It was clean out day at NovaCare Complex in South Philadelphia and the media’s last opportunity to meet with Birds’ players for the foreseeable future. The pressing topic: the status of Eagles’ head coach Nick Sirianni.
And if fans were expecting the players to dump all over the head coach, today wasn’t the day it was going to happen. In fact, two of the Eagles’ most respected veterans —Fletcher Cox and Jason Kelce— seemingly endorsed Sirianni.
Watch:
Fletcher Cox and Jason Kelce go to bat for Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni in a big way on Wednesday afternoon. pic.twitter.com/Mme8sPBJ8k
— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) January 17, 2024
That’s a fairly strong response from Cox. Gotta love the dig at beat reporter Jeff McLane who Cox called a “clown.” If that’s Cox’s last words as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles they will surely go down as memorable.
As for Kelce, he echoed Cox’s comments about Sirianni.
Jason Kelce on his HC Nick Sirianni and he has not said yet whether he is coming back next year to #Eagles. The reports are premature. About his head coach? @SportsRadioWIP pic.twitter.com/mDLhiFBnt1
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) January 17, 2024
That’s pretty close to a ringing endorsement from well-respected members of the team. Both guys —who could’ve very well played their last game in midnight green and white— don’t necessarily have the incentive to “tow the company line.” You can bet Eagles’ owner Jeffery Lurie and general manager Howie Roseman are going to take their opinion into consideration.
Yeah, that might’ve been a sigh of relief coming from Nick in Haddonfield.
