The picture of Nick Sirianni and A.J. Brown screaming at one another throughout the first half of Sunday’s playoff loss served as an encapsulation of the Philadelphia Eagles’ season.
As a result of as battle-tested and gifted because the Eagles have been, one thing was off with all of them 12 months.
Brown voiced his frustrations with the Eagles’ passing offense a number of instances throughout the common season.
Jalen Hurts grew to become the topic of controversy, too, after a midseason report prompt teammates felt the quarterback was reluctant to throw into tight protection.
A 12 months after he rushed for two,005 yards on 5.8 yards per carry, Saquon Barkley managed only one,140 yards on 4.1 yards per carry in the identical variety of video games.
“I feel like it’s been the same thing: We go out there, we don’t execute, and when we do get something good, we shoot ourselves in the foot,” large receiver DeVonta Smith mentioned after Sunday’s 23-19 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Philadelphia.
And now that the Eagles’ Tremendous Bowl protection is already over after the Wild Card Spherical, modifications could possibly be on the horizon.
Regardless of the virtually annual hypothesis about his job standing, it will be daring for Philly to fireplace Sirianni. The pinnacle coach is lower than a 12 months faraway from profitable the Tremendous Bowl, and he simply led the Eagles (11-6) to a fifth consecutive playoff berth and a second consecutive NFC East title.
Possibly the presence of John Harbaugh on the open market makes the Eagles take into account a transfer. However the extra seemingly final result is a change at offensive coordinator after the Eagles’ offense considerably regressed to 311.2 yards per recreation and 22.3 factors per recreation in its first 12 months below Kevin Patullo.
Philadelphia managed solely six factors within the second half of Sunday’s loss, regardless of going through a 49ers protection ravaged by accidents. The Eagles’ ultimate drive stalled at San Francisco’s 21-yard line when Hurts’ cross to tight finish Dallas Goedart on 4th and 11 fell incomplete with lower than a minute remaining.
Afterward, gamers have been supportive of Patullo, who changed Kellen Moore as OC when the latter grew to become the top coach of the New Orleans Saints.
However Sirianni acknowledged there “will be time to evaluate everybody’s performance.”
“I think it’s tough to single out one individual, especially in a moment like this,” mentioned Hurts, the reigning Tremendous Bowl MVP. “We’ve all got to improve, and that’s how I look at everything that we go through.”
After which there’s Brown, who was the topic of commerce rumors earlier than the November deadline and now returns to the middle of hypothesis.
Brown, 28, completed with 78 receptions for 1,003 yards and 7 touchdowns in 15 video games — his worst season out of 4 years with the Eagles.
The large receiver declined to handle the media after Sunday’s season-ending loss.
“I think he knows how I feel about him. I have a special relationship with him,” Sirianni mentioned of Brown, referring to Sunday’s sideline spat.
“We’ve probably went through every emotion you can possibly have together. We’ve laughed together. We’ve cried together. We’ve yelled at each other. We’re both emotional. I was trying to get him off the field, and that happens in this game. But I love him.”
These are just a few of the questions going through proprietor Jeffrey Lurie and normal supervisor Howie Roseman because the Eagles start a pivotal offseason sooner than anticipated.
As for whether or not the gamers imagine the present Eagles core can bounce again from the disappointing season?
“We’ll be all right,” Smith mentioned. “Right now, the season’s over. I’m not thinking about next year right now. I’ve got time to think about that later.”
