time2rock Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Sirianni's answer to this mess? 'Double down on dog mentality' Reuben Frank EAGLES INSIDER They’re 2-5, they’ve lost five of their last six games, they’ve allowed 162 points in their last five games, they’ve trailed by at least 19 points in four straight games and they’re allowing the highest completion percentage in NFL history. The Eagles are an embarrassment right now. Fortunately, Nick Sirianni has the answer. "I definitely feel like when you have a slow start – with 2-5 – people are going to look to me of what my leadership is and they're going to look at me and kind of see what my direction is,” Sirianni said Monday. "We actually talked about that with the team even before adversity hit. Even in preseason, like, ‘Hey, when adversity hits, here is what we're going to double down on.’ "Everything was the connection, the compete, accountability, football IQ, fundamentals. Then we have some other things that we really hang our hat on, like dog mentality.” Yes, an NFL head coach really said this. When adversity hits, hang your hat on dog mentality. "That's my direction as far as that goes, is just to double down on all the things I believe are true,” he said. "Again, scheme can change. Practice schedules can change. Schedules can change. But the things I know to be true, we have to double down on. That's definitely where I'm at at this particular time.” We’re not here to embarrass Sirianni, but if his answer to a 1-5 stretch and another double-digit loss is to double down on dog mentality, the Eagles are in trouble. Seriously, what kind of answer is that? The Eagles can’t cover anybody, they can’t sack the quarterback, they can’t convert third downs, they can't stop the run, they can’t (or don't) run the ball, and their young quarterback keeps missing open receivers. They need more than just a bunch of mumbo-jumbo catch phrases to turn this season around. Because right now they’re just not competitive. They trailed the Cowboys 27-7. They trailed the Chiefs 42-23. They trailed the Panthers 15-3, the Bucs 28-7 and the Raiders 30-7. They rallied late to beat Carolina and made the other games closer with meaningless late touchdowns. But so far, this is a historically bad football team. Since Week 2, they’ve been outscored by 68 points in the first three quarters. "Obviously, losing a game is never acceptable,” Sirianni said. "We always are going to go through and we're going to correct a game the same way regardless of if we're 5-2 or 2-5. That's the message of, ‘Hey, let's get this thing right, get these corrections made.’ That's all it's ever about, is getting better as a team.” Getting better as a team? How exactly are the Eagles possibly getting better as a team? "We always want to improve our fundamentals,” he said. "We feel like we are getting better fundamentally, just knowing the scheme, knowing the system. "Again, when you're 2-5, you're going to question a lot of things. But getting better, too, is not these drastic jumps. It's just little by little each day. So we feel like we're getting better in a lot of different areas, figuring out who we are, what we do well. Those are some of the areas we're getting better at.” You want a standard set. When the standard's met, you get excited about it. When the standard's not met, you make the corrections. We're just business as usual right there. Again, things can change as far as your scheme. Things can change as far as different things. But what the standard is, the accountability is always the same over and over again. The same accountability we've had throughout. Obviously losing a game is never acceptable. We always are going to go through and we're going to correct a game the same way regardless of if we're 5-2 or 2-5. That's the message of, ‘Hey, let's get this thing right, get these corrections made.’ That's all it's ever about, is getting better as a team. The accountability -- we've talked about accountability a lot. Accountability is not only making corrections, right? It's also pointing out when things are right as well. It goes both ways there. https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/nick-siriannis-answer-eagles-mess-double-down-dog-mentality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK_EaglesFan89 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Double down on everything that's simply not working. Great strategy Sirianni. You my friend are not an NFL HC. You weren't ready and you won't ever be ready. You are a jester. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time2rock Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 8 hours ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said: Double down on everything that's simply not working. Great strategy Sirianni. You my friend are not an NFL HC. You weren't ready and you won't ever be ready. You are a jester. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoconoDon Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Rock, Paper, Scissors... Dog Mentality... Flowers Popping... I wonder what nuggets of metaphoric wisdom we'll get from the Coach next... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time2rock Posted October 31, 2021 Author Share Posted October 31, 2021 6 hours ago, PoconoDon said: Rock, Paper, Scissors... Dog Mentality... Flowers Popping... I wonder what nuggets of metaphoric wisdom we'll get from the Coach next... "Because gosh darn it, people love me” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK_EaglesFan89 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 15 hours ago, time2rock said: 10 hours ago, PoconoDon said: Rock, Paper, Scissors... Dog Mentality... Flowers Popping... I wonder what nuggets of metaphoric wisdom we'll get from the Coach next... The thing is... This team is a laughing stock because of how bad it has been. And our HC (who is only 7 games in) has been a laughing stock across the NFL on multiple occasions already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoconoDon Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 hour ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said: The thing is... This team is a laughing stock because of how bad it has been. And our HC (who is only 7 games in) has been a laughing stock across the NFL on multiple occasions already. But Jeffrey Lurie said that Sirianni's greatest traits are that he's very intelligent and a tremendous communicator...LOL. What a joke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK_EaglesFan89 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, PoconoDon said: But Jeffrey Lurie said that Sirianni's greatest traits are that he's very intelligent and a tremendous communicator...LOL. What a joke. Lurie is becoming a bit of a joke himself isn't he! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoconoDon Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 minute ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said: Lurie is becoming a bit of a joke himself isn't he! Yes he has. It's a shame. He's been misguided by the fairy glamour of Analytics. He sees false objective truths in subjective suppositions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK_EaglesFan89 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, PoconoDon said: Yes he has. It's a shame. He's been misguided by the fairy glamour of Analytics. He sees false objective truths in subjective suppositions. Thing is... he's been mislead by analytics but then he also doesn't see the analytics that supports running the ball more. It's a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoconoDon Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 5 minutes ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said: Thing is... he's been mislead by analytics but then he also doesn't see the analytics that supports running the ball more. It's a mess. Yeah, it's confirmation bias at its best. Like a line in the song "the Boxer" said "a man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK_EaglesFan89 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 minute ago, PoconoDon said: Yeah, it's confirmation bias at its best. Like a line in the song "the Boxer" said "a man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest." Right now the problem is Lurie. If he could sit back, be hands off and fire Howie then things could turn around quickly. But he's not going to do any of that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoconoDon Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 hour ago, UK_EaglesFan89 said: Right now the problem is Lurie. If he could sit back, be hands off and fire Howie then things could turn around quickly. But he's not going to do any of that. Sad but true I'm afraid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK_EaglesFan89 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, PoconoDon said: Sad but true I'm afraid. We have this golden opportunity where we could attract pretty much any GM and any HC and we won't! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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