After their one-and-done showings in the postseason, both the Cowboys and Eagles are the subject of speculation with respect to coaching changes. In the latter case, staff alterations can be expected amongst the coordinator positions at a minimum, though questions remain one peg higher up the ladder. 
Head coach Nick Sirianni‘s job security has come into question in the wake of Philadelphia’s late-season collapse, punctuated by the team’s lopsided wild-card defeat. Nothing is certain at this point, but Ralph Vacchiano of Fox Sports reports there are multiple people within the organization who are “at least bracing for the possibility” Sirianni could be let go. Such a move would be noteworthy given the Eagles’ run to last year’s Super Bowl, but not entirely unprecedented (as evidenced by the Broncos’ firing of John Fox following the 2014 season).
A report from earlier this week suggested Sirianni would be safe, although it has become clear at this point that a disconnect exists within the organization. As Vacchiano confirms, owner Jeffrey Lurie is among those in the building who have “soured” on the coordinators Sirianni chose to replace Shane Steichen and Jonathan Gannon this offseason. Brian Johnson was promoted to OC, while Sean Desai was brought in to lead the team’s defense. Friction between the former and quarterback Jalen Hurts has been documented, while the latter was stripped of play-calling duties last month in favor of Matt Patricia.
Given the Eagles’ struggles on defense in particular after the switch to Patricia, it was expected before the team’s playoff loss that at least one coordinator change would be coming. Both Lurie and general manager Howie Roseman would expect Sirianni to change his current OC and DC in the event he was retained, per Vacchiano. Turnover at both spots in consecutive years would certainly be an unwanted development, especially considering the presence of Dennard Wilson on last year’s staff. Wilson served as defensive backs coach for the Eagles in 2022 before taking the same position in Baltimore once it was learned he would not be promoted to defensive coordinator. That decision is considered “a big mistake” in the organization now, Vacchiano notes.
Sirianni has posted a 34-17 record across his three years at the helm, including a 25-9 regular season mark since 2022. The nature of the team’s collapse from a 10-1 start to losing six of seven games, however, has increased the pressure on him in part as a result of the depth of high-profile options on the coaching market at the moment. One of those is Bill Belichick, and seven sources each told Jason La Canfora of the Washington Post that Philadelphia would represent the most logical landing spot for Belichick.
The longtime New England coach has interviewed with the Falcons, the team with which he has most closely been connected to date. However, he has been floated as an option for a number of other openings, and a win-now roster would no doubt appeal to him. Given the number of holdovers from last year’s Super Bowl run, the Eagles figure to enter the 2024 campaign with significant expectations. The moves made in the near future as it pertains to Sirianni and his lieutenants in the near future will certainly be worth watching with the goal of another deep playoff push in mind.
In Lurie we trust.
They did lose alot of their D last off season, what did anyone expect? Also, AJ Brown makes Hurts look like a better QB than he is.
Hurts is slightly above average, at best. Well below average in the pocket, but well above average as a RB.
One year wonder, the birds will be eating dead money soon.
So basically he’s a RB pretending to be a QB lol No wonder Saban benched him in favor of Tua a few years back at bama
Hurts lost the system that made him a highly paid system quarterback.
Not only that inconsistency with AJ Brown being healthy, and the OL wasn’t the same dominant faction they were last season.
After Nakobe Dean went down at the LB spot, they didn’t have any depth and were exposed. Bradberry was exposed as someone that can’t tackle, and everything besides their DL struggled finishing plays…
The back end of the defense is horrible. Hurts also was clearly injured since like halfway through the season.
Hurts is fine and more than capable. Their offense and coaching was a disaster and got worse as the season went on. No adjustments or innovation when the league caught up to them.
Spot on with the AJ comment. Not enough people see this. He should have been MVP last year with all those highlight reel catches making the QB look better than he actually is.
Sounds like a place for an advisory role for Rivera
That n make Patricia OC
Sounds like a place for him to be DC, but the Eagles haven’t run that attacking type of defense since Jim Johnson died and McDermott got fired. Lurie and Roseman don’t prefer it.
Come on now.. You don’t “luck” into a Super Bowl. They filled the trenches with bada$$e$ on both sides of the ball and you just can’t blame coaching. These guys just stopped giving a $hit.
The offensive scheme is totally different
Their LB core suffered injuries and their secondary just cannot tackle whatsoever..
