NEW ORLEANS — Not long into the second half of Super Bowl LIX, it was 34-0 and it was very clear that the Philadelphia Eagles were on their way to a championship on Sunday night. Nick Sirianni got his Gatorade bath long before the two-minute warning, perhaps the earliest a coach has gotten that treatment in a Super Bowl.
A scene like that seemed impossible early this season. When the Eagles started 2-2 in September, it seemed like Sirianni was in trouble.
Part of that is the Philadelphia market, which isn't easy on anyone. But it wasn't hard to find critics of the Eagles head coach and those who wondered how hot his seat was.