Nick Sirianni Live Eagles press conference — Today at 3:00pm

[28:06] Nick Sirianni Live, presented by Premier Orthopedic. [28:10] Speaking to Joe after the game, he had sort of intimated that he was still learning the verbiage when it came to pass pro. [28:21] From your perspective, was that an issue yesterday? [28:26] And in general, I guess, when you go from a veteran guy like Jalen to an inexperienced guy, whether it's Tanner or Joe, how much does that impact that part of it? [28:37] Yeah, you know, again, the center and the quarterback are the guys that make the calls there in those situations up at the line of scrimmage. [28:48] You know, some plays call for different things. [28:51] Some looks call for different looks. [28:53] And you just work like crazy to get everybody on the same page in that particular case. [28:58] We work throughout the week. [29:00] And, you know, I think that a lot of teams have similar calls, similar checks at the line of scrimmage. [29:10] It's just basically that, you know, they may be slightly different words and some are the same. [29:16] And so, again, that's what, you know, you work on throughout with practice. [29:22] And, you know, that's what we worked on throughout the week. [29:26] We'll go to Martin and then Rube. [29:30] Hey, Nick. [29:31] Obviously, with the bye this week and everything, what kind of things would you like to see in the second half of the season as far as, you know, expectations, [29:40] especially with, you know, a lot of the younger players who may or may not be getting a chance to play? [29:46] Yeah, you look for constant development and growth from everybody. [29:50] This week, excuse me, this week gives us a great opportunity to spend extra time. [29:58] You know, you're always working self-scout. [30:00] You're always trying to figure out what you do well, what you don't do well. [30:05] This week just gives you more opportunities for that. [30:07] We'll use it very similar to how we've used it in the past. [30:11] Obviously, we have new pieces here that have not been here. [30:14] So we'll take the good, you know, the good things that we've used in the past here and the good things that, you know, our other coaches have used in the past. [30:22] And we'll come up with our best path. [30:26] I think that's important that we get, you know, going there. [30:31] And that's what we're working on right now after we reviewed the game. [30:35] And then just you're looking for constant growth from everybody. [30:37] You're looking for constant growth from everybody, regardless of the circumstances, regardless of the situation. [30:42] And that's what we're looking for right now. [30:44] We'll go to Rube and then Jeff McClain. [30:48] Hey, Nick, I wanted to ask you about Markel Bell. [30:51] Seemed like he was playing pretty well for a while there and maybe had a couple tough games. [30:56] How do you balance wanting to get a young kid like that, the reps he needs, the experience he needs, with maybe concerns about his confidence if he struggles a little bit? [31:05] Yeah, you know, I thought Markel played solid. [31:08] Like everybody in every game or any game that you play in the NFL or coach in the NFL, you're going to want plays back. [31:15] You know, and so obviously, you know, he has those in that game and in the games that he's played. [31:22] But he's also had a lot of good moments and he's obviously a very talented player. [31:27] That's why we took him where we took him. [31:29] And that's why we have the confidence that we have in him. [31:32] And so, you know, it's being able to I think when you're going through adversity, I think the main thing that you need to understand is that with any major growth, there's there's a struggle. [31:45] All right. [31:45] And there's going to be struggles. [31:46] But that's where you're that's where growth happens. [31:49] And what has to happen there is you have to fight through, you know, everything there and go to work every single day, have confidence in your past circumstances of the struggles you went through in the past, have set you up to be where you are. [32:04] Understand that and stick together and go to work. [32:09] And that's where you're going to see great growth. [32:12] And so, you know, I think it's just getting that's my job as the head coach to get these guys to understand that and understand that, you know, that philosophy on life, on football, because we can see great growth. [32:26] And it's happened to us in the past. [32:28] And, you know, but where you don't get it is when you, you know, when you don't when you don't come in and you don't grind every day to to become the best version of yourself that you can. [32:39] And so, you know, that's where we're at there. [32:43] And we're that that we're that's where we want to be with all of our