Jalen Hurts Ruled Out Week 6 With Blood Clot; Dak Prescott Reacts
Hurts sits Week 6 after a superficial clot in his calf moved, forcing Eagles managers to scramble for a QB fill-in with the fantasy QB17 on ice.
Ruled out Week 6 with a blood clot — no streaming him until the Eagles clear him.
- Hurts ruled out Week 6 vs. Carolina
- Clot found on calf ultrasound after London trip
- Hurts: 933 pass yds, 8 TD, 0 INT thru 5 games (2026)
- 86 PPR pts, our QB17 this season (2026)
- Prescott sits at QB13, 92 PPR pts (2026)
Jalen Hurts won't play in Week 6. The Eagles ruled their starting quarterback out against the Carolina Panthers after a superficial blood clot in his calf moved, a scary turn for a player sitting as our QB17 on the season (2026) with 86 PPR points through five games. That's 933 passing yards, eight touchdowns, zero interceptions and a rushing score — and now it's all on pause.
The timeline matters. Per the team, Hurts came in for calf treatment on Thursday, Oct. 8, then had an ultrasound done Saturday after Philadelphia flew to London for its Week 5 game against Jacksonville. Doctors there cleared him to play, but a follow-up ultrasound showed the clot had shifted, and the Eagles shut him down, calling his health and safety the priority.
Prescott Sounds Off
The news rattled players around the league, including a familiar NFC East rival. Dak Prescott called the situation scary, pointing out that a blood clot is a life issue, not a game-day one — especially stacked on top of a transatlantic flight. Prescott credited his personal physical therapist for catching things he tends to shrug off, and urged players to be open with their training staffs rather than tough it out.
Prescott acknowledged there's still a stigma around speaking up in a sport built on toughness, but his message was blunt: tell the staff everything, even if it feels like nothing, so they can get ahead of it. It's the kind of perspective that lands harder coming from a QB who's logged plenty of injury time himself. For what it's worth, Prescott is holding up fine on the field — our QB13 this season (2026) with 92 PPR points and nine touchdown passes across five games.
The Fantasy Fallout
For Hurts managers, this is a straight SIT until the Eagles clear him — and with a clot that's moved, don't talk yourself into anything on a short turnaround. If you rostered him as your QB1, you need a streamer this week and you should be watching the wire for updates daily. There's no reinjury timeline worth betting on here; this is a medical situation, not a tweaked hamstring.
The bigger picture: hold the stash if your bench allows, because Hurts' production hasn't dipped and he's still a weekly QB1 when healthy. But build your Week 6 plan as if he's out for longer, and don't drop a startable QB2 you'd otherwise use to cover the gap. When the Eagles give a return date, re-evaluate — until then, plug a replacement in and move on.
