The Philadelphia Eagles are not having a good Week 18.
The defending NFC champions came into the final week of the regular season needing a win over the New York Giants and a Dallas Cowboys loss to the Washington Commanders to secure the NFC East title and at least one home playoff game. That led them to roll out their starters despite having locked up a postseason bid.
This went poorly. Top wideout AJ Brown left the game in the first half with a leg injury. Then, not long after, quarterback Jalen Hurts walked to the sideline holding his throwing hand awkwardly. It turns out, this was for good reason (warning, the video below may not be great for the squeamish among us):
Jalen Hurts' middle finger does not look the way a middle finger is supposed to look.
He's in the medical tent.pic.twitter.com/KVKejrMrff
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) January 7, 2024
Hurts went to the medical tent, had his hand taped up and returned to the game for the Eagles’ ensuing possession. But perhaps he shouldn’t have, since Philadelphia would wind up trailing the Giants 17-0 late in the second quarter. And because the Eagles have never once elicited a mild reaction from their fans, people online had concerns about, well, just about everything Philly was doing.
twitter doctor here: that’s mallet finger pic.twitter.com/eJOeSe9WP0
— Brian Floyd (@BrianMFloyd) January 7, 2024
The Eagles are imploding 😩 https://t.co/3zDg3wtmVQ
— Carmen Vitali (@CarmieV) January 7, 2024
Uhhh Jalen Hurts throwing hand does NOT look okay… 🤮🤮 pic.twitter.com/dNuKdegaOl
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) January 7, 2024
Hurts and AJ Brown getting hurt, yikes
— JP Acosta (@acosta32_jp) January 7, 2024
Jalen Hurts –
If this is just a dislocation with no fracture, it can be relocated and play through with pain/swelling.
But if this is a Boutonniere deformity, it could require surgery and/or splinting.
He’s still in at QB so hopefully the former.
pic.twitter.com/sHfvgjfPsL— Jeff Mueller, PT, DPT (@jmthrivept) January 7, 2024
Jalen Hurts after dislocating his finger: pic.twitter.com/nmhSuWXjfm
— Danny Armstrong (@DArmstrong44) January 7, 2024
Jalen Hurts middle finger isn’t supposed to look like this 😬 pic.twitter.com/tEc2iPt92N
— DIE-HARD 🦅 Fans (@Eaglesfans9) January 7, 2024
Hurts playing with a hurt finger pic.twitter.com/zbW1yhCoCc
— NBA Slime (@TerryFranconia) January 7, 2024
Jalen Hurts #FlyEaglesFly
May have dislocated his right middle finger on this throw. One to monitor pic.twitter.com/nVtTn3YSpU
— Tom Christ, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT (@FantasyInjuryT) January 7, 2024
Jalen Hurts is out of the medical tent. Holding his throwing hand in his hand-warmer pocket. #Eagles
— EJ Smith (@EJSmith94) January 7, 2024
Jalen Hurts and AJ Brown hurt in a week 18 game that could inevitably not even matter pic.twitter.com/hJrWHyrots
— Philadelphia Eagles Central (@pheaglescentral) January 7, 2024
AJ hurt.
Smitty hurt
Swift hurt
Defense cooked
High school coaches run this team
Cancel the season.
we have progressed past the need for eagles football
— Philly Sports Sufferer (@mccrystal_alex) January 7, 2024
hurts and aj… fire brian johnson pic.twitter.com/I2EI6oW5zX
— ✇𝕽icky✇ (@r1cky28) January 7, 2024
The Eagles and Cowboys for the NFC East: pic.twitter.com/zAt0RNBjdM
— pat (@JHurtsFan) January 7, 2024
The Eagles don’t even deserve to be in the playoffs.
— Brandon Lee Gowton (@BrandonGowton) January 7, 2024
