The Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles will face off in one of the more intriguing wild card matchups of the weekend. Green Bay (11-6) is looking to upset the second seed (as the seventh seed) two years in a row.
Philadelphia, however, is trying to get back to the Super Bowl after their second half collapse last season. In order to do that, they’ve officially made a change in the quarterback room.
Breaking: Eagles Make Personnel Change At QB Before Wild Card Matchup Vs Packers
Hurts has not played since before Christmas, and his presence in concussion protocol has raised fair questions about his availability for Sunday’s wild-card playoff game against the Green Bay Packers.
While coach Nick Sirianni hasn’t said much about Hurts’ status, he did note that Hurts will be present at practice on Wednesday:
Since Hurts remains in concussion protocol, he will likely be a limited participant with his status revealed on the injury report later today.
The team also hinted at the quarterback’s true progress with a roster move Tuesday.
The move in question: waiving reserve quarterback Ian Book. The former New Orleans Saints prospect, who also spent time with Philadelphia in 2022, rejoined the club’s practice squad in the days following Hurts’ initial Week 16 injury, and was quickly promoted to the active roster.
He eventually served as the Eagles’ top backup in Week 18, with regular No. 2 Kenny Pickett also sidelined due to injury.
Because Book has now been outright released via waivers, the Eagles are set to enter the postseason with only Hurts, Pickett and third-stringer Tanner McKee at quarterback. Emergency No. 3 quarterbacks, meanwhile, must be on a team’s 53-man roster, even if they are inactive to start a game.
In other words, by removing Book from the 53-man roster, the Eagles are signaling they expect to have three quarterbacks ready and able for Sunday’s game. That would include Hurts.
Here is a look at Hurts’ stats season:
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| Date | Team | Opp | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Fmb | ||||||||||||
| 2024-12-22 | PHI | @ | WAS | L 33-36 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 2.8 | 2.75 | 11.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.75 | 2.75 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 22 | 13.7 | 0 |
| 2024-12-15 | PHI | PIT | W 27-13 | 25 | 32 | 78.1 | 290 | 2 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 9.1 | 10.31 | 11.6 | 125.3 | 3 | 20 | 8.57 | 7.71 | 8.86 | 15 | 45 | 1 | 23 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| 2024-12-08 | PHI | CAR | W 22-16 | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 108 | 2 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 5.1 | 7.05 | 7.7 | 110.8 | 4 | 25 | 16.00 | 3.32 | 4.92 | 8 | 59 | 1 | 35 | 7.4 | 1 | |
| 2024-12-01 | PHI | @ | BAL | W 24-19 | 11 | 19 | 57.9 | 118 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 6.2 | 7.26 | 10.7 | 93.7 | 2 | 6 | 9.52 | 5.33 | 6.29 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 3.2 | 1 |
| 2024-11-24 | PHI | @ | LAR | W 37-20 | 15 | 22 | 68.2 | 179 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 8.1 | 9.05 | 11.9 | 108.0 | 1 | 12 | 4.35 | 7.26 | 8.13 | 12 | 39 | 0 | 11 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 2024-11-14 | PHI | WAS | W 26-18 | 18 | 28 | 64.3 | 221 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 43 | 7.9 | 7.89 | 12.3 | 88.5 | 2 | 15 | 6.67 | 6.87 | 6.87 | 10 | 39 | 1 | 9 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| 2024-11-10 | PHI | @ | DAL | W 34-6 | 14 | 20 | 70.0 | 202 | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 44 | 10.1 | 9.85 | 14.4 | 115.0 | 5 | 46 | 20.00 | 6.24 | 6.04 | 7 | 56 | 2 | 24 | 8.0 | 1 |
| 2024-11-03 | PHI | JAX | W 28-23 | 18 | 24 | 75.0 | 230 | 2 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 9.6 | 11.25 | 12.8 | 132.3 | 3 | 20 | 11.11 | 7.78 | 9.26 | 13 | 67 | 1 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| 2024-10-27 | PHI | @ | CIN | W 37-17 | 16 | 20 | 80.0 | 236 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 11.8 | 12.80 | 14.8 | 132.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 11.80 | 12.80 | 10 | 37 | 3 | 12 | 3.7 | 0 |
| 2024-10-20 | PHI | @ | NYG | W 28-3 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 114 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 8.1 | 9.57 | 11.4 | 119.3 | 4 | 36 | 22.22 | 4.33 | 5.44 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 2024-10-13 | PHI | CLE | W 20-16 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 264 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 45 | 10.6 | 12.16 | 16.5 | 126.1 | 1 | 8 | 3.85 | 9.85 | 11.38 | 14 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-29 | PHI | @ | TAM | L 16-33 | 18 | 30 | 60.0 | 158 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 5.3 | 5.93 | 8.8 | 85.1 | 6 | 44 | 16.67 | 3.17 | 3.72 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2024-09-22 | PHI | @ | NOR | W 15-12 | 29 | 38 | 76.3 | 311 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.6 | 61 | 8.2 | 7.00 | 10.7 | 88.8 | 4 | 23 | 9.52 | 6.86 | 5.79 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 3.1 | 1 |
| 2024-09-16 | PHI | ATL | L 21-22 | 23 | 30 | 76.7 | 183 | 1 | 3.3 | 1 | 3.3 | 19 | 6.1 | 5.27 | 8.0 | 88.6 | 1 | 4 | 3.23 | 5.77 | 4.97 | 13 | 85 | 1 | 23 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| 2024-09-06 | PHI | GNB | W 34-29 | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 278 | 2 | 5.9 | 2 | 5.9 | 67 | 8.2 | 6.71 | 13.9 | 80.3 | 2 | 12 | 5.56 | 7.39 | 6.00 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 2.5 | 2 | |
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