Ignoring Nick Sirianni Backlash, Jason Kelce Urges Eagles to Take Inspiration From Patrick Mahomes’ Failures

Even though you are under fire, yapping at the fans is not the way to win their support. But in Philadelphia on Sunday, things looked a little fiery as the Eagles’ head coach, Nick Sirianni, took a jibe toward his fans after they called him out all afternoon. When you hear chants that aren’t good for your job, Sirianni seemed to have lost his composure as the Eagles narrowly defeated the Browns by 20-16.

Although this brought a whirlwind of criticism toward the Eagles’ head coach, ex-Eagles center Jason Kelce remained confident in his former team. Opening up on his thoughts on the 94WIP Morning Show, Kelce expressed, “There are times in a season when things aren’t going well. The Super Bowl-winning team last year, the Chiefs, arguably were not going to make the playoffs at one point last year. There’s still a lot of time to get better, quite frankly, in a division that’s really wide open.”

Over the six games this season, the Eagles currently occupy the second spot in the NFC East. With Commanders leading the division and the Cowboys’ inconsistency in getting positive results every week, the Eagles could make the playoffs if they manage to get their team together. Seeing Kelce refer to Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs last year, in the NFL, you cannot rule out teams until they aren’t guaranteed a spot in the playoffs.

However, the Eagles aren’t really doing a lot to win over their fans, as their three wins this year only mask the problems they have. Sitting at 18th in the NFL in terms of scoring per game (21.2) and 30th for turnover differentials (-6), the Eagles are nowhere near the team they were expected to be this season.

But Kelce wasn’t the only one who supported his former coach as Jalen Hurts also sang praises of Sirianni, “He’s done a really good job of being able to have conversations and honestly try and map things out and some things take time. But it’s a group effort from everybody, and everybody has to dominate their box.” Adding to those praises, Hurts also spoke about his excitement to see Nick grow on this team, “I’m excited for him and his growth and continue to see where he’s going, and I think it’ll continue to help our football team.”

Even though his players stood up to his defense, others around the league weren’t too kind to Sirianni after his gestures to fans on Sunday.

Nick Sirianni put to the sword after lashing out at fans on Sunday

Being a coach of a football team, you are supposed to maintain the utmost professionalism on the field. While players can have a bad day, that could reflect on their antics after the game, coaches doing the same thing doesn’t bode well for the team. It was ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky who shared his thoughts about the situation, “Terrible look for Sirianni. For Nick Sirianni to act that way after barely beating Cleveland by four points, talking to the fans like that? It’s ridiculous.”

Well, those comments didn’t stop there, as Damien Woody also joined in to bash the Eagles head coach by calling his behavior ‘clownish,’ “It’s clown behavior. Nick looked like an absolute clown doing that. To argue with people who spend their hard-earned money to watch you play? If you don’t perform well, they have every right to boo you- and you have to take it. That’s part of the job.” After lashing out at the fans on Sunday, Sirianni gave his post-match conference with his kids beside him. Although we don’t know whether it was a move to deflect his questionable behavior, Woody was fuming at his antics.

“And then to have your kids in the postgame to kind of deflect from reporters trying to come after you, it’s lame, it’s weak, he’s a clown. It just looks ridiculous.” Seeing the whole league going after him, Sirianni said, “I was having fun. I was having fun and I kind of got some feedback from the guys during the bye week of the sense. We need you back, Nick, We need your energy. We need your focus. I got that from a couple players.”

For Nick, if he really wanted to have fun, he could have avoided going against his fans because they are the heart and soul of a franchise. And him sarcastically gesturing, “I can’t hear you,” doesn’t reflect well on the club or his image as a whole. Will Sirianni get a hold on his antics, or will his ‘fun’ continue the next time they play in Philadelphia against the Jaguars on Nov 4th? Guess we will find out soon as we head toward week 7 in the NFL.