Why Hurts played with blood clot and what it means for NFL

Whatever the outcome of the NFL's joint review with the NFLPA, the league will face greater scrutiny over how they handle players around games played overseas.

Players had a 16-hour flight for Australia's first NFL game in September, while the NFLPA's executive director JC Tretter expressed safety concerns over the quality of the field for the game in Brazil.

There are a record nine international games this year and, although the NFL ultimately wants 16 per season, Tretter added that "the goal has to be growing the game while maintaining the standards our players deserve".

Only Hurts knows how he feels about the way he was treated by his team and the NFL's doctors, but even before this issue there had been talk of the 2025 Super Bowl MVP leaving…