Eagles: Nick Sirianni makes cowardly confession as meltdown continues
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni made quite the confession on Wednesday afternoon. Sirianni was asked about his decision on the Eagles' final play in their 20-17 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Monday night. Instead of looking for a short pass to put them in field goal range and ultimately into overtime, quarterback Jalen […]
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni made quite the confession on Wednesday afternoon.
Sirianni was asked about his decision on the Eagles' final play in their 20-17 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Monday night.
Instead of looking for a short pass to put them in field goal range and ultimately into overtime, quarterback Jalen Hurts threw it deep to A.J. Brown and was intercepted by Julian Love.
Sirianni admitted during his presser that the Eagles were hoping to draw a flag for defensive pass interference, bringing them even closer to field goal range.
"At times there we’ve seen you can get a pass interference there," Sirianni explained. "It was what it was on that particular play, but if you get a pass interference call there and if a team is giving you a one-on-one shot for very similar to what happened on the other side of the ball, they ended up getting a one-on-one shot that had some different things there, and we’ve seen it.
"We had a one-on-one shot against the Rams, and you can get a pass interference, and now you’re in position to kick it."
The Eagles have the best long-range kicker in the NFL in Jake Elliott, yet Sirianni thinks putting the game in the hands of the officials makes for a smarter decision.
"We have some of the best receivers in the NFL outside," Sirianni continued. "So, there are times where you’re going to do that. We felt like in that situation we had an opportunity to. Hey, it didn’t work out that particular time.
"But we’ve done it at other times in two-minute drills, and it’s worked. In that particular time, it didn’t work, so we understand the criticism, but not only could you get a pass interference, but also A.J. has a tremendous ability to come down with the football in one-on-one situations. In this particular case it didn’t work out, but we’re comfortable with what was called and what we did in that scenario, and we’ll be better next time because of it."
Yeah, he should have kept this one to himself.
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