players. [32:46] But Markel's playing solid and we just got to fix them for everybody. [32:51] We got to capture more of the things that we're doing well and eliminate some of the things that we're not, you know, to continue to grow and be be who we want to be. [33:01] We'll go to Jeff and then Dave. [33:04] Nick, there's a video that surfaced in social media of you exiting the stadium. [33:08] And it appears as though you're directing a middle finger in some way towards the fan fans. [33:14] I'm considering. [33:15] I'm wondering if that was the case. [33:17] Yeah. [33:17] When Bob when Bob told me that, absolutely not. [33:20] That was a surprise to me. [33:23] But absolutely not. [33:25] We'll go to Dave and then Olivia. [33:27] And Nick, when in the offseason, when you guys were able to hire three of the candidates, they interviewed for the offensive coordinator job. [33:35] I know it was seen as a really big positive, but has it been challenging to incorporate all their different ideas and viewpoints throughout the season? [33:43] Say that. [33:43] Say that question again, Dave. [33:45] The three candidates for the coordinator job that you're able to hire. [33:49] So Sean Mannion, Josh Grisard and Gerard Johnson. [33:52] Has it been challenging at all to integrate it and incorporate all of their ideas throughout this season? [34:00] You know, obviously, you know, hired Sean in this role. [34:03] And so the majority of things are going to be, you know, from him. [34:09] And but, you know, it's the Philadelphia Eagles offense, not Sean's offense. [34:13] So we all have our hand in it. [34:14] We all have our part in it. [34:16] And we've been doing the things that we, you know, have the direction that we've went in. [34:23] And so I wouldn't say that because, you know, we've implemented things from our old offense. [34:30] We've implemented things from Grizz's offense. [34:32] We've implemented things from Gerard's thoughts. [34:35] And that's kind of how you work through things in the offseason. [34:38] Now, again, we have to be better, as we all know. [34:41] And but I don't believe so, because you end up just trying to go in and start in a system that that suits everybody. [34:51] And but like I said, you know, we all have to do a better job. [34:54] But I don't believe that's been an issue, Dave. [34:58] We'll go to Olivia and then Tim. [35:02] Hey, Nick, what are the top items on your list this week as you self-scout? [35:07] Yeah, every time you go through that, you know, we have a detailed way we go through it just like any other coaching staff. [35:13] Um, those things and you try to hit every bucket and every topic. [35:19] You look at the sacks you've given up. [35:21] You look at the play action passes that you hit. [35:25] You look up at the negative runs that you hit. [35:27] You look at every backed up opportunity that you've had. [35:30] You look at I mean, the list goes on and on and on. [35:34] You have somebody responsible for those areas. [35:37] Then, you know, and that's what we're working on today after we got done with the tape. [35:40] Tomorrow, the next day, we'll get together and we'll watch all those areas. [35:45] We'll read the summaries of the coaches. [35:48] You know, I have a format for them that I want them to go through and we'll read the summary of each of those. [35:53] And, you know, there's naturally things that without getting into exactly what they are, there's there's three things that may have not fallen into one of those buckets that I said, I want to research this, this and this. [36:04] Sean had a couple where he wants to research this and this. [36:07] But then what happens when you look at those summaries and you look at the and the cutups of those summaries, naturally things reveal themselves that you also want to look at. [36:18] And so as you're studying, as you're going over the review, there are naturally things go, hey, all right. [36:25] All right. [36:25] Let's look at this. [36:26] Let's study that. [36:27] Pull all the things from this team doing or that team doing or this, whatever it may be. [36:31] And so you're the list kind of grows as you go. [36:35] And that's what tomorrow, you know, that's natural projects that we have are going on today. [36:41] And then the list will grow from there tomorrow. [36:43] We'll go to Tim and then Brooks. [36:47] Going back to postgame yesterday, what made the circumstances right to have, you know, those conversations with your players in more of an extended way after the game? [36:56] Was it that you guys are going into a bye week? [36:59] Has anything to do with the trade deadline? [37:01] I'm curious your thoughts there. [37:03] I'm sorry, Tim, ask that one more time. [37:06] You said after the game that the reason that why you had a, why it was a little bit later to the press conference