Eagles’ London Collapse Puts Nick Sirianni Under Fire

You could have squib kicked that ball. You could have kicked that thing back to America, said, hey, we're just going to let you. They were so concerned about what? A lateral play? They were concerned about one play with eight seconds left because the Jags had a timeout. So they were worried about what? A seven-second pass play with a timeout? The only thing that could really get you in trouble is a kick return. And on the broadcast, you heard Jason Kelsey say, yep, that's the right move. Go ahead and make them return it. Kicked the ball to them. Oh, wait. Uh-oh. And Abdullah goes on a 53-yard return, and he puts them into the one spot. The one thing you could not do was allow Cam Little the chance to kick for him. A 57-yarder is a chip shot. This guy can hit 70-yard kicks. If he had gone back to the 50, they would have attempted it. They would have attempted up to, I think, 65 yards. They probably would have attempted that game-winning kick. They had a timeout. or I guess they didn't need to talk about because they tackled him. It's chain of possession. You look at where he was tackled. If he gets tackled five yards further down, if that's a 58-yard return versus a 53-yard return, the game's over. Like, so many things have to line up and fall into place for that game to end in a victory for the Jaguars and a loss for the Eagles. That is just, again, it is coaching malpractice. What an awful week for head coaches. are there any legitimate i'm yeah sure there's a bunch of you know different types of players you know in in the sphere coordinators who will get opportunities guys who have done really good jobs that would get chances i mean look if Brian Flores didn't sue the NFL, Brian Flores would be getting a job ASAP, but because of what happened with the Dolphins and suing the NFL and the legal fight going on, no NFL owner is going to hire Brian Flores to be a head coach, but the defense for the for the Minnesota Vikings is playing at an insane level and that's why they're five and oh it's the defense, so Brian Flores, you know, you talk about Kevin O'Connell all you want, he gets the praise for being five and oh, but that's not why they're five and oh, they're five and oh because of the defensive coordinator so you know, maybe some owner says I don't care and I'm gonna hire whoever I want and hires Brian Flores but I, I don't think that's gonna happen to be quite honest I think there's sort of like this like hey man we're not giving you another shot to be a head coach given what you're doing litigating, you know, suing the NFL but yes, there's always candidates there's always coordinators and guys waiting in the wings but I don't think McVay's gonna get fired, so I don't think that's possible, I think I again I like the Rams to turn things around Dan Quinn I think is probably out at the end of the year and by all accounts and people that I've talked to in Philadelphia, Nick Sirianni is not a guy even after two, two appearances in the Super Bowl. It feels like the Eagle fans in the Eagle market, they are really turning quickly on Nick Sirianni and they would like to see a change. I'll be curious how that gets handled and the way that goes down, because that's a guy who I think Nick Sirianni would get scoffed up pretty fast. If he is on the coaching, if he's available next year during the coaching carousel, I think he'll get picked up pretty fast. So the Eagles, I think we're going to be a little bit careful when it comes to getting off and firing Nick Sirianni and changing head coaches. But right now, things are really, really bad in Philadelphia. And that was a loss after blowing the 10-point lead to the Rams in the second half and then to turn around and lose the way that they lost in London. That's really bad. I mean, that's really hard to come back from, I think. And the players and the market, it's a hard place to lose. It's a hard place to have that type of meltdown in back-to-back weeks because the Eagles, I mean, the Phillies are done. The Flyers aren't really a thing. The Sixers haven't started yet. It's all Eagles. And now the fans are very, very angry and really frustrated with Nick Sirianni.