{"id":885916,"date":"2026-01-18T18:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/nfl-makes-punishment-decision-on-jalen-hurts-incident-in-eagles-loss-to-49ers\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T18:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:15:14","slug":"nfl-makes-punishment-decision-on-jalen-hurts-incident-in-eagles-loss-to-49ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/nfl-makes-punishment-decision-on-jalen-hurts-incident-in-eagles-loss-to-49ers\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Makes Punishment Decision on Jalen Hurts Incident in Eagles\u2019 Loss to 49ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>During the fourth quarter, rookie Marques Sigle delivered a late, head-to-head hit on a sliding Jalen Hurts<\/li>\n<li>Officials flagged Sigle for unnecessary roughness, resulting in a 15-yard penalty<\/li>\n<li>The game marked the end of Philadelphia&#8217;s season in a loss to the 49ers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">The inconsistent football was always going to cost the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentiallysports.com\/category\/nfl\/philadelphia-eagles\/?utm_medium=website&#038;utm_source=website_internal&#038;utm_campaign=web_link_2\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Philadelphia Eagles<\/strong><\/a> at some point in the season. That cost was a postseason elimination to the duct-taped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentiallysports.com\/category\/nfl\/san-francisco-49ers\/?utm_medium=website&#038;utm_source=website_internal&#038;utm_campaign=web_link_4\" target=\"_self\"><strong>San Francisco 49ers<\/strong><\/a>. Niners\u2019 rookie <strong>Marques Sigle<\/strong> put out a phenomenal display, but was probably expecting a fine for an incident involving <strong>Jalen<\/strong> <strong>Hurts<\/strong>. Let\u2019s just say the NFL front office made a surprising decision.<\/p>\n<div data-new-ad=\"false\" id=\"player_stn-player__Dybik\"><svg style=\"height:28px;width:28px\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" viewBox=\"0 0 250 250\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M125.167 229.333C182.698 229.333 229.333 182.698 229.333 125.167C229.333 67.6354 182.698 21 125.167 21C67.6354 21 21 67.6354 21 125.167C21 182.698 67.6354 229.333 125.167 229.333Z\" fill=\"#F75454\" stroke=\"#F4C7CD\" stroke-width=\"20.8333\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" \/><path d=\"M107.007 125.083V100.625L128.19 112.855L149.371 125.083L128.189 137.312L107.007 149.541V125.083Z\" fill=\"#F5D3D6\" stroke=\"#F6D2D6\" stroke-width=\"28.2429\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" \/><\/svg><\/p>\n<div data-content=\"Watch What\u2019s Trending Now!\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M7.14967 0.291147C4.4248 0.931139 2.0749 2.76815 0.87496 5.22146C0.21249 6.5607 0 7.48514 0 9.04956C0 10.3533 0 10.377 0.287487 10.377C0.449979 10.377 0.762465 10.1873 1.03745 9.92659C1.46243 9.51178 1.49993 9.41696 1.62492 8.38587C1.98741 5.35183 4.06231 2.86297 7.02467 1.95039C7.79964 1.71335 8.17462 1.66595 9.56206 1.66595C10.9245 1.66595 11.312 1.71335 11.9619 1.93853C14.3368 2.74445 16.1743 4.4748 17.0367 6.73848C17.2617 7.36662 17.3117 7.72217 17.3117 9.07327C17.3117 10.4481 17.2742 10.7799 17.0242 11.4436C16.1743 13.6717 14.2493 15.485 11.9869 16.1961C11.1995 16.4332 10.8245 16.4806 9.43706 16.4806C8.06213 16.4806 7.68714 16.4332 6.99968 16.1961C5.37475 15.651 3.89982 14.5843 2.99986 13.3162L2.48739 12.5814L3.96232 11.1829L5.43725 9.78437L7.06217 11.3251C7.96213 12.1666 8.77459 12.8658 8.87459 12.8658C8.97458 12.8658 10.112 11.8703 11.3995 10.6495L13.7494 8.42142V9.16808V9.90289H14.5618H15.3743L15.3493 7.9118L15.3118 5.93256L13.1494 5.89701L10.987 5.8733L11.0245 6.60811L11.062 7.35477L11.787 7.41403L12.4994 7.47328L10.7245 9.16808L8.93709 10.851L7.24966 9.25104C6.32471 8.37401 5.51225 7.65106 5.43725 7.65106C5.23726 7.65106 0.624971 12.0836 0.624971 12.2732C0.624971 12.5932 1.44993 14.0154 2.0624 14.7502C3.16235 16.0776 4.78728 17.1324 6.62469 17.725C7.24966 17.9265 7.83714 17.9976 9.12458 18.045C10.5995 18.1043 10.962 18.0806 11.8745 17.8554C15.2243 17.0258 17.9117 14.5013 18.7491 11.3725C19.0616 10.2229 19.0866 8.24365 18.7991 7.02292C18.3867 5.22146 17.1242 3.30148 15.5493 2.05705C14.6743 1.3578 12.8869 0.516329 11.737 0.25559C10.6245 -0.00514603 8.34961 0.0185566 7.14967 0.291147Z\" fill=\"var(--es-primary-700)\" \/><\/svg><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Watch What\u2019s Trending Now!