Will Washington get its chance to hit Jalen Hurts like he’s a running back?

After being listed as a limited participant at Wednesday’s walkthrough, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts was shown as a full participant at practice on Thursday and Friday on the NFL team’s injury report.

The Eagles advanced to Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the Washington Commanders by beating the Los Angeles Rams 28-22 in the Divisional Round. The Rams sacked Hurts seven times, and the former Alabama QB is dealing with an undescribed injury to his left knee sustained in that contest.

On Friday, Hurts said he’s “been progressing” in his recovery from the injury, although he anticipated wearing a knee brace on Sunday.

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Hurts’ mobility has been a facet of Philadelphia’s success since he became the Eagles’ No. 1 quarterback at the beginning of the 2021 season. In 15 regular-season and two playoff games in 2024, Hurts has run for 736 yards and 15 touchdowns on 163 carries.

In his first season as the Washington Commanders’ defensive coordinator, Joe Whitt Jr. is a former Auburn High School standout and Auburn wide receiver and student assistant. Whitt sounded something of a warning to the Eagles about using Hurts as a ball-carrier.

“If he’s going to run the ball and the coordinator makes the decision for him to run the ball, we’re going to treat him like a running back,” Whitt said on Thursday. “We’re going to hit him that way. That’s their decision if they want to get him hit the way he gets hit. If they don’t, they’ll keep him in the pocket.”

Washington pinned the only loss on Philadelphia since Sept. 29 when the Commanders came away with a 36-33 victory on Dec. 22. Hurts sustained a concussion while running with the football in the game, and the injury caused him to leave in the second quarter and miss the next two contests.

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For Eagles coach Nick Sirianni, Whitt’s words were nothing a team with a mobile quarterback hadn’t heard before.

“We understand when he is carrying the football, they’re going to try to tackle him,” Sirianni said on Friday. “But nothing changes as far as we’re very cautious with what we do. I don’t think cautious is the right word actually. It’s more we’re very aware of everything. We try to put Jalen in safe situations. We want him to put himself in safe situations. And we understand that there’s a lot of things that Jalen does in the running game that help us run the football. As we go through it, we do whatever we got to do to win the game, but his safety is always at the forefront of our minds.”

If Hurts’ knee inhibits his ability to run, as he did against the Rams when he broke a 44-yarder for the first points of the game, then the hit-him-like-a-running-back directive won’t come into play.

“I think he’s had a good week of practice,” Sirianni said when asked about Hurts’ mobility, “and I think he’s done some really good things all week, and we’ll see.”

The Commanders and Eagles will square off at 2 p.m. CST Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. FOX will televise the game.

The Eagles are seeking their second trip to the Super Bowl in three seasons. Washington hasn’t been to the NFL championship game since the 1991 season.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.