Eagles’ Nick Sirianni Offers First Thoughts on Tom Brady, Buccaneers

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Eagles’ Nick Sirianni Offers First Thoughts on Tom Brady, Buccaneers

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• By Mike Greger

• Updated Jan 10, 2022 at 11:48am

Getty:  Buccaneers QB Tom Brady has 43 TD passes this season and already beat the Eagles 28-22.

Alot has changed since the Philadelphia Eagles and Tampa Bay Buccaneers met back on October 14. Nick Sirianni’s team has gone 7-4 since Week 6, although that Week 18 doesn’t really count with the Eagles resting their starters.

The Eagles lost the first matchup 28-22. Then, Philadelphia turned the 2021 season around by switching their identity to a run-heavy offense. They have also been more locked in on the defensive end. The Eagles and Buccaneers are two very different teams heading into Sunday’s wild-card showdown – except for one major constant: Tom Brady. The greatest quarterback to ever lace up cleats continues to shower in the Fountain of Youth. Coming off a three-touchdown performance, Brady has now thrown 43 touchdowns against 12 interceptions this season.

"I’m confident that Tom Brady’s going to see a completely different defense than he saw in Week 6,” Sirianni told SportsRadio 94WIP’s Angelo Cataldi on Monday. "We know that some of the players have changed throughout Tampa, but we know that No. 12 is still going to be standing back there and what a good challenge for us, to go against one of the guys that is considered one of the greatest players of all-time.”

 

Sirianni told Cataldi the first thing he’ll do to prepare is go back and watch the tape from Week 6. They put on the film from a 2018 Colts-Patriots game (Sirianni and Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon were both in Indianapolis) prior to the first meeting, then watched a 2020 Chargers-Buccaneers game (Eagles offensive coordinator Shane Steichen was in Los Angeles) to glean clues on how to defend Brady.

"I think both teams are going to look very different,” Sirianni said. "You always like to have the tape. I think one thing that you always do as a coach is, you go back and you look at the last time you played the team or maybe the last two or three times you’ve played the team."

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Sirianni’s Wife Wins Over Eagles Fans

NBC Sports’ Peter King included an interesting nugget about Sirianni from the preseason in his "Football Morning in America” column. In it, the plugged-in reporter shares how Sirianni’s wife, Brett, gave him the business following a 35-0 loss to New England in the preseason. He was upset the Philly fans had booed him when Brett checked his ego on the drive home from Lincoln Financial Field. King wrote:

He told me he was shocked when the Eagles played the Patriots in the preseason, got creamed, and got booed. He was driving home with his wife after the game and ****ed about it being preseason and getting booed.

"Well,” she said, "what’d you give them to cheer about?”

Sirianni said, an hour past midnight Saturday, driving home: "Sometimes it takes the ones who love you to give you the truth.”

Amazing. Which leads to the next question: What did Brett say to him after resting his starters and losing to Dallas 51-26?

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Eagles Heavy Underdogs Versus Tampa

The Eagles opened as seven-point road underdogs to Tampa Bay. The line had grown to 8.5 points by Monday morning. Immediately, people began thinking back to Philly’s magical 2017 run through the postseason when they were the underdogs in every single game. They broke out dog masks and rallied around the disrespect that year. Well, it’s time to do it again and Eagles’ right tackle Lane Johnson started the rallying cry.

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[UK_EaglesFan89]

The one thing I do trust and I do have a lot of confidence in is Sirianni and his ability to get this offense ready for Sunday. I'm not saying that'll be enough but I do think this offense will be able to put up points. It just comes down to whether our defense can hold Tampa enough. 

[PoconoDon]

I have a thought about Tom Brady. It's the same thought I've had about him since...forever it seems. He is a winner with no finish line.

[UK_EaglesFan89]

3 hours ago, PoconoDon said:

I have a thought about Tom Brady. It's the same thought I've had about him since...forever it seems. He is a winner with no finish line.

I have another thought about Tom Brady. I don't like him, not one bit.

But yes he's a winner. 

[birdman#12]

Brady is like any other QB when it comes to being rushed.......pressure will make him throw too soon and sometimes off target.

The difference with Brady is that he forgets that pressure on the next play.....pressuring him and hitting him lasts for just that play.  

It's a huge obstacle to overcome when playing Brady.......because that pressure has to remain all game and your back 7  have to have a great game.

If I were Gannon, I'd be watching new orleans saints tape against brady the last 2 years......constantly.

[UK_EaglesFan89]

11 hours ago, birdman#12 said:

Brady is like any other QB when it comes to being rushed.......pressure will make him throw too soon and sometimes off target.

The problem is you need to find ways to mostly get that pressure by rushing 4. It is how the 3 teams that beat them managed it. They had really good DLs that got a lot of pressure.