Head coach Nick Sirianni will no doubt receive a lot of criticism for the failures of the Philadelphia Eagles during the Wild Card Weekend loss to the San Francisco 49ers and the disappointing season overall. According to Sirianni, the criticism should land on him.
After the loss to the 49ers, Sirianni discussed what went wrong.
"It felt like that was kind of our story as the year progressed," Sirianni said, H/T Jeff Skversky. "Good first half. Didn't do a good enough job coaching. Didn't do a good enough job executing in the second half. In that third quarter, particularly, some penalties got us behind the sticks and we had a hard time overcoming them.
Those are things that we always work our ass off to try to fix any situation and every situation that we can. And you know what? At the end of the day, we didn't do a good enough job of doing that. And that starts with me."
A lot went wrong for Philadelphia in the 23-19 loss.
The game included a heated sideline exchange between Sirianni and receiver A.J. Brown. San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy threw a pair of interceptions, which the Eagles scored a combined three points off of. After scoring a touchdown on two of their first three offensive possessions, the Eagles managed only two field goals and struggled to move the ball against a depleted San Francisco defense. Facing a fourth-and-11 with 43 seconds remaining, Sirianni also burned his first time-out, making a conversion vital. When Jalen Hurts' pass into triple-coverage fell incomplete, the 49ers ran the remaining clock out. With an extra time-out, the Eagles would have given themselves a chance to force one more punt.
Sirianni and the Eagles gave the critics plenty to work with.