Prescott urges NFL players to speak up after Hurts scare — SkimNews
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- Jalen Hurts was ruled out for the Eagles' Week 6 game against the Carolina Panthers after a follow-up ultrasound showed his superficial blood clot had moved since London's doctors cleared him to play Week 5 against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
- Dak Prescott called the diagnosis 'scary' and stressed the life-threatening nature of blood clots, particularly after the team had already taken a flight — a detail he singled out as adding risk.
- Prescott credited his personal physical therapist Luke Miller with catching issues before Prescott himself notices them, saying Miller pushes back when he tries to 'blow things off'.
- Prescott acknowledged a stigma around NFL players reporting injuries but framed open dialogue with medical staff as essential, urging teammates to say 'hey, I'm just alerting you' even when symptoms seem minor.
- The Eagles said Hurts first visited the training room on Thursday, Oct. 8 for calf treatment, received an ultrasound Saturday in London that detected the clot, played safely against Jacksonville, then were ruled out the following week once the clot moved.
- The Eagles stated that 'his health and safety are our highest priority' in announcing Hurts' Week 6 absence.
Why it matters: Prescott's unusually candid comments put public pressure on NFL players and team medical staffs to prioritize early reporting of symptoms over the league's culture of playing through pain — a stance with direct implications for how teams monitor travel-related health risks and player disclosure habits.
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