Hurts would be out indefinitely<\/a> with a superficial blood clot in his calf, just the latest in a myriad of losses that have hit the Eagles in recent weeks.<\/p>\nThe team\u2019s statement revealed that Hurts\u2019 blood clot was discovered via ultrasound before their game in London against the Jaguars last Sunday. A second ultrasound Wednesday revealed the movement of the blood clot, putting Hurts on the shelf indefinitely as the Eagles \u201cdetermine the appropriate course of treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) stands on the field before kickoff against the Los Angeles Rams at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
McKee will likely be the Eagles\u2019 starter for the time being as they try to get back on track after a 2-3 start in a wide open NFC East. <\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s game against the Panthers will mark McKee\u2019s third career start. His previous two career starts were in end-of-season matchups after the Eagles had secured their spot in the postseason.<\/p>\n
The Eagles face Milton\u2019s former Cowboys team in their first of two meeting in a Week 7 \u201cMonday Night Football\u201d matchup on October 26th.<\/p>\n
Patriots quarterback Joe Milton III (19) scores during a game between the New England Patriots and the Buffalo Bills on January 5, 2025, at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Milton was drafted in the sixth round of the 2024 NFL Draft with the 193rd overall pick by New England. <\/p>\n
Milton spent the first three years of his college career at Michigan before transferring to Tennessee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Eagles are adding some insurance under center. Philadelphia has signed quarterback Joe Milton off the Cowboys\u2019 practice…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,113,104,103,16313,80,10388,154],"class_list":["post-468697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-jalen-hurts","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}