CHICAGO -- Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni expressed "remorse" over his reaction to the sideline hit by Chicago Bears linebacker D'Marco Jackson on Jalen Hurts that temporarily knocked his quarterback out of the game midway through the second quarter Monday night.

Cameras showed Sirianni appearing to shout expletives towards Jackson following the play.

"Obviously, you want to always fight for your players, and protect your players. I always come away when I have a moment like that with remorse of, man, 'I shouldn't have let my emotions get the best of me,'" Sirianni said following the Eagles' 27-7 loss.

Facing a 2nd-and-4 deep in Chicago territory, Hurts scrambled to the right sideline and began stepping out of bounds by the first down marker. Jackson flew in and hit him hard in the shoulder area, sending Hurts crashing to the turf, and was whistled for unnecessary roughness.

Hurts got up and rejoined his teammates, but the referees stepped in and directed Hurts off the field to be tested for a concussion.

Andy Dalton took over at quarterback and threw an interception on 3rd-and-goal from the 2-yard line, denying the Eagles their first points of the game.

"I apologized to [Hurts]," Dalton said. "I put us in a bad spot, but I put him in a bad spot, too."

Hurts left the medical tent to watch the third-down play unfold, but had not yet been cleared. Word came moments later that he was good to return to action. Hurts was visibly upset as he exited the tent and made his way towards the bench.

"I was just waiting for the thumbs up. I felt fine, we already checked it," he said. "I don't know the extent of the process; obviously wish we could have expedited things, I know I felt fine."

Sirianni said "I get nothing" when asked what type of information he was receiving about Hurts' status in that moment. "They need to go through their process there. You think about maybe calling a timeout in a situation like that...but if you call a timeout, I have no idea what's going on and when he's going to come out.

"I think that's the right way to go about it because you don't want to influence anything. The health of the player is the most important thing."

Hurts returned the following series and orchestrated an 8-play, 67-yard drive which he capped with a tush push touchdown as time expired in the opening half. That proved to be the final points the Eagles scored on the night.

Sirianni had a different perspective on the pivotal hit on Hurts postgame compared to his initial reaction.

"Those guys are out there trying to make a play, it was close on the sideline, ended up being a penalty, obviously you never want to see your quarterback get hit like that but it's in the heat of the moment, I know nobody is trying to hurt anybody out there, and I always have remorse when I act that way," he said. "But, I always love fighting for our players.

"I have to be more steady in that situation. ... I didn't like how I handled that."