Robert Griffin III came out swinging for Jalen Hurts after Michael Robinson raised questions about the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback’s injury status, and Griffin didn’t leave much room for interpretation.
Hurts is set to miss at least Week 6 against the Carolina Panthers after doctors found a blood clot that could be life-threatening. The issue was first discovered Saturday before the Eagles faced the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. Hurts had initially been cleared to play, but a follow-up ultrasound on Wednesday night showed the clot had moved, and Philadelphia ruled him out for Sunday’s game.
That sequence was enough for Robinson, a Super Bowl champion and former Pro Bowler, to float a theory during Thursday’s edition of NFL Network’s "NFL Gameday Kickoff."
“I’m not saying I know nothing, guys," Robinson said. "But if I’m just playing devil’s advocate here, and I’m thinking that way, if I’m Jalen Hurts, or anybody in Jalen Hurts’ camp, I’m saying, ‘Well, if everybody’s hurt, I’m hurt, too.’”
Griffin pushed back hard, sharing the clip on X and blasting the suggestion that Hurts was using the injury to dodge accountability for the Eagles’ recent skid.
“THIS IS RIDICULOUS. The negative narratives around Jalen Hurts have to stop,” Griffin wrote.
“Michael Robinson is accusing Jalen Hurts of saying, ‘Well, if everybody’s hurt, I’m hurt, too.’ And that Jalen Hurts is ‘pulling himself out so that this doesn’t look like it’s on me,’ when Jalen Hurts has a BLOOD CLOT THAT SHOWED MOVEMENT AND COULD BE LIFE THREATENING.
That’s OUTRAGEOUS @RealMikeRob WHAT ARE WE DOING MAN? I would never expect this from a former player.
I wouldn’t expect this from ANYBODY. Jalen Hurts can’t even have a serious medical condition in peace."
The Eagles have dropped three straight, with injuries piling up around them as the losses mounted. Hurts’ situation, though, was clearly separate from the team’s on-field issues.
Griffin also had plenty to say about another quarterback drawing criticism. After the New England Patriots beat the Las Vegas Raiders 45-17, he turned his attention to Drake Maye and the people who had been second-guessing him.
Maye put together one of his strongest outings of the year, throwing for 374 yards and four touchdowns as New England added a second straight win. That surge came after the Patriots knocked off the previously undefeated Buffalo Bills.
“Drake Maye is back, and the NFL should be terrified,” RGIII said in a video posted on X, Friday. “I need everybody who was ready to give up on Drake Maye to step forward, please, because I got a question for you. Where are y’all at now?”
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