Nick Sirianni clearly is a phoenix.
Following the stunning collapse over the final seven weeks of the 2023 Eagles season, a campaign in which the Eagles went from an unhappy 10-1 Super Bowl favorite to maybe the most inept team in football over their 1-6 finish, the knives were out for the head coach.
I should know. I was holding one of them.
It isn’t just that the Eagles fell apart. There was dissention in the locker room. The defensive coordinator was demoted midseason for an inept replacement. The offense suddenly lost the ability to handle even the simplest blitzes.