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Philadelphia suffered a 24-20 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, October 4. The offense managed just 172 total yards and went 0-for-12 on third down, while the Eagles squandered a 10-point lead.
The loss dropped the Eagles to 2-2 through four games. Their start to the season has raised questions their head coach needs to answer, particularly why the offense continues to lose momentum after halftime and how he plans to fix it.
With 13 games remaining, the Birds have reason to keep Nick Sirianni in charge, but they should expect an immediate response. He is responsible for the team’s current problems and for the performance of his coordinators, but he also has five seasons of results to point to and a track record of changing both the team’s preparation and his own role when circumstances demanded it.
Here are five reasons the Eagles should still trust him.
1. He Changed His Own Role When the Team Needed It
During his first season as head coach in 2021, Sirianni handed offensive play-calling duties to Shane Steichen. He explained that he trusted his coordinator and believed the move would allow him to focus more on overseeing the entire team.
Sirianni adjusted his role again in 2024 when he gave Kellen Moore room to install and run his own offense. He continued to exchange ideas with Moore, but shifted more of his attention toward the rest of the team. Sirianni later acknowledged that stepping back from some of his hands-on involvement with the offense was difficult, but he believed it was the right decision for the team.
Sean Mannion now serves as offensive coordinator. After the unit’s early-season struggles, Sirianni must evaluate Mannion’s work, demand answers and decide whether a more hands-on role is necessary.
2. He Reached the Super Bowl With Different Coordinators
During the 2022 season, Shane Steichen ran the offense while Jonathan Gannon led the defense. Both left Philadelphia after that campaign to become head coaches, with Steichen taking over as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts and Gannon doing the same with the Arizona Cardinals.
Two years later, the Eagles returned to the Super Bowl with two different coordinators: Kellen Moore on offense and Vic Fangio on defense.
Moore’s hiring also reflected Sirianni’s influence. In March 2024, owner Jeffrey Lurie said Moore had been the head coach’s first choice to lead the offense. Sirianni supported the hire and believed Moore’s ideas could make the offense more varied and less predictable.
Turnover at both coordinator spots did not prevent Philadelphia from reaching two Super Bowls under the same head coach.
3. He Changed the Team’s Preparation After the 2023 Collapse
Those changes were part of a season that ended with the biggest achievement of the Sirianni era: winning Super Bowl LIX. Philadelphia also began that year 2-2, the same 2-2 mark it has now, before finishing the regular season 14-3 and defeating Kansas City 40-22 for the championship. That history does not guarantee another turnaround, but it shows that a start like this does not have to define an entire season.
4. He Built Trust Through Clear Expectations
Before the 2025 season began, Sirianni met with the roster to explain what was expected of each player and what teammates could expect from one another. The goal was simple: everyone needed to understand what the coaching staff required and how each role contributed to winning.
His message to the wide receivers addressed one of the tougher realities of the position. Even when targets were limited, they were still expected to impact the game as blockers and in other areas.
After the opener against Dallas, Sirianni specifically praised A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith for their blocking on a Saquon Barkley touchdown run. He had established the standard before the season, then publicly recognized them for meeting it.
In December of that year, Barkley called Sirianni “the perfect coach for Philadelphia” and praised his attention to detail and the standards he held players to every day.
5. He Made the Playoffs the Standard
His first five seasons provide the strongest case for keeping Sirianni in charge.
From 2021 through 2025, Philadelphia went 59-26 during the regular season. The Eagles reached the playoffs in all five seasons and won at least 11 games in four of them.
Those results cannot be credited to the head coach alone. The players, his assistants and general manager Howie Roseman all played major roles in that success. Still, Sirianni was responsible for overseeing the team’s preparation and leading it through each season.
That record has earned him time to fix the problems behind this 2-2 start before Philadelphia considers a coaching change.
The Eagles’ current problems are real, and past success does not make Sirianni any less responsible for them. Mannion must find answers for an offense that has lacked consistency. The head coach also has to show he can still identify the adjustments his team needs.
His five seasons in Philadelphia, however, reveal a broader pattern. When a structure, routine or division of responsibilities stopped working, Sirianni showed a willingness to change it rather than protect his own process.
None of that guarantees he will solve the problems facing the Eagles in 2026. It does mean he has earned the chance to fix them.
The next test comes October 11 against Jacksonville in London. Philadelphia needs four quarters of consistent offense and cannot afford another second-half drop-off.
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