Eagles exposing themselves as frauds leaves hard Nick Sirianni decision
They revealed themselves for all to see as Phrauds, the Philadelphia Phrauds.
The Eagles, wild-card losers to the Bucs, could not stop the avalanche of dysfunction and disarray that sabotaged their Super Bowl dreams, and all bets are off on whether Nick Sirianni will survive this.
Sirianni has reached the playoffs in each of his three seasons, but owner Jeffrey Lurie has every right to ask the hard questions as to whether there is a collective vision shared by his emotional head coach going forward with the winds of change howling and heads likely to roll.
If Lurie identifies a better option, and they wont be hard to find, no one should begrudge him for taking it. Not after this.
Bill Belichick interviewed on Monday with Falcons owner Arthur Blank, and if there is any chance of luring the GOAT with cheesesteaks, Lurie just might feel an urgency to keep him away from Jerry Jones, right?
Asked about his job, Sirianni said: Im not worried about me. My heart feels for these guys.
5Nick Sirianni’s job with the Eagles could be in jeopardy after their late-season collapse. Getty ImagesSo much can change in the NFL from one season to the next, and after what we just witnessed in these playoffs from the Mike McCarthy Cowboys and the Sirianni Eagles, the gargantuan gap that the 2023 Giants failed to close on their division rivals suddenly doesnt look as hopelessly gargantuan.
Much work to do by Brian Daboll to be sure, starting with filling the Wink Martindale defensive coordinator vacancy and resolving the future of his quarterback position and Saquon Barkley, but the 2023 Eagles were no longer feared in the art of trench warfare on both sides of the ball.
They will never forget the Phold of 1964 when the Gene Mauch Phillies choked away a 6 /-game lead with 12 to play and lost the pennant to the St. Louis Cardinals.
5The Eagles and Nick Sirianni lost six of their last seven games to close the 2023 season. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters ConIt stands as the most colossal collapse in Philadelphia sports history.
But these 2023 Eagles will not be remembered fondly in and around The City of Brotherly Unloved. Nor should they.
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Because they Pholded down the stretch too: An offense that had lost its identity. A defense that too often looked soft.
Sirianni, among other things, was on the griddle for the panic move of taking the play-calling away from DC Sean Desai and handing it to Matt Patricia with nothing to show for a defense that could not stop the run or rush the passer the way it did a year ago.
He lost both offensive (Shane Steichen, Colts) and defensive coordinators (Jonathan Gannon, Cardinals) to head coaching jobs and suffered for it.
He needed a compromised Jalen Hurts to save the season … and perhaps his job.
Except Hurts was being asked to ignore the pain of a dislocated middle finger on his throwing hand the absence of No. 1 receiver A.J. Brown (knee) and the loss of Julio Jones (concussion) in the second quarter.
He was being asked to find a way to recapture his 2022 magic in the face of a merciless Todd Bowles blitz and somehow will his staggering team to Detroit to face the Lions on Sunday in the divisional round.
5Jalen Hurts didn’t have A.J. Brown entering the game and lost Julio Jones in the second quarter. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters ConThe Bucs stop there instead.
Hurts were being asked to overcome a reborn swaggerlicious Baker Mayfield scoffing at tender ribs and a tender ankle.
He was being asked to overcome a game plan that should not have neglected the run.
5D’Andre Swift and the Eagles’ offense managed just nine points against the Buccaneers on Monday. APIt was 16-3 for the Bucs late in the second quarter when Hurts delivered a 55-yard bomb to DeVonta Smith that set up his 5-yard TD pass to Dallas Goedert that made it 16-9. But not 16-11 because surprise! the Bucs stuffed the Eagles vaunted Tush Push.
It was late in the third quarter when Hurts held the ball too long in the end zone and surrendered an intentional grounding safety that made it Bucs 18, Eagles 9.
We have to be better, Hurts said, and it starts with me.
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Check out more newslettersMoments later it was Bucs 25, Eagles 9 when James Bradberry missed a tackle on Trey Palmer on what turned out to be a 56-yard Mayfield TD pass.
When Lurie fired Doug Pederson three seasons after winning Super Bowl LII, he said: My first allegiance is, What will be best for the Philadelphia Eagles and our fans for the next three, four, five years? Its not based on Does someone deserve to hold their job or deserve to get fired? Thats a different bar.
Its not about, Did Doug deserve to be let go? No, he did not deserve to be let go. Thats not where Im coming from, and thats not the bar in the evaluation process.
Sirianni will be the one most interested to know what the bar will be now.
These were the defending NFC champions, led by a quarterback who went eyeball-to-eyeball with Patrick Mahomes in Super Bowl LVII in a stirring 38-35 loss to the Chies.
This was the team that had started the Super Bowl hangover season 10-1 … and finished as the first team to start 10-1 and finish with 11 or fewer wins since the 1986 Jets.
5The Eagles started 10-1, but a disappointing finish to the season could force another coaching change. APWe were in a big slide, and anytime thats the case, I always look at myself first, and I didnt do a good enough job, Sirianni said.
This was the team that had blown a 21-6 halftime lead at the Linc to the woeful Cardinals, rolled over to the woeful Giants, and handed the NFC East title to the Cowboys.
Hurts so bad.
There have been other Philly Phlops the 1981 Sixers losing the last three games of the Eastern Conference finals to the Larry Bird Celtics, the 1968 defending champion Wilt Chamberlain Sixers blowing a 3-1 lead to the Celtics in the Eastern Division finals. And even the 2023 Phillies lost Games 6 and 7 of the NLCS at Citizens Bank Park to the DBacks.
Misery loves company.
Bye Bye Birdies.
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