3 months minimum if confident about WHY the clot occurred. If uncertain (unprovoked), then may be even longer

Ok this part makes zero sense and now I do question why he played after seeing this part of the report. That much sleep deprivation can have a similar effect to being drunk in terms of awareness and neuromuscular control. There’s nothing inherently dangerous about sleeping while having a superficial clot. Immobility (venous stasis) can cause clots to get worse, but that’s why you are often advised to just sleep with the leg elevated. I’ve NEVER heard of someone being told to avoid sleep after a superficial blood clot diagnosis and the short term effect of that sleep deprivation is a terrible thing to play football with.

His leg got cleated. Trauma is a known cause of superficial clots. And they are usually safe to play with. If they are long enough and/or near the deeper veins, they are treated as a deep clot (DVT) The Eagles handled it appropriately from what’s been reported. Ok to play at first, follow up scan showed a change. Be happy they had the stones so hold him out when things changed.