Outsiders Believe Eagles’ Coach Nick Sirianni Remains On The Hot Seat
Despite his stellar performance, the outside world still believes Nick Sirianni is on the hot seat in Philadelphia.
A strong summer can only go so far and Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni remains on the hot seat for many on the outside, looking in at the situation in Philadelphia.
Despite a franchise-best .667 winning percentage through three seasons, along with three consecutive postseason berths and an NFC championship on his resume, Sirianni is still high on the list of the betting markets when it comes to the first head coach to be fired this season.
The perceived shakiness of Sirianni’s future is tied to the Eagles’ collapse from a 10-1 start last season to a disappointing one-and-done playoff finish, along with the coach himself willingly taking a step back from his self-described stale offense and handing the reins to veteran offensive coordinator Kellen Moore.
According, to Bookies.com, Sirianni has plus-800 odds when it comes to being the first coach fired in 2024. The only coaches ahead of Sirianni are the New York Giants’ Bran Daboll at plus-300, Chicago’s Matt Eberflus at plus-450 New Orleans’ Dennis Allen at plus-550 and Dallas’ Mike McCarthy coming in at plus-650.
The other coaches viewed in the mix as potential candidates to go are the New York Jets’ Robert Saleh (plus-1000), Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowles (plus-1500), and Arizona’s Jonathan Gannon (plus-1500).
Gannon was Sirianni’s defensive coordinator during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
Interestingly, three of the four NFC East head coaches are perceived to be on the hot seat with only Washington first-year coach Dan Quinn considered safe as his honeymoon period plays out with the Commanders and rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels.
As for Sirianni, the Eagles enter the 2024 season with immense expectations, and failing to secure a fourth consecutive playoff bid would almost surely cost the coach his job. From there you can debate what benchmarks Sirianni might have to hit to satisfy team owner Jeffrey Lurie.
From a talent perspective, Philadelphia looks primed to make a run on the NFC side of the bracket with the addition of stronger coordinators in Moore and defensive chief Vic Fangio.
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Now, three years later, the two coordinators who helped lead the Eagles to the 2022 NFC championship, have been reunited for joint practices this week in their new roles — head coaches of the Arizona Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts.
“The first thing I noticed is he’s a really great communicator and a great teacher, and you could tell he head the ‘it’ factor,” Gannon said when asked about his thoughts on Steichen. “He is very detailed. I learned a lot from him, but I had to get more detailed just to keep up with him.”
Together, they formed one heck of a tag-team tandem along with the guy who hired them in Philadelphia, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni.
Sirianni and Steichen worked together as offensive assistants with the Chargers before Sirianni left in 2018 to take the Colts offensive coordinator job. Two years later, after the Chargers moved to Los Angeles, Steichen became the Chargers coordinator.
