3x Super Bowl Champion sounds alarm bells on Nick Sirianni's "mind-boggling stupid decisions" ahead of Cowboys clash
Nick Sirianni has raised eyebrows with his decisions in recent games. The Philadelphia Eagles coach survived an offseason full of rumors and speculation regarding his future with the team to give himself another chance with one of the best additions of the offseason, Saquon Barkley.
Despite the Eagles' 6-2 record, Sirianni has been criticized for his decisions. While talking about the upcoming matchup against the Dallas Cowboys, three-time Super Bowl champion Mark Schlereth said on Thursday in his The Stinkin Truth podcast that Sirianni should stop making questionable decisions if he wants the superior Eagles team to handle business against the struggling Cowboys (24:46):
"The mind-boggling, stupid decisions that continuously get made are just unbelievable. I think the Philadelphia Eagles—I can make a very compelling argument—would probably go with Detroit as number one from just a pure talent standpoint, and I think I’d go Philly as number two on the talent scale from top to bottom.
"And this game, to me, feels like—you know what it feels like? It feels like Alabama versus a bottom-dweller in the SEC. Philly has so much more talent than Dallas that this game doesn’t even feel close."
Nick Sirianni's in-game decision-making nearly put the Jacksonville Jaguars game in jeopardy in Week 9. Among a series of mistakes, we can find going for it on fourth and one instead of securing the field goal when it was a one-score game and going for two points after touchdowns and failing their attempts.
If it wasn't for a last-minute interception, Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars would have taken the lead with just a few seconds on the clock.
Nick Sirianni responds to people criticizing his in-game decisions
Nick Sirianni responded to the people who often criticize his in-game decisions. He defended his calls but accepted the criticism if they didn't go as expected.
“You always think about everything. You think about who you have. You think about your past experiences with it. You always look at the analytics of it,” Sirianni explained, via NBC Sports.
“In the moment I’m always doing what I think is best for the football team. Today it didn’t work. That’s the way it goes. That’s the hat I have to wear. When we get a fourth down and we convert a fourth down, nothing is really said. When we don’t, I understand there will be questions."
The Eagles remain in the race for the top of the NFC East division and the No. 1 seed in the NFC, but Nick Sirianni's decisions have held back this team more than once.