Nick Sirianni doesn’t regret changing DCs but maybe he should

Nick Sirianni doesn’t regret changing DCs but maybe he should originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

Nick Sirianni on Monday afternoon confirmed the Eagles are moving forward with Matt Patricia as their de facto defensive coordinator and play-caller.

It’s not like he has much of a choice at this point.

But it’s been clear in the three games since Sirianni — or whoever above him — made the decision to demote Sean Desai and replace him with Patricia, the switch hasn’t had the desired effect. The Eagles’ defense still stinks. And Patricia might have even fewer answers than Desai.

Despite all that, Sirianni on Monday said he doesn’t regret the decision.

“No. No, I don’t,” Sirianni said. “Again, everything that I do, every decision that I make, is with the thought of the team first and what is best for the team. You know, the adjustments that I made a couple weeks ago were in attempts to do what was best for the team, and I still believe that. We made some adjustments. Coming off a game like that, no one is going to be satisfied about anything that happened. But I do believe in the guys that we have on the field. I do believe in the guys that we have, the defensive coaches.

“And so no, again, every decision I’m trying to make is what’s best for the team, and I believe that adjustment was necessary and where we are right now.”

Sirianni doesn’t regret the move but maybe he should.

Because the decision to change defensive coordinators wasn’t necessarily hasty but it was made out of desperation. And now the Eagles are left with a similarly bad defense, players who haven’t been able to adjust, a play-caller who isn’t even calling his own defense and not one but two lame duck defensive coordinators riding out the string for a playoff run that seems likely to end with disappointment.

Desai was made into a scapegoat and the problem with that is that the results haven’t gotten any better. There’s not another move to make at this point. The…

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Publish date : 2024-01-02 12:00:00

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