Sirianni explains why he took blame for questionable 4th down call

Sirianni explains why he took blame for questionable 4th down call originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

During his postgame press conference following the Eagles’ 15-12 victory over the Saints on Sunday, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni volunteered some information.

It wasn’t just his decision to go for it on 4th-and-1 with 14 seconds left in the first half.

He also called the play.

“At that 4th-and-1 at the end of the half, I called that. Not Kellen (Moore),” Sirianni said on Sunday afternoon. “I called that play at the end of the half, not Kellen. Kellen did not. I called it. That’s what I thought was best for the football team at that particular case. That was my decision, I did it, it didn’t work and we’ll get better. I’ll get better from it.”

The Eagles ended up winning the game but those decisions brought Sirianni’s game-management skills into question for the second straight week. In this case, most of the public analytic models suggested the Eagles kick a field goal in that situation.

But instead of kicking a field goal to tie the game up at 3-3, Sirianni called a run play that was a wrinkle off the tush push and the Eagles were stuffed short of the line to gain. Had the Eagles gotten a first down, they would have used their final timeout of the half. Sirianni said he thought the Eagles would have two plays if they converted but they didn’t.

On Monday afternoon, Sirianni didn’t want to explain his reasoning on the fourth down decisions against the Saints — he went into great detail about his decisions last week — but he was also asked how often he calls a play.

“Here and there that’s gonna happen,” Sirianni said. “That’s regardless of whether it’s ’21, ’22, ’23 or ’24. We’re all coming up with the game plan together, we’re all putting in the work together. We got good minds on the offensive side and defensive side. And so, you talk through things. Kellen’s obviously the one calling plays. But everything is…

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Publish date : 2024-09-24 11:00:00

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