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Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni is slamming the brakes on former quarterback Nick Foles words about his team’s culture.
Following the Eagles 38-21 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night, Foles drew eyes to his way of thinking on his podcast, which managed to ruffle some feathers.
“There is dysfunction in Philly,” Foles said. “It was little things for me. It wasn’t the execution that got me. It was culture things. The number one thing isn’t scheme, a fancy coordinator, it’s culture. In Philadelphia, for the better of the past couple decades, they have had really good culture. Something is changing.”
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Foles then singled out certain moves the front office made.
“When they got rid of [former Eagles offensive line coach] Jeff Stoutland, that really pissed me off,” he said. “I knew something bad was gonna happen. He is a great coach. For him not to get the respect that he deserves, that frustrates me. When guys are getting hit and offensive linemen are near them, is someone going to pick up the running back? He just got hit in the backfield. That culture with Jeff, that would never fly. When we got hit, we were picked up right away by the offensive line.”
Sirianni recognized the shade, and responded on Wednesday.
“I can only go off what my relationship is with the players and what goes on inside the building,” the head coach said on 94WIP. “You know there’s always gonna be a report of this or that, our job is to not get wrapped up into any of that crap. Or job is to stay locked in within our organization… I think it’s natural to look for answers like that when you do drop five in a row.”
Some fans on X argued against Sirianni’s words, saying it’s obvious that there might be a culture issue.
“The players pulled out a positivity rabbit from Easter midseason… there is definitely a culture problem,” one person said. “Every bad parent swears their kids loves them.”
“I mean, he can ALSO go with what happens on the field,” another suggested.
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