was you were having guys come into your office and have those meetings. [37:14] I was wondering what made for the right environment for that last night. [37:18] Was it the bye week coming up? [37:20] Anytime a player, I'm sorry, I didn't understand your question. [37:25] Anytime a player wants to speak to me in any shape, way or form, that's my job and my core value of connection is to be there for them in any moment. [37:41] And so unless I was, you know, I guess anything, everything would be put on hold. [37:46] If I'm in an offensive meeting and a player needs me, everything's put on hold for him. [37:52] If I'm in a, you know, if I'm in a meeting with Bob getting ready for media, everything gets put on hold for somebody to talk to me. [38:02] And so that's, that's really what it was, you know, and so anytime, I mean, there's exceptions, obviously my wife holds exception over, over them. [38:13] You know, but if, if we're just, if we're just small talking there, then I would, I would get off the phone with her too. [38:19] But she's my first priority, my kids are my other priority and then the, and then the football team. [38:24] And so, you know, you know, one of the guys wanted to talk yesterday and just, I love that about these guys that, you know, just want to talk. [38:33] How are we going to, what are we going to do? [38:35] How are we going to fix this? [38:35] What path are we going to go on? [38:37] And that's the special bond that you have with guys. [38:39] So I do apologize for being late yesterday. [38:43] And, but really, you know, they're always going to have, and I think you guys know this about me. [38:48] They're always going to have my utmost attention and, you know, because I'm here to serve the players in any way, shape, form I can to help them be the best football team they can be and to help them be the best players they can be. [39:03] And my, always my goal too, is to help them be the best men they can be. [39:07] Just a really quick follow-up, if I could, do you still do the meetings with Lori and Howie post-game? [39:13] And was that, you know, part of the equation last night? [39:16] I always talk to everybody after the game. [39:18] I always talk to Mr. Lori after the game and Howie after the game. [39:22] So, yeah, everything, it was very normal. [39:24] With the exception of, you know, me getting together with one of the players, it was a very normal post-game interactions. [39:32] Got it. Thank you. [39:33] We'll go to Brooks and then finish with Zach. [39:37] Nick, have you made any changes to your coaching staff? [39:39] I'm sorry? [39:41] Have you made any changes to your coaching staff? [39:43] No, right now we're just going through our, we went through the game this morning. [39:47] Right now, like I said earlier, we're going through our self-scout process. [39:53] Guys are working on studies right now and we're determined to, you know, figure things out and get on the right track. [40:00] And that's what we're worried about right at this particular time. [40:02] If I might also ask, just, and like, I know the timing of this doesn't tell the full story in terms of coaching staffs, conversations with Larry and Howie, you've built staffs that have gone to Super Bowls and won one. [40:15] This year, just turning a system into, you know, changing a system in a more significant way. [40:22] What is it like at this point, kind of reviewing that change and kind of what things are you kind of thinking of this week in terms of that process? [40:32] Yeah, again, this week is about, this week's about our self-scout process, right? [40:38] And we'll see what we're doing well, what we're not doing well, and how do we capture, you know, how do we get the ball to our best players, all those things. [40:47] And how do we capture, you know, some of those things that we're doing well over and over again. [40:53] And so, you know, I love our process that we have during this time. [40:59] We've had good success coming off this process, and that's the goal here this week for the, just like any other bye week. [41:07] We'll finish with Zach here. [41:09] Hey, good afternoon, Nick. [41:10] At 2-7 at the trade deadline, would you consider yourself sellers, and do you expect players to be moved tomorrow? [41:16] You know, I don't, what I'm worried about and what I'm considering is, you know, how we get better and how we get out of this funk that we're in. [41:27] You know, that is my job, is to right the ship. [41:33] And, you know, that's all I'm focused on right now, Zach. [41:39] And, you know, we'll see what happens with everything. [41:42] But my job is to right the ship and to do everything I can to do so. [41:47] Thank you. [41:49] Thanks, Coach. [41:50] Appreciate your time today. [41:51] Thank you. [41:56] Nick Sirianni Live, presented by Premier Orthopedic.