Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts took one other massive step towards returning to the lineup on Thursday when he was listed as a full participant in follow.
That’s the subsequent and most important step in his quest to exit the league’s concussion protocol, which might enable him to return for Sunday’s wild-card sport in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers.
Hurts has been sidelined because the first quarter of Week 16 when he suffered a concussion within the workforce’s loss to the Washington Commanders. He didn’t play within the Eagles’ remaining two regular-season video games and has remained in concussion protocol.
He initially returned to the follow area on Wednesday in a restricted capability. If all the things checks out earlier than Friday, he ought to have the ability to play Sunday.
Whereas the Eagles have one of many NFL’s finest operating video games centered round operating again Saquon Barkley, it’s arduous to think about them occurring a Tremendous Bowl run with backups Kenny Pickett or Tanner McKee at quarterback.
Hurts has been excellent within the second half of the season. Over his previous 12 video games, he has thrown 15 landing passes and just one interception. He additionally had a passer score of 108.0 or higher in eight of these previous 12 video games.
If he’s wholesome, the Eagles offense has as a lot high-end expertise as any workforce in soccer, with Barkley operating behind a dominant offensive line and a pair of No. 1 vast receivers in A.J. Brown and Devonta Smith.
