Nick Sirianni had little choice but to wait Monday night, and that wait carried real consequences for the Eagles.
Jalen Hurts took a hard hit while heading out of bounds against the Chicago Bears, then was removed from the game after the league ATC spotters had the officials take him off the field for evaluation. Once Hurts was in the medical tent, Philadelphia turned to backup Andy Dalton.
That brief change at quarterback turned into a major swing. Dalton’s only pass of the night was picked off in the end zone by Bears rookie safety Dillion Thieneman. An Eagles touchdown there would have tied the game at 7-7, but instead Chicago came away with a field goal and rolled to a 27-7 win.
Afterward, Sirianni explained the situation on the decisive drive and why the coaching staff couldn’t do much from the sideline while Hurts was being checked.
“You’re not supposed to get the information there,” Sirianni said.
“They need to go through their process there. You think about maybe calling a timeout in a situation like that.
Now [it proves] we needed that timeout later in the later in the half to be able to go drive and score. But if you call a timeout, I have no idea what’s going on and when he’s going to come out.
Like he could come out and have to go in and get evaluated. You just don’t know in those situations, and I think that’s the right way to go go about it because again, you don’t want to influence the health of the player is the most important thing.”
Hurts eventually returned and finished with 16 completions for 153 yards and a rushing score in the loss. The Eagles will be back home Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams at Noon on Fox.
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