Nick Meets the Media

Posted: March 28th, 2023 | Author: | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | 4 Comments »

Nick Sirianni met the media on Tuesday at the Owners Meetings and offered his thoughts on a variety of subjects. There were a couple of interesting nuggets, but nothing close to exciting.

Here’s what Sirianni had to say about the RB position.

“We feel really good about the room as it is right now. We love the addition (of Rashaad Penny). I wanted to coach him for a long time. … We all saw Kenny Gainwell have a really good playoff run. And it seems like every time Kenny’s in the game he makes plays, whether it’s in the pass game or whether it’s in the running game. Boston (Scott) being back is huge. I think that’s somebody that you always want to have on your team, and really glad we have him — especially because I know how much Shane (Steichen) likes him, too. … And then Trey Sermon, really excited about him. … I can’t tell you how many times at practice he made a cut or you just saw him in his pads or he made a play on a screen or whatever it was, you’re like, ‘Man, this guy’s got a chance to be really good.’ I wish we could get him touches. So I’m really excited about that room.”

The Eagles are excited about Penny. They know he’s got the potential to thrive in this offense…if he can stay healthy. I’m curious to know just how much they like Gainwell. We know they love him as a role player. Do they think he could be the starter? I just don’t know that he’s got the size to handle that role.

Sirianni continues to mention Trey Sermon as a player to watch.

Sermon had a terrific college career, but he was disappointing in SF. He’s 43-186-1 for his career so Sermon has shown flashes of ability. He just hasn’t been able to get on the field and stay there. I expect the Eagles to add a RB in the draft. That will give them a full group heading into the summer. Sermon will have to earn his roster spot. If he does that, maybe he’ll finally get on the field and show us what Sirianni has talked about.

Or maybe we’ll annoint him the Greg Richmond of RBs.

(Your old school EMB reference of the day)

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Sirianni talked about the coordinators he hired.

“(Sean Desai) is super organized and has a process for everything, and I really appreciate that about him. I see the defensive guys grinding and working really hard. He works hard. … We’re getting on the same page of my visions for the defense. … As far as the player profile (of what we’re looking for), obviously there’s a lot of similarities because it’s a similar defense. … Sean was the best guy for the job, but also there wasn’t gonna be a lot of change as far as the base part of the defense.

“I’ve been on a two-year interview with Brian (Johnson) and he just shines every single day. Obviously, Jalen’s play is — we’re a product of the way our players play on the field. And his player has played great and he continues to develop. And Brian’s got a really great offensive mind. … You hear the ideas that Brian brings to the table on a consistent basis and you’re confident that he’s gonna be able to step in there and do the job.”

Nothing crazy, but good to get his thoughts on them. I do look forward to hearing Desai talk to the media.

And some thoughts on the new positional coaches.

“I just know that there’s good coaches at every level, so I was looking for the best coach, period. What has to happen, when you’re a position coach, I always say to the guys, ‘Hey, there’s multiple ways you can get guys better.’ (One) is fundamentals. And that’s all the position coach. So the position coach’s main job is to be able to be good at fundamentals, be able to add value in the scheme. And so what we were looking for was guys who were gonna be able to get the players better fundamentally. And that’s what we believe we brought in with some of the new additions.”

Sirianni wants teachers. He’s not going to obsess on who has the most impressive resume or who is considered a schematic guru. He wants coaches that can focus on details and teach fundamentals to the players. That has worked well so far. It will be interesting to see if this continues to work.

Here is an article from Zach & Bo covering more of what Sirianni had to say and their take on things.

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As usual, Greg is on top of things. We should get official announcements at some point in the near future.

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The Eagles need to do something at punter. Arryn Siposs has had bad punts in the last two playoff losses. He’s clearly not the sole reason for those L’s, but you need a punter you can count on in the postseason.

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Jeff Lurie spoke to the media on Tuesday evening. He had a few interesting things to say. He doesn’t talk to the media often so it’s worth checking out.

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