Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni is not dropping sleep about his job safety amid the membership’s current woes.
“No, I am not involved about that,” Sirianni mentioned in regards to the scenario throughout a Tuesday look on Philadelphia sports activities radio station WIP, as shared by Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports activities. “We’re simply trying to get again heading in the right direction. [I’m] not involved about that. I do know the gamers and the coaches we’ve on this group. Now we have nice leaders, and all we wanna do is true the ship.”
Sirianni guided the Eagles to Tremendous Bowl LVII final February, the place his group suffered a brutal 38–35 loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. Philadelphia then jumped out to a powerful 10-1 begin to the continued season earlier than issues seemingly fell aside.
The Eagles enter Week 18 at 11-5 and want assist to complete atop the NFC East standings forward of the 11-5 Dallas Cowboys. Maybe most obvious is that Sirianni’s resolution to exchange Sean Desai with Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator final month hasn’t produced the specified outcomes.
Sirianni insisted Tuesday his relationships with gamers aren’t “damaged” regardless of 4 losses throughout 5 video games.
“We all know we’ve the fitting individuals on this constructing to perform every part we wanna accomplish,” Sirianni defined. “There’s a number of groups that may love a playoff ticket, proper? We bought one. And we all know that something’s doable whenever you get into that second. Has it (gone) the way in which we anticipated it? No. However we all know our targets are in entrance of us.”
As of late Tuesday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook listed the Eagles third among the many betting favorites at +500 odds to signify the NFC in Tremendous Bowl LVIII subsequent month. What was thought by some to be the convention’s finest aspect shortly after Thanksgiving Day may quickly develop into a one-and-done playoff group, and one wonders if Philadelphia’s slide may price Sirianni extra than simply defeats.