Will Eagles bring in Frank Reich after he was fired in Carolina?

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Will Eagles bring in Frank Reich after he was fired in Carolina? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

After news broke that Frank Reich was fired by the Carolina Panthers on Monday morning, there was an obvious question in Philadelphia:

Will the Eagles bring Reich in?

Not only was Reich the offensive coordinator on Doug Pederson’s staff when the Eagles won Super Bowl LII, but Reich is one of Nick Sirianni’s most important football mentors. It was Reich who made Sirianni his offensive coordinator in Indianapolis and it was Reich who gave a strong recommendation to the Eagles when they were thinking about hiring Sirianni in 2021.

As of Monday afternoon, though, Sirianni didn’t have much to say about the possibility of bringing Reich aboard.

“It’s obviously very early with everything that’s going on, so I haven’t thought about that quite yet,” Sirianni said.

But what we do know is that Sirianni and Reich are extremely close. And during Sirianni’s head coaching tenure in Philly, he and Reich have kept in touch.

What we also know is that the Eagles haven’t been hesitant to add coaches to their staff during the season.

Last November, the Eagles hired former Colts offensive coordinator Marcus Brady as a consultant. And then for the playoff run, the Eagles hired veteran defensive coordinator Vic Fangio to serve as a consultant. For the most part, Brady provided an offensive perspective to the Eagles’ defensive staff and Fangio provided a defensive perspective to the offensive staff.

While Fangio eventually left to take the defensive coordinator job in Miami, Brady stayed on staff and was promoted to the position of senior offensive assistant this offseason.

Sirianni didn’t get into the possibility of bringing in Reich in 2023, but he did have this to say about adding a coach during the season:

“As far as bringing somebody in in the middle of the year, what goes into that, a lot of times is familiarity with the person,” Sirianni said. “So that’s…

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Publish date : 2023-11-28 12:00:00

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