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">Midway through the fourth quarter, with 11:15 left and the Eagles trailing by one, Hurts scrambled left, picked up three yards and a first down, and slid. As Hurts went down, Sigle arrived late and made contact that, on replay, looked like it crept into head-to-head territory.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">When the NFL released its weekly Gameday Accountability Report on Saturday, Sigle\u2019s name felt like a lock to appear. Instead, it didn\u2019t as the league opted not to fine him.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Football\" id=\"img-tag-node-img-loader-0\" src=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.essentiallysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/imago1070347226.jpg?width=600\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Football article-image\" ><\/p><figcaption>\n<p>Imago<\/p>\n<p><span tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><svg width=\"14\" height=\"14\" viewBox=\"0 0 14 14\" fill=\"none\" style=\"margin-right:10px\"><g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_410_56530)\"><path d=\"M7.0013 12.8334C10.223 12.8334 12.8346 10.2217 12.8346 7.00008C12.8346 3.77842 10.223 1.16675 7.0013 1.16675C3.77964 1.16675 1.16797 3.77842 1.16797 7.00008C1.16797 10.2217 3.77964 12.8334 7.0013 12.8334Z\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" \/><path d=\"M7 9.33333V7\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" \/><path d=\"M7 4.66675H7.00667\" stroke=\"white\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" \/><\/g><defs><clipPath id=\"clip0_410_56530\"><rect width=\"14\" height=\"14\" fill=\"white\" \/><\/clipPath><\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">On the field, officials did flag Sigle for unnecessary roughness, tacking 15 yards onto the end of the run. Philadelphia took advantage of the field position and finished the drive with a 33-yard field goal, briefly jumping ahead 19\u201317. But that\u2019s where the discipline ended.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">That\u2019s notable because late hits on sliding quarterbacks don\u2019t usually come cheap. A first offense can run a player $11,593, and a second offense can climb to $17,389. Sigle avoided all of that.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">And when you step back from the call itself, his night was about a lot more than just one penalty. Sigle hadn\u2019t played meaningful snaps for the 49ers since his last start back in Week 7. With <strong>Ji\u2019Ayir Brown<\/strong> out, there was some concern about how the rookie would handle being thrown back into the mix against an Eagles offense fighting for its season.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">He answered that quite well. Sigle finished with eight tackles and was around the ball all night, one of the few defenders consistently making plays in space. Something that Defensive coordinator <strong>Robert Saleh<\/strong> also noticed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=essentiallysports.com\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">\u201cHe did a really nice job. He came in, didn\u2019t skip a beat,\u201d Saleh said. \u201cMarques is going to be a really good football player in this league. After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentiallysports.com\/category\/nfl\/los-angeles-rams\/?utm_medium=website&#038;utm_source=website_internal&#038;utm_campaign=web_link_2\" target=\"_self\">Rams<\/a> game, felt like he needed to take a step back and just kind of absorb a little bit more, and now he\u2019s getting his opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">Marques Sigle definitely has a bright future here in San Francisco. And while he got away with a punishment this week,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentiallysports.com\/nfl-active-news-nfl-makes-punishment-decision-on-brock-purdys-forty-niners-offense-after-wild-card-win-vs-eagles\/?utm_source=article_copy_link&#038;utm_medium=website&#038;utm_campaign=article_head?utm_medium=website&#038;utm_source=website_internal&#038;utm_campaign=web_link_2\" target=\"_self\"> his teammate certainly didn\u2019t<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Football 49ers fullback slapped with two fines<\/h2>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">The NFL handed down a stiff bill to 49ers fullback <strong>Kyle Juszczyk<\/strong> after San Francisco\u2019s playoff win over the Eagles, fining him twice for illegal use of his helmet. By the time it was over, the total came out to a little over $20,000.