Nick Sirianni sees the positive in his players’ frustration

Nick Sirianni sees the positive in his players’ frustration originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Eagles just won their ninth straight game on Sunday as Saquon Barkley broke the franchise record for rushing yards in a season.

But it wasn’t an overly celebratory locker room. At least not everywhere.

Several offensive starters lamented the lack of success in the passing game after the team finished with just 83 net passing yards in a tight 22-16 win over the Panthers.

There was some clear frustration in that locker room. And on Monday, head coach Nick Sirianni said he sees some positives in that.

“When you guys asked me yesterday what I thought, normally I always have to watch the tape, but it’s no secret that we weren’t up to our standard in that area yesterday,” Sirianni said. “It’s just going back to work. What I do know, I love that guys care. They care about how they perform, they care about us meeting our standard and that just leads into getting better.

“My only thought on that is we’re going to get to work today, which we already did and watch the tape with them and make the corrections. Be critical with ourselves as coaches and how we can put them in better situations, how we can do different stuff to help out. And everybody doing our part. It’s just an opportunity for you to grow and to get better. That’s anytime you step on the field, there’s an opportunity for that.”

Among those to voice some frustration were A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, Jordan Mailata and Lane Johnson. We’re talking about star players who weren’t thrilled with the lack of cohesion in the passing game in Week 14 of the season.

It’s a concern.

Jalen Hurts on Sunday completed just 14 of 21 passes for 108 yards but also took 4 sacks for 25 yards. Hurts had a season-high time to throw of 3.47 seconds but averaged a season-low 5.1 yards per attempt, per NextGen Stats. He also took 4 sacks on 9 pressures.

During the last couple of months, the Eagles have been…

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Publish date : 2024-12-10 12:00:00

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