The time is pressuring the Philadelphia Eagles, and manager Nick Sirianni understands it.
“We must get things fixed,” Philly’s head coach shared, “and we have to get them fixed as soon as possible.”
An embarrassing 35-31 defeat against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday was a major blow to the franchise’s chances of securing 1 of the top seeds for the NFC postseason. The organization had the easiest closing schedule in football and just needed to beat Arizona and the NY Giants to clinch the NFC East trophy for the 2nd year in a row.
However, now everything is in Dallas Cowboys’ hands as the NFL franchise from Texas just needs a victory against the Washington Commanders in the season-finale to secure 1st place in the NFC East and likely put the Eagles on the road for the duration of the postseason.
Philly have gone 1-4 in their last 5 matches after beginning the campaign with a 10-1 record.
Nick Sirianni on the QB run, QB run, Screen Drive, and if it was too conservative: “I don’t think that’s conservative. If they’re blitzing the gaps, you run a gap scheme. We could’ve thrown it, but we chose to run it, and it didn’t hit.. It didn’t work. The screen, that’s gonna… pic.twitter.com/kIDrDHeMID
— Eagles Nation (@PHLEaglesNation) December 31, 2023