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">Juszczyk, who made it through the regular season without a fine, is now hit with two identical penalties of $10,144 apiece. Both are for unnecessary roughness and illegal use of the helmet.<\/p>\n<div data-content=\"Top Stories\" data-eligible=\"true\"><svg width=\"19\" height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M7.14967 0.291147C4.4248 0.931139 2.0749 2.76815 0.87496 5.22146C0.21249 6.5607 0 7.48514 0 9.04956C0 10.3533 0 10.377 0.287487 10.377C0.449979 10.377 0.762465 10.1873 1.03745 9.92659C1.46243 9.51178 1.49993 9.41696 1.62492 8.38587C1.98741 5.35183 4.06231 2.86297 7.02467 1.95039C7.79964 1.71335 8.17462 1.66595 9.56206 1.66595C10.9245 1.66595 11.312 1.71335 11.9619 1.93853C14.3368 2.74445 16.1743 4.4748 17.0367 6.73848C17.2617 7.36662 17.3117 7.72217 17.3117 9.07327C17.3117 10.4481 17.2742 10.7799 17.0242 11.4436C16.1743 13.6717 14.2493 15.485 11.9869 16.1961C11.1995 16.4332 10.8245 16.4806 9.43706 16.4806C8.06213 16.4806 7.68714 16.4332 6.99968 16.1961C5.37475 15.651 3.89982 14.5843 2.99986 13.3162L2.48739 12.5814L3.96232 11.1829L5.43725 9.78437L7.06217 11.3251C7.96213 12.1666 8.77459 12.8658 8.87459 12.8658C8.97458 12.8658 10.112 11.8703 11.3995 10.6495L13.7494 8.42142V9.16808V9.90289H14.5618H15.3743L15.3493 7.9118L15.3118 5.93256L13.1494 5.89701L10.987 5.8733L11.0245 6.60811L11.062 7.35477L11.787 7.41403L12.4994 7.47328L10.7245 9.16808L8.93709 10.851L7.24966 9.25104C6.32471 8.37401 5.51225 7.65106 5.43725 7.65106C5.23726 7.65106 0.624971 12.0836 0.624971 12.2732C0.624971 12.5932 1.44993 14.0154 2.0624 14.7502C3.16235 16.0776 4.78728 17.1324 6.62469 17.725C7.24966 17.9265 7.83714 17.9976 9.12458 18.045C10.5995 18.1043 10.962 18.0806 11.8745 17.8554C15.2243 17.0258 17.9117 14.5013 18.7491 11.3725C19.0616 10.2229 19.0866 8.24365 18.7991 7.02292C18.3867 5.22146 17.1242 3.30148 15.5493 2.05705C14.6743 1.3578 12.8869 0.516329 11.737 0.25559C10.6245 -0.00514603 8.34961 0.0185566 7.14967 0.291147Z\" fill=\"var(--es-primary-700)\" \/><\/svg><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Football Top Stories<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">The first fine stemmed from a play late in the second quarter, at the 4:10 mark. Juszczyk was leading the way for <strong>Christian<\/strong> <strong>McCaffrey<\/strong> on a short run to the right. In the process, he made forceful helmet-to-helmet contact with Eagles defensive end <strong>Jaelan<\/strong> <strong>Phillips<\/strong>. He was penalized $10,144 for this play.<\/p>\n<p data-athlete=\"false\">The second fine came early in the third quarter, at 2:05. Juszczyk lowered his helmet and plowed into Philadelphia safety <strong>Reed<\/strong> <strong>Blankenship<\/strong>, again drawing the league\u2019s attention for unnecessary roughness. This one cost him $10,144 again. Apart from Kyle, no other player on either sideline was fined.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentiallysports.com\/nfl-active-news-eagles-nfl-makes-punishment-decision-on-jalen-hurts-incident-in-eagles-loss-to-49ers-marques-sigle\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a> Erasmo Noren<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the fourth quarter, rookie Marques Sigle delivered a late, head-to-head hit on a sliding Jalen Hurts Officials flagged Sigle for unnecessary roughness, resulting in a 15-yard penalty The game marked the end of Philadelphia&#8217;s season in a loss to the 49ers The inconsistent football was always going to cost the Philadelphia Eagles at some<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":885917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790,397,64127],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-885916","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"category-makes","9":"category-punishment"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}