Daily News | Nick Sirianni and the Eagles get their comeuppance from the Saints, and maybe that’s a good thing
Nick Sirianni has been humbled by the NFL. His rookie season in charge got off to an uninspiring start and the ending, despite a late-season charge, came to a crashing halt. But the Eagles coach has lived a mostly charmed life in his second year.
“I don’t get too high when we play a really good game; I don’t get too low when we play a really bad game,” Sirianni said. “We played a really bad game today offensively. We’ll just have to look and get better from it.The Eagles still control their own destiny. A victory over the New York Giants at the Linc would give them a first-round bye and home field throughout the postseason. But they’re limping into a season finale in which they can no longer rest their starters.
Case in point: Minshew’s ill-fated pass to A.J. Brown that Marshon Lattimore intercepted and returned 12 yards for a game-sealing interception. Brown runs one of the best slant routes in the NFL. The Eagles have had success with it all season, and did so several times earlier Sunday. Minshew, overall, didn’t play well. There were some positive moments in the second half. He hooked up with receiver DeVonta Smith nine times for 115 yards. He found Brown for a 78-yard catch-and-run touchdown. But the play-calling lacked imagination or coherence in terms of getting the backup into a rhythm.
But the Eagles offense looked outcoached and ill-prepared for the first time. The Eagles went three-and-out on their first four series. Minshew was sacked on four of his first six drops. Miles Sanders got only two carries in the first half. “I could give two [bleeps] about clinching the first place,” Kelce said. “As you can see right now, we got to get a lot of things fixed. I got to get a lot of things fixed. That’s what I’m focused on.”
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