Nick Sirianni Sure Sounds Like A Guy Who Knows He Is No Longer The Head Coach of the Philadelphia Eagles
Icon Sportswire. Getty Images.The bye week has finally come for the Philadelphia Eagles, and holy shit what a disgusting ride its been to get here. 7 straight losses heading into the bye. 3 straight losses to division opponents. The worst losing streak this organization has seen since Andy Reid's final year in town. It's been a total disaster of a year, and the only bright side at the moment is at least we don't have to watch these losers attempt to play football now for 14 days.
Now when you look at the way this season has gone, clearly not everything is Nick Sirianni's fault. The injuries have been crippling. The roster construction in general is a nightmare. Certain draft picks like Makai Lemon and Jihaad Campbell are starting to feel like big time whiffs, and certain guys are just playing some really bad football. Nick Sirianni can't control all of those things, but he's the head coach of this team. A head coach who has seen his teams now have 3 major collapses in 6 seasons. He's teams either make it to the Super Bowl, or they completely fall apart. Clearly he is not a head coach who is capable of weathering those storms and getting his teams back on course. And after 7 straight losses, it sounds like Nick Sirianni's time in the captain seat is finally over.
Nick Sirianni has been dropping some hints at this over the last few weeks at the podium. The other week he was up there "reflecting" about how great its been to live out his dream of being a head coach in the National Football League. And then this week he shows up late to the podium because guys were stopping into his office to "talk about it" before getting out of their for the bye week. "I wanted to make sure I talked to every guy after the game" sure seems like he's saying his goodbyes.
Maybe, maybe not. The only issue is that if Nick Sirianni gets fired during the bye week, the Eagles don't have anyone in the building who can step into that role. Sean Mannion is barely qualified to order a gobbler from Wawa, let alone take over as an interim head coach. I genuinely don't know if Vic Fangio is actually around right now. The Eagles might be doing a "Weekend At Bernie's" type of thing with him at the moment. Maybe Big Dom? Like there's actually nobody there right now who could take over as an interim head coach unless you just hand the headset over to Jalen Hurts. So that's the one thing that gives me some hesitation in believing that he's gone this week. But it's time.
Nick Sirianni was in charge for one of the most fun eras of Eagles football ever. Nobody can ever take that away from him. This team was constantly in the mix, they made 2 Super Bowl appearances, and brought 1 parade down Broad Street. He was never easy to love, but for better or for worse, at least he was himself the whole time. We can be appreciative of those memories. He deserves to receive a thunderous applause every time he comes back to Philly for the Super Bowl reunions. But it’s time to move on and get a head start on finding the next man for the job.