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Nick Sirianni entered the year appearing to have one of the most stable head-coaching jobs after leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a 14-3 record and Super Bowl appearance last year. However, after a 10-1 start to the 2023 season, the Eagles finished the year 1-5, then got humiliated in a 32-9 blowout loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs.
Sirianni has come under fire for his team’s struggles. Though first-year offensive coordinator Brian Johnson calls plays for the team, Sirianni, an offensive-minded coach, has earned part of the blame for what often appeared to be a lack of inventive playcalling that often relied too heavily on deep throws from quarterback Jalen Hurts to wide receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith.
And Sirianni recieved even more scrutiny for effectively changing defensive coordinators from Sean Desai to longtime Patriots assistant and former Lions coach Matt Patricia in mid-December, which only appeared to make the already-struggling Eagles defense perform even worse.
So, despite Sirianni’s recent success, FS1’s Craig Carton believes it’s already time for the Eagles to move on.
“There’s too much blood in the water for Philly to not make major changes,” Carton said on “The Carton Show” Wednesday. “That’s off a year where they had to make major changes because they lost their offensive coordinator [Shane Steichen to the Indianapolis Colts] and defensive coordinator [Jonathan Gannon to the Arizona Cardinals].”
Carton believes the Eagles have two major issues — the bigger of which is Sirianni and the coach’s leadership.
“It is very clear that he lost the locker room,” Carton said. “Not a lot of guys, especially in today’s NFL world, can lose the locker room and ever get it back. … That’s the easiest change to make. Just bring in a new coach. It would be one of the great jobs available in the NFL because there’s tons of talent on both sides of the ball in that locker room.”
The other big issue, Carton…
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Publish date : 2024-01-17 23:24:07
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