EAGLES QB JALEN HIRTS RULED OUT AGAINST THE PANTHERS WITH A 'SUPERFICIAL BLOOD CLOT'

Jalen Hurts is out against the Panthers. Barring any surprises, Tanner McKee will start in his place.

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The Philadelphia Eagles announced on Thursday that Jalen Hurts has a "superficial blood clot" in his calf, and will not play Week 6 against the Carolina Panthers. The Eagles' full statement: 

Or in more easily readable text:

“On Thursday, October 8th, Jalen visited the training room after practice requesting treatment for his calf. He informed the medical staff he had been cleated during the Rams game on October 4th. This was his first treatment session for the calf injury following the game, after having practiced in full both Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, Jalen received treatment, practiced in full, and was added to the practice report.

“Out of an abundance of caution, an ultrasound was performed on Saturday following the team’s flight to London and walkthrough. The ultrasound revealed a superficial blood clot. Our medical staff and doctors in London reviewed the results and concluded that activity and mobility were important and that Jalen could safely play. Doctors recommended a follow-up ultrasound within 72 hours of the game and the return flight to Philadelphia. 

“Jalen played without limitation in the game Sunday, received treatment on Monday and Tuesday, and practiced in full on Wednesday, as reflected in the practice report. Throughout our time in London and this week, we have remained in communication with the league office regarding the matter.  

"On Wednesday night, a follow-up ultrasound revealed movement in the small blood clot. Jalen will be out for Sunday’s game vs. the Panthers as we determine the appropriate course of treatment. His health and safety are our highest priority.”

Barring any unexpected roster moves, Tanner McKee will start in place of Hurts on Sunday.

The Eagles listed 24 players on their injury report on Wednesday. The offense currently has the following notable injuries (and other situations), by position:

• Quarterback: Jalen Hurts is ruled out for Sunday. Former QB2 Andy Dalton was cut after a bad performance Week 3 against the Bears.

• Running back: Saquon Barkley did not play Week 5 against the Jaguars, and did not practice on Wednesday. Tank Bigsby is on IR. Will Shipley will be out Week 6 vs. Carolina.

• Wide receiver: DeVonta Smith didn't play Week 5 against the Jaguars, and did not practice on Wednesday. Dontayvion Wicks and Hollywood Brown were both limited.

• Tight end: Nothing notable. Some of the depth guys were limited on Wednesday, like E.J. Jenkins, Grant Calcaterra, and Eli Stowers.

• Offensive tackle: Lane Johnson retired.

• Guard: Landon Dickerson is on IR, but had his 21-day practice window opened this week. Tyler Steen was limited with a shoulder injury.

• Center: Cam Jurgens was traded. Drew Kendall didn't play Week 5 with a knee injury, and he did not practice on Wednesday.

It's pretty safe to say that the Eagles' 2026 season is going poorly.

We will update as we learn more about the severity of Hurts' injury.

- JIMMY KEMPSKI

DONALD TRUMP LEAVES SUPER BOWL LIX EARLY AFTER PATRICK MAHOMES, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS SUFFER EARLY BLOWOUT

President Donald Trump waves after arriving on Air Force One to Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida on February 7, 2025. Trump is expected to stay at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach before traveling to New Orleans on Sunday for the Super Bowl.

US President Donald Trump reportedly left the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles when the score was 34-0. Trump had already predicted that the Chiefs would win the game and also came out to show his support and admiration for quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his family.

However, things didn’t go as most people expected and predicted with the Chiefs losing embarrassingly to the Eagles with a final score of 40-22. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes managed to score three touchdowns in that game, while passing for 257 yards, completing 21 passes out of 32 attempts, while managing a pair of interceptions.

On the Eagles’ side, quarterback Jalen Hurts attempted 22 passes and completed 17 of them for 221 yards, scoring two touchdowns, with a solo interception. Hurts also led the team on the ground with 11 carries for 72 yards, with a single TD, while DeVonta Smith took charge of the defense with four receptions for 69 yards, scoring once.

