Breaking Down Jalen Hurts's Health Ahead of Super Bowl LIX

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00:00Doc, one of the great things about what you and your team do at Sports Injury Central and what

00:03you can see at SICscore.com, that's SICscore.com, is the individual SIC score for each and every

00:11player. You hear it normally in sports media coverage, well he's a little bit banged up,

00:15we hope he's 85-90 percent. You give that SIC score out of 100. And as we get ready for Super

00:22Bowl 59, what is the SIC score currently for the Eagles quarterback in Jalen Hurts?

00:29Well, Jalen Hurts obviously played pretty well, but his SIC score is still nowhere in the 90s.

00:35I think he's in the high 80s at this point in time, 87 in terms of his ability to run.

00:42Throw is not an issue, it's the left knee. And you know, he ran the ball a bunch of times in

00:47the conference championship, but he certainly was not 100 percent. And his cutting motions,

00:53etc. are still in question. Well, Doc, what about the guys blocking for him and protecting him

01:02there? Landon Dickerson, Cam Juergens, which the back thing seemed to come out of nowhere.

01:09What do we do with the offensive linemen? How healthy are they right now?

01:15Well, that's one of the bigger issues for the Super Bowl. Typically by the time we get to the

01:19Super Bowl, Sports Injury Central has been pretty hot in predicting the winning teams against the

01:25spread, and we factor in injury. So if the more injured teams are losing on the way through the

01:31playoffs and into the Super Bowl, obviously you end up with healthier teams. A little bit of an

01:36anomaly this year with the Eagles, and you're pointing out the offensive line here. Cam Juergens

01:42back, he did play in the second half and played well. He's got two weeks. There's certainly some

01:48great healing powers of the Super Bowl, especially with the extra week everyone wants to play.

01:53But you're right, how effective is the question? But the bigger worry is Landon Dickerson.

01:58We studied all the film from the conference championship game, including the All-22 tape,

02:05and it looks like he struggles with his knee, left knee from the get. And it gets worse later in the

02:11first quarter and into the second, puts a brace on and then exits the game. He's the biggest concern

02:17for the Eagles right now for their offensive line. And obviously that would mean Tyler Skeen

02:22would have to play, and it would force Cam Juergens into action, even though he might not be 100% on his back.