Nick Sirianni reacts to Eagles' blowout wild-card loss
The Philadelphia Eagles' 32-9 blowout loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL Wild Card Round of the playoffs was the cherry on top of this disastrous season. Eagles' head coach Nick Sirianni blames himself, along with everyone else, for what happened on that field tonight. He also pointed fingers at too high of […]
The Philadelphia Eagles' 32-9 blowout loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL Wild Card Round of the playoffs was the cherry on top of this disastrous season.
Eagles' head coach Nick Sirianni blames himself, along with everyone else, for what happened on that field tonight.
He also pointed fingers at too high of expectations for a 10-1 team.
"I didn't do a good enough job and obviously, we lost five of the last six and lost today. It's almost like you couldn't get out of the rut," Sirianni admitted after the loss. "We couldn't get out of the rut we were in and that's all of us. We'll have to look at ourselves in the mirror and accept that and find answers and solutions.
"… When you start 10-1 and then you get into what happened to us, the expectations were high. Expectations were even high before we started 10-1 and we fell into a skid. So I'll look at everything. I'll look at the play-calling, I'll look at the scheme, I'll look at the practices. I'll look at everything."
Sirianni wouldn't discuss any of the Eagles' potential plans for the future, though that may not be up to him by the end of the week.
“That’s a little premature to talk through that,” Sirianni said. “ Everyone in that locker room is hurting right now. Coaches, players, staff. Everybody in the lock room is hurting and my job right now is to be there for them. … We’ll get into all that. I’m not there yet. We’re hurting right now. It's tough to go out the way we did. Hats off to the Bucs. They did a good job. They had a good game plan. But my mind right now is not there.”
Sirianni also shut down talking about his own future in Philly.
"I’m not thinking about that. I’m thinking about the guys,” Sirianni said. “I’m not worried about me.”
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie has a big decision to make and his face said it all after the shocking defeat.
Sirianni has a total 36-20 record as the Eagles head coach, which includes three straight playoff berths and a Super Bowl appearance.
However, this unexpected freefall could be just enough to make Lurie consider change across the board.
Stay tuned.