Feb 9, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; President Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump attend Super Bowl LIX between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs at Ceasars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images

Newly elected US President Donald Trump was the first active president to attend a Super Bowl, making history in the country. Trump also gave an interview with Fox News during the pre-show, and discussed a number of topics related to his plans for the country.

Donald Trump Was Cheered Loudly By Crowd During Super Bowl

On another note, US President Donald Trump easily became everyone’s favorite president as the crowd cheered loudly for him during the national anthem. As Jon Batiste performed the national anthem before the game could commence, the camera panned on President Trump and the crowd reacted with a loud cheer.

Feb 9, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; President Donald Trump waves as he walks on the field before Super Bowl LIX between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs at Ceasars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

While Trump was certainly the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl, he is definitely no stranger to the nail-biting game. Even during his presidential campaign last year, Trump was seen at an NFL game in Pittsburgh.

In the comments section of the video where the crowd can be seen cheering for President Trump, more and more fans poured out their admiration and praise for him. Fans of the president commented that they love him, while some of them went on to remark that the president of the United States was certainly trying his best for the common people of America and not exactly the elite class.

Feb 9, 2025; New Orleans, LA, USA; President Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump during the playing of the national anthem in Super Bowl LIX at Ceasars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

Jon Batiste brought some jazz influence into the national anthem which was appreciated by the crowd. However, the real star of the game was US President Donald Trump who showed up to support and cheer for the Kansas City Chiefs. 

- Ernest Leo Hernandez

EAGLES RIDE DOMINANT DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE TO DRUB CHIEFS IN SUPER BOWL LIX

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NEW ORLEANS - Throughout the long media buildup to Super Bowl LIX, virtually all analysts and prognosticators were saying the same thing: The Philadelphia Eagles are the better team … but you can never bet against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. How can the Eagles stop that Mahomes magic?

Breaking news: There was no magic.

No magic, and no Super Bowl three-peat, as the Eagles thoroughly dismantled the two-time defending champions, 40-22, to capture the franchise's second Vince Lombardi Trophy.

And while the margin of victory was 18 points, it wasn't even that close.

The crowd of 65,719 at Caesars Superdome was so heavily draped in Eagles green, it might as well have been a home game for Philadelphia. And the "home" team didn't disappoint. After the first few possessions, the game was never really in doubt.

"What a lesson to the entire world about what good teamwork does," Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said during the trophy presentation. "We have selfless guys. We have guys that don't let each other down. We have guys that fight for each other, that play hurt for each other. They love each other.

"Love is a strong thing. It takes a lot of work to develop that. These guys are the best team … in the greatest team sport there is."

If you didn't know the score and were told that Eagles running back Saquon Barkley - who this season became the ninth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards - would have 12 carries for a mere 31 yards at halftime, and that quarterback Jalen Hurts would have a modest 123 passing yards, you might have thought the Chiefs were winning. At the very least, it had to be close, right?

Wrong.

Barkley and Hurts didn't have to do much, because the Eagles defense - which led the NFL in total defense in 2024 - was the story.

The Chiefs could muster just two first downs in the first half and were 0-for-7 on third down. Worse, Mahomes threw a pair of picks - one that rookie cornerback Cooper DeJean returned 38 yards for his first career NFL touchdown and another that Zach Baun picked off at the Chiefs' 14-yard line, setting up a touchdown pass from Hurts to A.J. Brown.

DeJean's touchdown capped what might have been the greatest three-play stretch a defense has ever had in the Super Bowl.

After Jake Elliott's 48-yard field goal gave the Eagles a 10-0 lead, Kansas City took over at its own 30-yard line. Here's what happened next:

First-and-10 at the 30: Mahomes is immediately sacked by Josh Sweat for a loss of five.

Second-and-15 at the 25: Mahomes is smothered by Sweat and Jalux Hunt for a 1-yard loss.

Third-and-16 at the 24: Mahomes finally had some time to pass. But rolling to his right, he threw an intermediate pass that was intercepted DeJean - who, like Barkley, was celebrating his birthday on Sunday. The 22-year-old took it to the house to give the Eagles a 17-0 lead.

"Three big plays in a row," said Sweat. "It's just that day."

