Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni walked off the field after Sunday’s game and flipped off Philadelphia fans on his way to the tunnel. He did it subtly. He did it with security right next to him. And he did it to the same Eagles fans who pay hard-earned money to fill that stadium every week. If you are looking for a sign that the Philadelphia Eagles are spiraling this season, this is it.

Rule No. 1 for any head coach in this league: learn your lesson. Sirianni clearly hasn’t.

We have seen this movie before

Keep in mind, this is not the first time Sirianni has let the crowd get under his skin. Back in 2024, he was chirping at the fans after a game, and it became a whole storyline. Eagles owner Jeff Lurie called him into his office and sat him down. After that, we saw a much more professional version of Nick for the rest of the season.

So you would think a guy who has been to two Super Bowls and won one would know better by now. You would think he would understand that keeping his composure is part of the job, especially in Philadelphia, where every move on that sideline gets picked apart.

Nope.

Once again, Sirianni let his emotions get the best of him. And here’s the thing that worries me more than the gesture itself. When the head coach carries himself like this, the team usually follows. I think that is exactly what we are seeing from this group right now, an “oh well” mentality where nobody takes ownership and everybody looks for someone else to blame. That attitude starts at the top.

The fans are not the problem

Listen, I understand the frustration. Nobody likes getting booed. But the fans have every right to boo this team, and they have every right to boo him. Honestly, with the way Sirianni has managed this team this season, maybe they have earned the right to return the gesture. I am not saying it is classy. I am saying it is fair.

These are people who spend their paychecks on tickets, parking, and jerseys to watch a team that has been hard to watch. They are not the ones calling plays. They are not the ones making in-game decisions. They are not the ones who let this season slide. Barking back at them makes zero sense.

And then there is the picture of the whole thing. Sirianni walks off the field with Eagles security chief Dom DiSandro, better known to everybody around here as Big Dom, right at his side. Which head coach needs a babysitter to walk him off the field? Think about that for a second. Big Dom is supposed to be there to keep people away from the coach, not to watch the coach take his anger out on the people in the stands.

If Sirianni needed to let it out, fine. Let it out. But you could not wait until you got into the locker room? You could not direct that energy at the people who actually deserve it, the players and coaches who have to be better on Sundays? Instead, he aimed it at the one group in this building that has done nothing wrong.

Look, I have defended Sirianni plenty over the years. He has the résumé. He has the ring. But part of being the head coach in Philly is understanding what this city is and how much it cares. In 2024, Lurie had to remind him of that. It sure looks like somebody needs to have that conversation again, because a coach who keeps picking fights with his own fan base is not a coach who has this team pointed in the right direction.