shot through his bloodstream, and caused multiple pulmonary emboli in his lungs.
Hurts is officially out for the season, placed on blood thinners where taking a single routine tackle could cause a fatal internal hemorrhage.
He isn't just lucky to play football again, he is lucky to be alive.
When the NFL preaches "player safety," remember this moment. They ran a human being into the ground for television ratings in the UK, almost lost him to a preventable medical catastrophe, and cratered their entire season in the process.
Who inside that building signed off on letting him play and board that flight?
Sunday was the Steelers' first win when trailing by 13+ points entering the fourth quarter since Week 9, 1992 when quarterback Neil O'Donnell led a Steelers comeback against the Houston Oilers, per @NextGenStats. #Steelers#NFL
Ryan Shazier says Mike Tomlin and members of the Steelers organization would show up to his rehab sessions to support him after his spinal injury left him paralyzed, and says his teammates would come to his hospital room every friday night to eat pizza and play cards
“Yeah, and so that's the one thing I do like about my time in Pittsburgh, and even at Ohio State. We really build friendships, and we build a chemistry. Guys really want to support each other, and we all just wanted to win.”
“As I was getting better, I would go to the facility. But when I had rehab, I'd tell Coach Tomlin, Kevin, and Mr. Rooney, ‘Hey, I'm having therapy today. If you guys have time, I just want to let you know.’ And sometimes they'd show up. It was awesome. It would be cool just to see that, as I was going through the toughest time in my life, those people were there for me.”
“They had my back. And when we had the linebackers, when you're in the hospital so long, it can be very depressing. So they'd come in there, and we'd just have a Friday night where we'd all chop it up, play cards, have pizza, and just hang out.”
“I think it really built our friendship with a lot of those guys. But then I think it also made it a little easier for them to play together and understand responsibilities and family bonds. Because they're great people over there, and not a lot of people do that.”
“Some of my friends that played on other teams tell me all the time, ‘Man, a lot of teams would not have done what the Steelers have done.’ And to me, I always say, because people always tell me, ‘Ryan, I don't know what I would've done if I was in your situation.’ And I'm like, most people, when they're in that type of situation, they try to step up. Most people just don't think they will. But I'm just really happy to see that the Steelers did in that situation.”
It’s about damn time. Mike Tomlin FINALLY admits what we all knew. He called defensive plays. He was in charge of the defense. It’s infuriating that all of this stuff is coming out after the fact. BTW-he badly underachieved as a defensive coach last year.
The media will never show you this picture…
It’s President Trump at 4 AM this morning arriving back at the White House. The President had just returned from hosting back-to-back massive rallies in Alaska, Arizona, and Montana.
All in just 24 hours. Thousands of miles and 3 rallies across America in just a day.
A grueling schedule that would leave most people completely flat on their back.
Guess what Trump did?
And at 80 years old, he went right into work in the Oval Office while most of America was sleeping.
And this is why I will NEVER regret my vote for Trump. No president in history has ever worked harder for the American people. Trump took a bullet for America. He’s willing to die for our country. He’s giving this job everything he’s got.
The least we can do is vote Republican in the midterms. Please vote 🇺🇸
She wanted to buy something that wasn’t for sale. And posted to millions a story of victimhood when her money and or status couldn’t persuade them. Called it.
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I changed this from hospitalized to AWOL because I don't want to spread fake news. Talarico did go to urgent care & I read he did a zoom from a hospital -- but it hasn't been confirmed where he was for those two weeks because the corporate press is the PR wing for the Democrats.