“you just can’t blame coaching. These guys just stopped giving a $hit.”
In addition to scheming, it is the job of the coaching, particularly the head coach, to keep players motivated and buying into what they’re doing. One or two bad apples is explainable but when the whole team is like that it falls on coaching.
Why would Bill Belichick go to Philly
Howie fails to draft a significant linebacker ever, resigns two aging over the hill corners in sadberry and small play slay. Coaching staff can’t teach fundamentals. Hurts the next Carson Wentz.
You’re not wrong and I feel like the franchise lived this story before.
Dean is a solid MLB, but he got hurt, and that’s really when their defense went downhill
I agree but it was more than Dean. Heck, I’m not sure Dean is that good, good enough or just underutilized and we don’t know. When he was healthy, they didn’t play him enough. He was supposed to be the guy in the middle. I want to find that out.
Dean fell in the draft for reasons,injuries and size. This defense wasn’t good all year. This team should have,could have been 5-12 hmmmmmmmm 4-13 but for luck. The back 7 was atrocious.
It sure felt like a 5-12 or 4-13 year even at 11-6. It was fake all year. Last game of the season, I’m seeing names on jerseys I don’t even recognize in the secondary and that is bad bc the game meant something. Shows where this team was at all year. Defensively inept, offensively lost. The only time they had success is when they were able to offensively make plays in the clutch and that caught up to them in week 12.
He’s not that good of a head coach and I think their appearance in last year’s Super Bowl was more because of other factors outside of him. He’s a bad in game manager, clock manager and doesn’t call plays. He did not change the game plan when the slide started and the offense was figured out by the 49ers. He did not veto bad play calls as recent as the playoff game and he hears the plays, or is his head set unplugged? He failed and he will fail again unless you give him great coordinators. But then what does that say about him and why is he needed. Plus if they bounce back with two good coordinators next year, the coordinators will leave for HC jobs the next year. Unless the Eagles want to be a feeder program for NFL head coaches, fire Siriani. He’ll get a job somewhere much like Chip Kelly did and be fine until his act is discovered 2-3 years in. The Eagles need a head coach that can coach a qb, build a good relationship with him and call plays or have oversight of all the plays and game plan it so when the OC is calling the plays they are Siriani’s plays. If you keep Siriani, the Eagles will be up and down for the next 3-5 years. It is a win now league, no one wants to wait until next year. He had his chance, now it is time to move on.
Their coordinators are bad, but their personnel is bad too. On the defense, Reddick and Sweat are ok. The rest either stink or young, and under this staff, not developing. I love Siriani, but he list the room and needs to be replaced.
The guy’s act got old fast.
The Cowpies are keeping McCarthy so at least we know they won’t go anywhere in the playoffs next year. I hope Lurie doesn’t do the same with Sirianni. At the very least they need two new coordinators.
You’re right and those coordinators will probably do well and leave in 2025.
Just a surface scratching of how the Eagles operate would let you know that Belichick isn’t going there. Lurie and Roesman tell coaches what to do, such as what kind of defense and what coaches to hire. They’re the ones who promoted Patricia.
And that is why after winning a Super Bowl, three years later, they canned Doug bc he knew football, was a good coach and had a different opinion on how to keep winning. But two guys who never coached or played a snap of even pop Warner or rec league football will continue to play real life fantasy football for another season.
Exactly. More national reporters who don’t know, nor their speculating unknowledgeable sources, what they’re talking about. Lurie and Roseman need people who they can control. End of discussion; one that never should have happened.
The Eagles pass rush disappeared this year, exposing the coverage weaknesses of their linebackers/corners. That falls at the feet of the GM and their DC.
Trading for an aging safety in Byard was a bad move too, he’s not like he used to be and he was a huge liability from what I seen in a few of those games..
I understood that one. In terms of risk/reward, there aren’t many other midseason pickups that will dramatically help a roster. Byard was obviously meant to be a Band-Aid that didn’t work as well as Philly hoped, but he at least has a history of being a high level player with experience that other options did not have. I’ll at least give credit to Roseman for acknowledging that there was a problem, and then being willing to address it. His other decisions being separate of course, I understand why it was done. I’d rather a GM make an attempt than be inactive in addressing a known area of need.
When you have 2 coordinators with opposite resumes and they both get the same result what does that tell you?
Siriani is too cocky and Hurts has zero personality. Honestly, I don’t like either of them.