​Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images, NFL NetworkThe story of Jalen Hurts’s injury status was one of the oddest storylines of Week 6 of the NFL season.According to a timeline released by the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday, an ultrasound the day before the team’s game against the Jaguars in London two weeks ago revealed a “superficial blood clot” Hurts played the London game “without limitation,” but a follow-up examination last Wednesday night revealed that the clot had moved and that he would be out indefinitely starting with the Week 6 contest against the Carolina Panthers.By Monday, the team announced that Hurts would be missing the rest of the season after his diagnosis changed to deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary emboli, raising plenty more questions about the entire timeline and the Eagles’ understanding of the situation throughout.But in between the initial report that Hurts would miss Sunday’s game and the follow-ups that revealed he’s done for the year, there were a lot of takes out there, most notably from Michael Robinson on NFL Network. Robinson, a former fullback who played eight years in the league with the 49ers and Seahawks, suggested that the team was looking to pin a failed season on Hurts’s shoulders, and Hurts in turn was simply refusing to take the field.“This is just me outside looking in,” Robinson said on NFL GameDay Kickoff. “I don’t know nothing, guys. But it looked like they were trying to pin the outcome of this season on Jalen Hurts, just so that they can have an excuse later on to move on from Jalen Hurts.”“If I’m Jalen Hurts, or anybody in Jalen Hurts’ camp, I’m saying, ‘Well if everybody’s hurt, I’m hurt, too,’” Robinson said. “Guys, I’ve been cleated before. And I’m not saying a superficial blood clot isn’t serious. I’m not saying that, but I would advise all of our viewers to Google ‘superficial blood clot’ as opposed to a real blood clot. And again, I’m not a medical guy.”Robinson immediately came under criticism for his comments, and those criticisms redoubled after the extent of Hurts’s injury was revealed on Monday. By Monday evening, Robinson had issued an apology.“I want to sincerely apologize to Jalen Hurts, his family, the Philadelphia Eagles organization and fan base for my comments last Thursday. They were unfounded and I never should’ve speculated on a health issue of a player nor his commitment to his team.”My official apology to @JalenHurts @Eagles and the entire fanbase. My comments were wrong. No excuse. https://t.co/fhHW2VFT39— Michael Robinson (@RealMikeRob) October 20, 2026First, good on Robinson for offering a real apology. After the awkward non-apology that Stephen A. Smith initially offered fellow Eagle Lane Johnson after criticizing his surprise mid-season retirement a few weeks ago, Robinson comes through as extremely genuine. We would rather there be no need for apologies, but if you’re going to give the