Fly Eagles fly
Even with a broken wing
Because when Jalen Hurts
The prescription from doctors
Is endurance to resilience
Tolerance for professionalism
While the whole profession you're in shows how
Neglect, mistreatment and underdiagnosis
Is systemic
Even with the best doctors and insurance
Still care wasn’t given
Fly Eagles fly
Even with a broken wing
For a system that is broken
Fixed for those
That gamble with Black bodies
Betting we will endure more than we should
Draft Kings or any crown we wear
To strip personhood to property
Stats over our status
To deny us as human by dehumanizing
Us too
Fly Eagles fly
Even with a broken wing
Edited by Yolanda Wisher
Jalen Hurts’ blood clot diagnosis has renewed scrutiny of how the NFL protects players when a team’s interest in keeping them on the field may conflict with their health.
NFL ‘furious’ at Eagles’ mismanagement of the Jalen Hurts blood-clot condition, The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 25, 2026. This opinion column says league sources defended Hurts’ medical treatment but criticized the Eagles’ lack of transparency. Opinion
Jalen Hurts’ diagnosis renews questions about conflicts in NFL medical care, NBC10 Philadelphia, October 26, 2026. Investigates the competing responsibilities team medical staff may have to players and clubs. NBC10 Philadelphia
NFL, players’ union working together to review handling of Jalen Hurts’ blood clot diagnosis, NFL.com, October 25, 2026. Reports on the joint review after the players’ union called for an investigation.
LindoYes is a Philly poet, teaching artist, and community organizer using spoken word, Black imagination, and Blerd culture to build community and create spaces where people can dream freely.