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Oct 21, 2026 at 01:15 PM EDT
The NFL said on Tuesday that it believes the events leading up to Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts' blood clots diagnosis were "handled appropriately" by the team.
Hurts is reportedly now set to miss the rest of the season after doctors discovered multiple blood clots in his lung.
One former Eagles signal-caller recently urged the Super Bowl LIX MVP to reconsider his NFL career amid his health scare.
"I’m just devastated about what happened to Jalen Hurts," Mike Boryla, who was with Philadelphia from 1974 to 1976, told Alex Coffey of The Philadelphia Inquirer. "I’m just blown away with his blood clot making it to the lungs. I feel so bad for him. He’s such a great guy, and such a critical quarterback, but I’m just devastated by that."
Boryla played parts of four NFL seasons from 1974 to 1978 and made his lone Pro Bowl in 1975 with the Eagles.
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The now-75-year-old suffered three concussions during his playing days, including two in the NFL, and according to Coffey, still suffers from "what psychiatrists diagnosed as post-traumatic stress disorder."
Boryla told the sports features writer that Hurts should think about his long-term health before returning to the field.
"I'd say (to Jalen) that at some point, you’re going to have to have another career, because you’re so young," the former fourth-round draft pick said, per Coffey. "You’ve got plenty of years left after football."
Boryla recorded 2,838 passing yards, 20 touchdowns and 28 interceptions in 23 career games but now looks at the big picture when reflecting on his NFL journey.
"Football is life-threatening," he said, according to Coffey. "(The players) don’t realize it. But when you’re 75 and you have 57 friends who have died. I mean, I don’t think that I’m that old..."