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Nick Sirianni in line for huge payday if Eagles win Super Bowl - ESPN
With Nick Sirianni headed into the final year of his contract in 2025, a victory in Super Bowl LIX would be worth millions to the Philadelphia Eagles head coach. A victory Sunday would be Sirianni’s final validation and the ultimate leverage in his discussions for a new deal that are expected to follow the game. A new contract for Sirianni is the last thing that the fourth-year coach and the Eagles will be thinking about Sunday, with so much on the line. But it is something that both sides — Sirianni and the Eagles organization — will need to address after Sunday’s game. Either way, Sirianni will be in line for an extension. But it is important to note that rookie head coaches have reset the coaching salary structure this offseason, with deals ranging from $10 million to $13 million per season, which the Chicago Bears awarded to new head coach Ben Johnson. If Sirianni leads the Eagles to a Super Bowl win over the Kansas City Chiefs, his asking price would be expected to go up — and he could argue that he is worth as much as any rookie head coach whose salary dwarfs his. Sirianni makes $7 million per season and is one of the lowest-paid NFL head coaches. He signed a five-year, $35 million deal in January 2021 that is set to expire after the 2025 season.
Eagles coach Nick Sirianni’s contract expires after 2025 - PFT
For the Eagles, is there similar urgency? Jay Glazer’s Week 18 Sunday Splash! report regarding teams being interested in trading for a current coach was about O’Connell, not Sirianni. If other teams regard the Eagles’ recent success as the product of an All-Star lineup of talent compiled by G.M. Howie Roseman and not Sirianni’s game plans or in-game decision-making, would there be a land rush of franchises throwing blank checks at him like beads on Bourbon Street? If Sirianni would choose to walk away from the best roster in football after 2025, coaching candidates would line up out the door for the chance to take his place. Sirianni could end up with a lesser team, and a different coach could end up with his team. So even though Schefter’s article seems to suggest that, if the Eagles win, Lurie had better pay up or risk losing Sirianni after next season, it seems that the Eagles are far less concerned about that outcome than the Vikings were about seeing O’Connell possibly exit.
Super Bowl preview: 11 final thoughts ahead of Eagles vs. Chiefs - BGN
3 - Nick Sirianni must learn from his last Super Bowl appearance. You don’t beat Mahomes by punting the ball and kicking field goals. You just don’t. Sirianni’s aggressiveness on 4th-and-5 in the NFC Championship Game was a huge turning point for the Eagles. The Eagles...
