Jalen Hurts was concussed minutes into the game and ruled out after evaluation, Kenny Pickett played like a backup quarterback and the Philadelphia Eagles’ winning streak is over.

Hurts was ruled out early in a 36-33 loss at the Washington Commanders on Sunday after his head slammed against the ground on one run and he was hit in the helmet by Frankie Luvu at the end of another. Coach Nick Sirianni had no update on his starting QB’s status afterward.

Hurts’ status for Sunday’s home game against Dallas will linger for the Eagles, who might have blown their chance for the top seed in the NFC and the corresponding first-round bye.

Pickett completed 14 of 24 passes for 143 yards, a touchdown pass to A.J. Brown and an interception in his first meaningful action since Dec. 3, 2023, with Pittsburgh against Arizona — his last game for the Steelers.

“l just tried to channel as much as I could from the preparation standpoint when I got out there, but at the end of the day you just got to go play,” said Pickett, who had X-rays on his injured ribs and expects to undergo more testing. “There’s definitely plays that I want back and I know that we want back as a team.”

Teammates were quick to defend Pickett.

“I don’t believe in moral victories, but I’ll definitely give a shoutout to Kenny,” Eagles runing back Saquon Barkley said. “The way he came in and responded, he put us in a position to win a football game. That’s all we could ask. As a team, we didn’t do that.”

TEXANS WR DELL OUT OF HOSPITAL: Texans receiver Tank Dell has been released after an overnight stay in the hospital and was traveling back to Houston on Sunday after sustaining a severe knee injury in Saturday’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Coach DeMeco Ryans provided the update Sunday, but didn’t have many details beyond his return to Houston.

“Right now, we still will be evaluating to see where he is,” Ryans said. “He’s still meeting with doctors to see what’s next for him. But it is a significant knee injury.”

Dell was injured on a 30-yard touchdown catch in Houston’s 27-19 loss Saturday. He was coming across the back of the end zone and made the spectacular catch on a pass from C.J. Stroud before colliding with Houston teammate Jared Wayne on the way to the ground.

Dell immediately grabbed at his knee and Wayne signaled for team trainers, who spent several minutes working on the wide receiver while teammates waited anxiously. Dell was eventually placed on a stretcher and driven in a covered medical cart off the field, and then he was taken to the hospital.