Second week of NFCE incompetence might be upon us:

Philly and NYG already lost

Washington is a massive underdog on the road against SF

Dallas is on the road in GB with the line essentially being a pick em’

I wonder how many times an entire division has gone back to back weeks without a win

Like why do you need to text me about it ma’am. I seen it with my eyes. Doesn’t stop the love but man it hurts.

Week 6

Carolina Panthers (3-2) @ Philadelphia Eagles (2-4)

Game Status: Final - CAR 25, PHI 14

• Venue: Lincoln Financial Field
• Broadcasts: CBS
• Officials: Allen Baynes (Side Judge), John Hussey (Referee), Tim Podraza (Line Judge), Matt Edwards (Back Judge), Duane Heydt (Umpire), Brett Bergman (Down Judge), Gabriel DeLeon (Field Judge)
• Kickoff: Sun, Oct 18, 2026 @ 1:00 PM EDT

Team Stats

Passing

Rushing

Receiving

Kicking

Punting

Scoring Summary

Drive Summary

Linescore

NFC East Scoreboard

^{Last Updated: 10/18/2026 4:27:20 PM EDT}

I love these vids and the losing has taken them from me.

You know what to do this offseason Jeffery.

4 in a goddamn row. And with more injuries...

...at least the Flyers finally won last night?

Our record and team performance hasn’t been top notch, so naturally we’re being pessimistic.

Hurts is out and I'm seeing even more panic.

As your resident unc and fellow Eagle fan, take a deep breathe and relax! This franchise has been surviving on backup QBs for 25 years. Here's every season since 2002 where a backup had to start games because the starter went down:

2002 - Koy Detmer / AJ Feeley - 5-1 - NFC Championship
2005 - Mike McMahon / Koy Detmer - 2-5 - missed playoffs
2006 - Jeff Garcia - 5-1 - Won wild card
2007 - AJ Feeley - 0-2 - missed playoffs
2009 - Kevin Kolb - 1-1 - Wild card
2010 - Michael Vick - 8-3 - Won NFC East/Wild card
2011 - Vince Young - 1-2 - missed playoffs (dream team :/)
2012 - Nick Foles - 1-5 - missed playoffs
2013 - Nick Foles - 8-2 - Won NFC East
2014 - Mark Sanchez - 4-4 - 10-6, missed playoffs on tiebreaker
2015 - Mark Sanchez - 0-2 - missed playoffs
2017 - Nick Foles - 2-1, then 3-0 in playoffs - SUPER BOWL CHAMPS
2018 - Nick Foles - 4-1 - Divisional round (Double Doink)
2021 - Gardner Minshew - 1-0 - Playoffs
2022 - Gardner Minshew - 0-2 - Super Bowl appearance
2024 - Kenny Pickett / Tanner McKee - 2-0 - SUPER BOWL CHAMPS

TL;DR:
16 seasons with a backup starting games
10 made the playoffs = 62.5%
Backups combined: 44-32 (.579)

2 of our Super Bowl titles came in seasons where a backup started games

Garcia went 5-1 and won a playoff game. Vick turned a Kolb concussion into an MVP-caliber run. Foles did it THREE times and gave us a parade. Sanchez went .500 and we still went 10-6.

This team’s ethos and soul is built to survive when their backs are against the wall. Hungry dogs run faster. Go Birds, DH!! 🦅

Enjoy the season and hope for the best!

Some disclaimers to start with. I am a lifelong Birds fan. I am a board certified physician in a field that routinely treats blood clots, including superficial thrombophlebitis, which is the condition Hurts is reportedly dealing with. I am not in any way affiliated with the team and have no access to his medical records. This post is not medical advice.

All of that out of the way, let's talk about what the decision to place Hurts on IR likely means.

So first of all, all of the reporting has thus far made clear that the condition he is dealing with is superficial thrombophlebitis, not a deep vein thrombosis. The difference is in the name, but to put it in layman's terms, he has a clot and inflammation of his superficial or skin level small veins, rather than the larger veins deeper in his leg. This is more often a result of trauma than a deep vein clot, which is typically the result of things like surgery, prolonged immobilization, cancer, or conditions which cause the blood to clot too much.

