# Allen Sills denies team physician bias claims

> NFL chief medical officer dismisses concerns about team physician bias as 'nonsense' after Jalen Hurts' blood clot treatment.
- Title: Allen Sills denies team physician bias claims · NBC Sports
- Summary: NFL chief medical officer dismisses concerns about team physician bias as 'nonsense' after Jalen Hurts' blood clot treatment. NFL chief medical officer Allen…
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- Source: NBC Sports — https://nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/allen-sills-dismisses-concern-about-team-physician-bias-as-nonsense-its-not
- Published: 2026-10-21T00:28:16.612+00:00
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- Topics: allen sills, jalen hurts, nfl, team physician, blood clots, unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant, eagles, sports
## Sills denies physician bias
Nfl chief medical officer allen sills says team physicians aren't influenced by coaches or owners.

> Any idea or any suggestion that a team physician is ever being influenced by a coach, a general manager, a team owner, it just doesn’t happen
## Sills claims no external influence
Sills insists no doctor takes orders from football personnel and that patient privacy concerns don't justify avoiding questions.

> There is no doctor who is taking orders from a football person, a non-medical person. Period
## Unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant program
The unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant program exists to diagnose concussions and clear players to return.

> The mere existence of the unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant program for diagnosing concussions directly refutes sills’s contention
## Sills dismisses medical concerns
Sills calls the idea that team physicians put players in harm's way 'nonsense' despite blood clot treatment concerns.

> The notion that there are external factors or that any of our physicians would put a player in harm’s way, that’s nonsense
## Player privacy concerns
Jalen Hurts has already authorized multiple statements about his medical issues.

> Hurts has already authorized the issuance of multiple statements that shared with the world various details about his private medical issues
## NFL wants to move on
The nfl and eagles want to move past the controversy without addressing all questions.

> Through it all, the nfl and the eagles simply want to move on
## What happens next
The nfl must recognize that for certain health conditions, an unaffiliated neurotrauma consultant approach is needed.

> Hopefully, this one won’t end until all necessary questions are asked and answered, and until the nfl recognizes that, for certain health conditions, a unc-style approach is needed
## Key takeaway

NFL chief medical officer Allen Sills says team physicians aren't influenced by coaches or owners, but critics note the Unaffiliated Neurotrauma Consultant program shows bias risks exist.