By the time the production crew began setting up the field for Kendrick Lamar's halftime show, Philadelphia had a 24-0 lead and the Eagles defense had orchestrated perhaps the most dominant half of football in Super Bowl history.

"I take ownership of this loss more than probably any loss in my entire career," said Mahomes. "I put us in a bad spot."

A third-quarter field goal from Elliott made it 27-0 and the Chiefs offense continued to be smothered by coordinator Vic Fangio's defense. With 5:18 left in the third, Hurts hit DeVonta Smith for a 46-yard touchdown. That score capped an MVP performance for Hurts, who completed 17 of 22 passes for 221 yards and two TD passes. He added another 72 yards rushing and a rushing touchdown - giving him seven total touchdowns accounted for in two career Super Bowls.

With the Eagles up 34-0 late in the third quarter, about the only drama left was to see if the Eagles could pull off the first shutout in Super Bowl history. It wasn't to be. Mahomes ended up throwing three touchdown passes in the final 16 minutes of the game - two to rookie receiver Xavier Worthy, who finished with eight catches for 157 yards - and one to DeAndre Hopkins. But it was too little too late.

The Eagles defense finished with six sacks and 14 pressures.

"We just followed the gameplan," said Sweat, who had 2.5 sacks. "We just said, ‘Let's play our game, take care of the guy next to us, somebody's gonna make the play.' Once you get it going, nothing can go wrong."

Amazingly, the Eagles didn't call a single blitz all game.

"It allows the guys to cover on the back end," said Sweat. "You [don't have] to add the extra man to do that. It's just big ups to the guys out there. … It gives us a lot of pride to get it done with a four-man rush."

Barkley ended the game with 25 attempts for 57 yards, adding another 40 yards receiving. The Chiefs kept their streak alive - they still haven't allowed a 100-yard rusher in the postseason since 2019 - but Barkley did surpass Hall of Famer Terrell Davis' record for the most rushing yards in a season, including the playoffs.

Barkley, who joins Davis as the only players in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards and win the Super Bowl in the same season, reflected on his triumphant first year in Philadelphia.

"I looked to my left, looked to my right, and you see all the Pro Bowlers and all the All-Pros on that roster," Barkley said, recalling his first practice as an Eagle. "On that offense, the defense. You know, I ain't gonna lie, I didn't know we were going to have the number one defense. It kind of makes sense now, because with all the talent that we had, they gave us hell in practice and camp."

Probably not as much hell as they gave the Chiefs Sunday night.

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- Craig Ellenport, Athlon Sports

NFL BANS EAGLES SECURITY CHIEF DOM DISANDRO FROM SIDELINE FOR REST OF REGULAR SEASON, AP SOURCES

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The NFL has banned Eagles security chief Dom DiSandro from being on the sideline for the remainder of the regular season after he was ejected from a game earlier this month for a scuffle with 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw, two people familiar with the league’s decision told The Associated Press on Saturday.

DiSandro is still allowed to travel with the team to Seattle for its Monday night game and he can perform all other work duties but he is not permitted on the sideline, one of the people said. Both people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the league hasn’t announced its decision, said DiSandro can return to the sideline for the playoffs.

DiSandro pulled Greenlaw off Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith and shouted at him after a reception in the third quarter of Philadelphia’s 42-19 loss to San Francisco on Dec. 3. Greenlaw, who was penalized for unnecessary roughness on the play, popped up and reached over two officials to put his hand in DiSandro’s face.

49ERS LINEBACKER DRE GREENLAW, EAGLES SECURITY CHIEF DOM DISANDRO EJECTED IN NFC TITLE GAME REMATCH

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw was ejected from Sunday's 42-19 win against Philadelphia for putting his hand in the face of the Eagles' chief security officer.

Dom DiSandro, a constant presence on the Eagles' sideline and whenever players are out in public, pulled Greenlaw off Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith after a reception in the third quarter. Greenlaw popped up and reached over two officials to touch DiSandro's face with a closed fist.

Greenlaw was ejected. DiSandro also was told to leave and walked to the locker room to a roaring ovation from Eagles fans.

Greenlaw also was flagged 12 yards for unnecessary roughness