Eagles rule out quarterback Jalen Hurts for Sunday's game against Carolina with a blood clot

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Quarterback Jalen Hurts shared breaking news with his backup on his way out to the Philadelphia Eagles’ walkthrough on Thursday.“He just kind of turned to me and said, ‘looks like you’re going to be the guy this week,’” second-stringer Tanner McKee said.Up next, the conversation on why: Hurts was ruled out for Sunday’s game against Carolina because of a superficial blood clot in his calf, the latest and biggest name of sidelined Eagles already this season.The Eagles said in a statement Thursday that Hurts was injured in an Oct. 4 game against the Los Angeles Rams when he took a cleat to his calf area.“It was a very unique experience, to say the least," Hurts told reporters on Wednesday. "I don’t want to get into the details of kind of leading up to the game and whatnot. But got nicked up in the Rams game.”Hurts practiced on Wednesday and Thursday last week and informed the medical staff of the injury following the Oct. 8 practice.The Super Bowl 59 MVP also practiced