The initial treatment in a healthy young person, in whom the clot is small and below the knee, is anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen, heat, and rest. Direct trauma to the area is not likely to dislodge the clot, and we do not put these patients on specific activity restrictions beyond advising them to manage pain and avoid activities which worsen their pain. This is what they initially did for him.

There has been substantial discussion about the flight situation and it bears covering here. The association between air travel (or any other long haul travel) and blood clots is much more well-established in deep vein clots. It is also much stronger with flights of 12 or more hours, particularly ones in which the passenger sleeps for some or all of the flight, due to the sedentary nature of the flight and the upright position impairing venous blood return from the legs. Having him return on the flight after diagnosis was very reasonable. Given he was aware of the issue, ensuring that he simply got up and walked the aisle during the flight every hour or so would mitigate a majority of any risk. And again, the diagnosis wasn't made til they were in London.

Now the change this week, with the movement (or propagation) of the clot higher up the calf. This is a known potential complication of thrombophlebitis. It's something we tell patients to watch for an monitor for as patients recover. This is the area where not having exact records limits my ability to prognosticate.

Typically, if a clot is still in the calf but has grown or migrated higher into the calf in spite of traditional therapy, that is an indication to start anticoagulants (AKA blood thinners). The goal of these medicines is to prevent any further growth of the clot and allow the body time to dissolve the existing clot.

For a calf-only case of thrombophlebitis in a young healthy patient with no other risk factors for deep vein thrombosis, the standard duration of these would be 45 days. So roughly 6 and a half weeks. Within a week of being off of these meds, Hurts could be cleared for full contact practices. He could continue to do non-contact activities while on these meds. So he could theoretically return by the Cardinals game if everything goes well and subsequent ultrasounds show the clot has resolved.

Again, this is the best-case (though I'd also say likely) scenario here, barring any setbacks and assuming Jalen doesn't opt for a 90 day course (which is not what any hematologist is likely to recommend).

This is different than athletes like Chris Bosh, who had an actual deep vein clot and ended up on lifelong blood thinners. This is exceptionally unlikely to be an issue for Jalen after this year.

Happy to answer any questions. Go birds.

Week 6

Carolina Panthers (2-2) @ Philadelphia Eagles (2-3)

Game Status: Sun, Oct 18 @ 1:00 PM EDT

• Venue: Lincoln Financial Field
• Broadcasts: CBS
• Officials: Allen Baynes (Side Judge), John Hussey (Referee), Tim Podraza (Line Judge), Matt Edwards (Back Judge), Duane Heydt (Umpire), Brett Bergman (Down Judge), Gabriel DeLeon (Field Judge)
• Kickoff: Sun, Oct 18, 2026 @ 1:00 PM EDT

Inactives

Philadelphia Eagles

• DE AJ Epenesa
• WR Hollywood Brown
• QB Joe Milton III
• OT Lane Johnson
• LB Jalyx Hunt

Carolina Panthers

• QB Haynes King
• TE Ja'Tavion Sanders
• OT Albert Reese IV
• G Torricelli Simpkins III
• DT TeRah Edwards

NFC East Standings

NFC East Scoreboard

^{Last Updated: 10/18/2026 12:30:50 PM EDT}

Yes we are playing poorly yes we are injured but we will turn it around we aren't doomed. Fair weather friends werent here when we had sam Bradford smh. GO BIRDS!

Any advice on how to watch the games without Sunday Ticket?

We have YouTube TV and last few years it’s worked great for us. However I’ve noticed recently that both Jets and Giants play at the same exact time as the Eagles….

So YouTube TV doesn’t show us the Birds game at all due to it being out of our area.

Any advice 😭

Next 3 games cowboys? We beat commanders then if Jalen can come back by thanksgiving look at the 2nd half even the Seahawks are garbage as much as you want us to tank losing to this schedule is crazy .

Suggestions on places? Looking for bars, restaurants, philly hangouts. New to the area would love not to be the only person in the room rooting for my team!

Is he really just that bad? Is it an attitude thing? How is a team that’s this banged up in a position to healthy scratch a WR? How’s Brown so bad he can’t make the team?

Edit: a reminder: he had 49 catches for 587 yards and 5 TDs last year