Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni was with Howie Roseman in Indy this week for the NFL Mix and spoke to reporters on Tuesday concerning the roster. He talked about Jalen Hurts and his growth on and off the sector, in addition to why he’s so enthusiastic about his new coordinators Kellen Moore and Vic Fangio.
He defined that after the season ends, they rent new coaches, get a bit time away, after which get began analyzing every little thing from the previous yr — that’s the place they’re at now. Clearly there was a drop-off on the finish of the season, however the head coach mentioned they’re dedicated to getting issues mounted.
Upon some self-scouting, Sirianni mentioned that there have been instances he felt like he was leaning into one in all their core values and perhaps not sufficient into others. These are issues that he evaluates on the finish of the yr, and it’s his job to speak to each participant and each coach, and discover methods to enhance.
Right here’s what the pinnacle coach needed to say:
On Jalen Hurts
Sirianni was requested if the QB must be a extra vocal chief within the coming season, however he famous that there isn’t only one strategy to lead and one factor he realized early on, is that an important a part of being a pacesetter is being your self.
“All people has to steer their method, and Jalen [Hurts] has particular qualities that folks will observe, and that folks will need to observe. And he must do what he must do to steer in that method.”
The pinnacle coach additionally famous that, that’s true of all of the leaders on the crew, and that A.J. Brown and Darius Slay want to steer their very own methods, too.
Nonetheless, Sirianni mentioned that Hurts has accomplished a great job main to this point in his profession, and like with every little thing else, he’ll proceed to get higher at it, as effectively.
He was later requested about Hurts’ growth as a quarterback, and Sirianni identified that the QB has had excessive moments of success in 2022 and in 2023. The Eagles had a drop off after the primary 11 video games, however that was as a crew, it wasn’t simply Hurts or any coach or participant.
“Right here’s what I learn about Jalen [Hurts] — no matter we see that he must work on, or no matter he sees that he must work on, he’s gonna get higher at that as a result of he places every little thing he has into it. And that’s a type of management too.”
On Kellen Moore’s scheme
“I employed Kellen as a result of I believed he was the perfect man for the job, and Kellen’s been profitable in each place that he’s been. I do know it’s a comparatively younger profession, however he’s been profitable as a participant, he’s been profitable as a coach.
And so, I like the way in which he thinks about soccer, and the way in which he takes every little thing in and is ready to make choices off of that. So, it’s been enjoyable attending to know him.
Clearly, I’ve at all times had respect for him from afar, and it’s been enjoyable attending to know him and work by means of this stuff collectively — to construct our offense for subsequent season.”
On enjoying younger guys
Eagles’ GM Howie Roseman spoke to reporters simply earlier than Sirianni, and admitted that in hindsight, there have been some younger guys who most likely may have performed extra throughout the 2023 season.
The pinnacle coach acknowledged that his philosophy has at all times been to play the blokes who give them the perfect probability to win every week. He defined that he doesn’t care if which means enjoying youthful guys, saying that he owes it to the crew and followers to play whoever is finest for the job.
Different notables
When requested about Kirby Sensible’s gamers out of Georgia, Sirianni talked about their toughness, physicality, and being extremely proficient.
Sirianni talked about A.J. Brown being probably the greatest folks and leaders he’s been round, except for being probably the greatest gamers, and that he has a variety of respect for the WR and the way he sticks up for his teammates.
The pinnacle coach additionally admitted he doesn’t know the way the Haason Reddick commerce/contract scenario will play out this offseason, however clearly he’s been an enormous contributor to the Eagles success the previous two seasons and has performed excellent soccer.
“We’ll see how that performs out, and hopefully he’s an Eagle.”
Sirianni mentioned that he’s very excited to work with Vic Fangio and to be taught from him. Fangio is an incredible playcaller, and having a defensive employees that he’s acquainted with and know his system, was essential in deciding whether or not to retain former coaches or usher in recent faces. They didn’t make a number of the similar sweeping modifications on the offensive facet, as a result of they’re working to mesh a number of the issues they’ve accomplished efficiently these previous few years with Kellen Moore’s spin on it.
Concerning the RB room and so many free brokers, Sirianni mentioned that they’ve accomplished effectively within the run sport the previous three seasons, annually with totally different items. However, they nonetheless get hooked up to guys, and D’Andre Swift had an incredible yr in Philly, in order that they’ll should see how issues play out.
