Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie is planning to sign Nick Sirianni to a contract extension following the team’s victory in Super Bowl LIX, their second championship appearance in Sirianni’s four years as head coach.
“Nick is going to be our coach,” said Lurie at league meetings in Florida this week (via ESPN’s Tim McManus). “We don’t talk publicly [about contracts], we never have, but you guys I’m sure will find out soon enough that Nick will be our coach going forward. He has done an outstanding job.”
Before coming to Philadelphia, Sirianni was the offensive coordinator in Indianapolis, where the Colts cycled through three quarterbacks in three years and weathered a series of injuries. He was hired in 2021 to succeed Doug Pederson, who led the Eagles to a championship in 2017 before back-to-back first-round exits in the playoffs and a 4-11-1 record in 2020.
Sirianni’s hire led to broad changes to the Eagles’ roster and coaching staff. He hired Shane Steichen and Jonathan Gannon to run the offense and defense, respectively, and quarterback Carson Wentz was shipped off to Indianapolis in favor of Jalen Hurts. Those two coaches, along with Hurts, were major factors in Philadelphia’s Super Bowl run in 2022, which also featured Sirianni’s ‘tush push’ quarterback sneak and an award for Coach of the Year.
Sirianni lost both of Steichen and Gannon to head coaching jobs during the 2023 offseason, leading to regression on both sides of the ball during the season under new coordinators Brian Johnson and Sean Desai. The Eagles lost five of their last six regular season games before a first-round playoff loss to the Buccaneers, and Sirianni replaced Johnson and Desai with Kellen Moore and Vic Fangio for the 2024 season.
After a 2-2 start, Sirianni’s Eagles ripped off 10 straight wins and continued their momentum throughout the playoffs. Philadelphia won three of their four postseason matchups by at least two possessions, including a 40-22 Super Bowl rout to deny the Chiefs’ bid for a three-peat. He is now entering the final year of his contract and will likely be one of the league’s highest-paid head coaches on his next deal.
This guy was gonna get fired a year ago.
Crazy.
For Bill Belichick lmao
It wasn’t that crazy when you consider how badly things were going due to his offensive decisions and how badly 2023 went.
The Eagles mostly won the games they did in the regular season and most of the postseason games due to Saquon.
Yup, all Saquan, nothing to do with the team around him and the coaching that puts them in a place to succeed. How many Super Bowls did Saquan win with the Giants?
The fake news had slick Nick fired
Well duh. They just destroyed a dynasty in dominant fashion.
Tread lightly I get that they won the SB but how much was it truly him? That’s a fair question IMO. I feel his assistants were better than he was.
Part of being a good coach is keeping good assistants and players on the same page. Yes, he’s goofy but guys would run through a wall for him.
Hmmm Vic was a no brainer. If you going to
Give him credit for that I wouldn’t.I mean this is the same guy who put Matt Patricia as DC last year. That was downright terrible. Don’t get me started on Johnson as OC. I feel Sirriani had to fire the coordinators last year to save his job. Sirriani is not even the best coach in his division. He’s the Trent Dilfer of SB winning HCs IMO.
No offense, but saying Nick Sirianni isn’t even the best coach in his division is one of the asinine statements.
Dan Quinn? Seriously?
Honest question. Could Nick have done what Dan did last year in Wash? Really? Think about that. Because you win a SB doesn’t make you great. If that’s the case Marino isn’t great. Tomlinson isn’t great but Flacco is and so is Timmy Smith. Just saying.
Who knows. Is Dan Quinn going to have the same success with a harder schedule and the book out on his quarterback?
The Dan Quinn I know choked away a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl, got his ass kicked by the Packers and then the Eagles.
Good points. I’d be interested in how Dan follows up his first year in Wash with all you brought up. Should be interesting for sure.
No doubt. Daniels is a special talent. It’ll be a test for sure
My one issue with Daniels is his build. I really hope that kid can continue his trajectory but I worry about his running game and taking hits in the long run. He’s fun to watch though.
Absolutely fun to watch. His football IQ is through the roof!
Lol, saying someone isn’t a great coach and using bum azz dan Quinn as the example. The all time choke coach, really?
First time they saw a decent healthy team in the playoffs they got beat like they stole something. Not even his regular season record is any comp for sirianni
Another cheese head
The “greatest coach in the division” must be the one who hired Brian Johnson after he got run out of Philly?
Lol. 2 sb in 4 years, best start to a hc career ever, and he’s Trent dilfer..
I’d go through each of your “points”, but facts won’t change your jealousy and envy
The issue with you is you call people names. It’s cool. I can take it but trying to counter points by saying someone is jealous, has envy or is a liar makes your point very mute. I love talking ball. We have opinions and I always try to back it with what I feel is logic. You can like it or not. Free country but when you “go through my points” bring some logic Sir. Give me something of substance.
And you ask how much was it truly him? After the collapse they had last year and the start to this year, people called for his head and rightfully so. He kept the team together and created a dominant, winning culture. His players would run through a wall for him. That’s a coach
Would they? I’ve heard that about fangio. Maybe they are trying for Vic (on defense) and not for Nick. See the 85 bears. Those plays wanted to play for Buddy Ryan not Ditka. Just some
Honest question. Could care less about Philly. Never have been impressed with Nick. I really like Hurts though. I thought he should’ve been a 1st round pick. Very underrated QB IMO
If you are saying you thought hurts was a 1st round pick, you sir are a blatant liar
I did. I’m
Not talking a top 10. But I’m saying a late 1st rounder. Especially considering Tua went high in the same draft. I thought Hurts got a bum deal on the end at Bama. I still remember him in the SEC championship leading bama back after Tua got injured (surprise). I watch a lot of CFB. I thought the kid could play especially considering he only lost like a handful of games in his CFB career.
I would hope so. Even though Eagles fans will call for him to be fired at some point this season
Philly fans were calling for his head in the Linc back in October when the Eagles were scuffling against Cleveland.
Amazing what 4 months will do.
Wrong
He’s 48-20 overall and 39-12 the last 3 years, not many coaches in the history of the league have had that sort of run.
Howie Roseman probably has more to do with that record than. He’s put together some good rosters over the years. It’s no coincidence that Philly continues to do good. That’s the guy you don’t want to lose. Very good NFL executive IMO.
He’s a really good coach. If you watch them every week like we do, it seems like every game has new wrinkles in the 2nd half and even brand new plays and concepts. That’s half time adjusting and that’s pure coaching knowledge. It’s not believable the guy takes a nap at half time while everyone else gets to work. But it has to be your home team you watch every minute of every game to see it. He’s a really good coach. I don’t believe in ranking coaches like a bar argument but I’ll take him for 20 years.
Sirianni never won Coach of the Year that information is incorrect. The winner in 2022 was the great Brian Daboll who won it with a 9-7-1 record, the worst for a COY since Jimmy Johnson in 1991, although it is the best year he has ever had. Daboll proves every year that great coaching has nothing to do with wins and losses, in fact, true greatness is showing your genius with innovative losing. Truly a deserved award, hopefully the Giants lock him up for 25 years. As coach, not at Rikers.