Nick Sirianni has an awesome array of defensive and offensive talent at his disposal. But his players say his critics have sold him short
“A lot of people are just mad about what happened this season. I understand,” Graham said. “But it definitely carries no weight because Coach proved himself each and every day. And if you’re not in here, you wouldn’t really know that. It’s all lip service.”
“It was kind of more so just kind of receiving my fate there,” Sirianni said last week, adding, “[Reid] pulled me into the office and asked to meet with me and told me face-to-face that he had a guy, but had heard good things about me, and I appreciated that, his honesty, his ability to get to me as soon as he possibly could, so I could move on and find another job.”
This year, though, his message has been more about consistency. Jason Kelce, the Eagles veteran center, said last week, “His No 1 job has been to facilitate a team that is focused on improving, that is focused on working, that comes to the building every day with energy, that’s motivated to get better. These things far outweigh what play we call on third down. I think Nick does a phenomenal job with it. I think he deserves all the credit for that.
Sirianni does have less big-game head-coaching experience than the 64-year-old Reid, who will be taking a team to the Super Bowl for the fourth time. The first of those teams was the 2004, who lost to the Patriots. But Reid won it all with the Chiefs just three years ago . Big Red gets an edge in the coaching matchup.
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