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The head coach also said that he isn’t worried about being 0-3 in Dallas during his time in Philly, and is treating this like any other week.
The Eagles were back at practice on Wednesday as they get ready to face the Cowboys, and head coach Nick Sirianni spoke to reporters about the work load and rotations of the running backs and defensive ends, as well as gave his thoughts on the team not making a move before the trade deadline.
Here’s what the head coach had to say:
Sirianni pointed out that things that you do in the dark eventually show up in the light, and Hurts has worked his butt off to get better everyday. He agreed that the bye week was really productive, noting the conversations they had, the film they watched together, and the overall collaboration with the QB.
“We’re getting better because of the work. That doesn’t matter if it’s in practice, walk-through, meetings, the bye week. You get better because of the work. It’s such a long season, and you just want to continue that rise.
Jalen [Hurts] played really well this past month and has done a great job taking care of the football. He’s done a great job leading this team.
Yeah, I’m proud of how he’s been going.”
“Speaking on my end of it, I really feel strongly about our team and where we are when talking through all those different things. Just feel so strongly about our team, and Howie [Roseman] has done a great job building it to date. It didn’t feel like, at that time, that there was anything to do.”
Sirianni said that the edge rushers getting a low number of snaps is due to different reasons. He noted their depth at the position and explained that sometimes in a game when there’s only maybe 53 defensive snaps, split between several guys rotating, the snap counts aren’t going to be very high.
“I think the ability [to have] less rush reps for some of those guys – one part of it is that we played fewer plays, but also that we feel good about the rotation.
I think all four of those guys have done a nice job.
Then we’ll see Jalyx [Hunt] getting into the mix as well. I think he’s been doing a good job at practice to be able to go.
So we feel like we have five guys in that rotation that can get after the passer, that can crush the edge on the run.
So, yeah, I’ve got a ton of faith in [Bryce Huff]. You guys know he had something going on after warmups last week. That is just the way that game went and how he was feeling.”
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