Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni has become more involved with the team’s struggling offense in recent weeks amid a rash of poor play.
Sirianni’s involvement has included more time at the head of offensive meetings, per ESPN’s Tim McManus, though offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo still runs them and has play-calling responsibilities.
“I’m the head coach, so my attention goes to places that I feel like it needs to go,” Sirianni said after Monday night’s loss to the Chargers (via Pro Football Talk’s Myles Simmons). “This week was with the offense, and I’ll continue to go in there with those guys and grind it out through the weeds with them and continue to move forward with that.”
Given how the Eagles offense performed against the Chargers, it is unclear if the extra attention from Sirianni helped. Despite a defense that forced three turnovers and only allowed 106 net passing yards, Philadelphia could only muster 19 points in the overtime loss. Quarterback Jalen Hurts threw four interceptions, including one that led to the Chargers’ game-winning score. On another play, Hurts was credited with both an interception and a fumble, a first in NFL history.
In general, the sixth-year quarterback has been an inconsistent passer and an ineffective rusher this season. The former has held back the Eagles’ air attack, while the latter has allowed opposing defenses to smother Saquon Barkley.
Despite Hurts’ pedigree – which includes a Super Bowl MVP won this calendar year – there is already chatter around his future in Philadelphia. The Eagles first drafted Hurts on Day 2 to replace Carson Wentz when he was no longer worth his contract. Now, half a decade later, general manager Howie Roseman could be considering a similar decision, per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. A new QB would not be a sure thing, but the Eagles’ stacked roster means they could afford to take a Day 2 shot on another cheap, young passer. Once he is ready to take over, the team could trade Hurts for draft capital, and continue to invest heavily in other parts of their roster
Maybe we can get plays in slower. Jalen still has 3 sec at the line of scrimmage to assess, can we get that down to 1 sec…
Nick Sirianni has been doing his best Leslie Nielsen (Naked Gun) impression. “Nothing to see here!”
I’d give Tanner McKee a shot.
Nope … if Brown catches the TD, they win the game. Hurts just had a bad night. He will rebound.
He’s had a bad night most of the games this season. A lot of the games they won weren’t due to him.
Might be ‘grinding it out through the weed’ could be why the passing game lacked against the chargers!
I like Sirianni but he is only as good as his offensive coordinator if he does not step up and call the plays when the offense is not rolling or working to potential. He has mastered the art of owning it without owning it. Reid, Paton, Campbell and McVey own it and steam roll anyone in their way of a win on Sundays. Sirianni will be shown the door like Doug Pederson was regardless of the regular season wins or Super Bowl title. Him not calling plays is like hiring a carpenter to build you a house and him sub contracting it out and when you don’t like the sub contractor’s work, not stepping in and fixing the issue but just letting the sub contractor build a crappy product. Well the customer is then left unhappy. Eagles fans are unhappy customers Nick so pick up the hammer and chase the bad builder off the job site with it, or it may be your last job.
You chase another tradesman off a job site with a hammer and you can expect to hear from the union lawyers. Probably not a great idea.
lol you’re right but I think you get my point without the litigation. But if I hired that tradesmen, he’s my responsibility if my name is on the job site.
It’s been a bad year for all the teams that have had recent success. The Eagles, Chiefs, Ravens, Bills have all struggled more than was expected.