Eagles coach Nick Sirianni knew what (the bleep) he was doing

Nick Sirianni’s introduction seems like a lifetime ago. “He won me over when he first got here,” defensive end Brandon Graham, the team’s longest-tenured player, said last week. I think it makes a team better in the long run, that approach.” GO DEEPER How the Eagles 'get people's egos out of the way' to promote accountability Honest self-evaluation is also what led to one of Sirianni’s most important big-picture decisions, handing off game day play calling to offensive coordinator Shane Steichen midway through the 2021 season. That’s unbelievable.” It sounds like hokum — and there’s a chicken-or-the-egg issue about whether having a tight locker room helps a team get better or vice versa — but almost to a man, Eagles players credit Sirianni’s emphasis on connection as the most important of his core tenets. Last week’s accusation by New York Giants safety Julian Love that Sirianni is “along for the ride” with an uber-talented roster neglects the degree to which players have been maximized.