Nick Sirianni’s recent win places him in rare air, further disproving theories he is carried by a great organization.
One of the most satisfying things about discussing this game we love is that there is never a shortage of topics. The Philadelphia Eagles play in a large media market for one of pro football’s most demanding cities and fan bases. Stop us if you have heard that before or if any of that sounds relatively familiar.
Let’s say, we’re never short of a few angles and outlandish theories, but there’s a flipside to that coin. Sometimes, stories take a backseat to a few others that seem more pressing, but it’s of the utmost importance that we discuss Nick Sirianni’s most recent win as this team’s head coach in further detail.
Nick Sirianni’s 50th win as Eagles head coach places him among some well-known NFL legends.
The days and hours that followed the Eagles’ second win of the season were spent as you’d expect. Deeper dives were given to immediate takeaways, the players who shone, and the guys who didn’t. There was a need to address popular conversations, such as stagnant offense.
The Tush Push retook center stage, and then, there’s the always-popular A.J. Brown. What does he have to say about Philadelphia’s offensive production?
The days that follow an Eagles win are about conversations that are born from what we just witnessed, but they’re also about looking ahead to next week. Still, we have to mention Nick Sirianni’s success for a second.
Following Philadelphia’s win over the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium, Coach Sirianni’s record stands at 50-20 after his first 70 games. John Gonoude, the Eagles’ Director of Football Communications, offered a deeper dive into how good he has been. Try this on for size:
“According to Elias Sports, Sirianni is the seventh head coach in NFL history to reach 50 career wins in 70 games or less, joining Paul Brown (58), George Seifert (62), Guy Chamberlin (64), Chuck Knox (65), Vince Lombardi(66), and Don Shula (69).”
Gonoude also mentions that Sirianni’s career .714 winning percentage places him ahead of George Allen (.712, 1966-77) for the second-best winning percentage by a head coach during the Super Bowl Era with a minimum of 50 games on his resume. He now only trails one man, the late, great John Madden, who notched a .759 winning percentage between 1969-78.
The debate is over. Nick Sirianni is a phenomenal head coach and should be treated as such. Yes, he should consider drinking decaffeinated coffee. Yes, he’s the beneficiary of being part of one of the NFL’s best-run organizations, but coaches still have to coach, and no one who would have been ‘carried’ would have been able to fake it for so long.
He may not have been the elite play-caller or the X’s and O’s guy, but give this guy his flowers and it’s roots (pun intended). Nick Sirianni knows what he is doing, and his players will run through a wall for him. That says it all, and it’s time to discuss this guy’s talent in further detail.
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