Eagles’ QB Jalen Hurts was on the harm record all through the week with a “left finger” designation, and he confirmed post-game on Sunday that it’s a damaged ring finger on his non-throwing hand. The excellent news, he didn’t suppose enjoying with the harm made it any worse, suggesting a shattered finger is a shattered finger, but it surely didn’t assist issues.
“It is damaged, and it did affect my play.”
Reports beginning circulating earlier than the Eagles hosted the Steelers when Hurts confirmed up for the sport with a bandage on his left hand.
Neither the quarterback, nor the coaches, appeared to make a lot of it this week, and Hurts was a full participant in observe. The QB didn’t appear hindered in any respect throughout warmups forward of the Steelers sport, both.
There was early hypothesis that Hurts may need injured his finger throughout a tush push final week in opposition to the Panthers, however the quarterback stated that was incorrect.
The Eagles passing sport had been on the forefront of everybody’s thoughts this week, and fortunately the harm to Hurts’ non-throwing hand didn’t have an effect on the ultimate end result. The remainder of the offense within reason wholesome, so if Hurts does have some points down the stretch, Kenny Pickett ought to be ready to go.
