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Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 6/27/25.
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Ranking top 10 returning NFL head coaches entering 2025 - PFF
8. Nick Sirianni, Philadelphia Eagles: Sirianni is often the target of criticism when the Eagles lose, but credit needs to be given when it’s due. He’s an outstanding 48-20 in the regular season as Philadelphia’s head coach and has made the playoffs in each of his first four seasons. The Eagles emphatically proved they were the best team in football last season. They were the NFL’s highest-graded team and lost just one game after Week 4. Philadelphia’s commitment to the run game in 2024 was its biggest adjustment from a confounding 2023. The offense ranked just 13th in run-play percentage in 2023 but led the NFL with a 51.2% clip last season. The Eagles were the only team to run the ball more than throw it. Of course, it helps to have Saquon Barkley, who racked up more than 2,500 rushing yards last year, including the postseason. Sirianni and the Eagles committed to an old-school style of football, and it paid off with a championship.
Mailbag: Teams Most Likely to Go Worst-to-First in 2025 - SI
From - (@Eaglesfans9): How is Nick Sirianni viewed by coaches and owners around the league? Does he get more respect inside NFL circles than he does from fans and the media? Die-Hard, yes, I would say he does. He’s generally seen as a fundamentally good guy who wears his heart on his sleeve, to a fault at times, that’s done a good job leading and adapting as things have changed around him. Is he the best offensive mind in the game? Probably not. But the mistake a lot of people make is thinking that’s a pre-req to being a top-shelf head coach. He’s made the playoffs all four years he’s been head coach, won two division titles, been to two Super Bowls, won one and is 48–20 in the regular season, good for a .706 winning percentage that ranks fifth all-time. The argument to combat all that is that he’s been handed an All-Star team. Maybe that’s true, but the record is the record, and it’s impressive. (The Eagles, by the way, were 4-11-1 the year before he got there.)
A New Factory? - Iggles Blitz
In my previous post I used a quote from former Dolphin OL Kendall Lamm. Lamm has come out to say that quote isn’t real. I got it from what I thought was a reliable account on Twitter. I have no idea who put the bogus quote out originally. The quote being bogus actually doesn’t change much of what I wrote. Culture has been a strength for the Eagles. It is Nick Sirianni’s best skill and has helped the team win a lot of games under him. Culture has been an issue for Mike McDaniel and the Dolphins. If you watch the clip from him that I posted, McDaniel talks about players being...
