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Ralph Vacchiano
NFC East Reporter
When Nick Sirianni surveyed the wreckage of the Philadelphia Eagles’ season, he came to the conclusion that his struggling offense “got a little bit stale” after three years of running basically the same offensive scheme.
That’s why he fired offensive coordinator Brian Johnson, who spent the previous two years as the quarterbacks coach under offensive coordinator Shane Steichen. Sirianni knew he couldn’t have the same person take an objective look at the same old offense next season.
It was clear that the only way to fix things was to bring in “fresh ideas.”
“Whoever the new coordinator is, there’s going to be things that they bring that are going to be fresh ideas for us to help our players grow and help our players play at the top level,” Sirianni said on Wednesday. “I’m excited about that, the new ideas meshing with some of the old ideas”
“But yeah, to me, we got a little bit stale on offense by the end of the year, and these ideas and this new person coming in is meant to take away the staleness and add the value of what they’re adding to the offense.”
So, who is Sirianni considering in his search for “fresh ideas”? Here’s a look at the known candidates so far, and a few others who could be on the radar soon:
Kliff Kingsbury: If Sirianni is really looking for something new, the 44-year-old former Cardinals coach would certainly qualify. He brought the Air Raid offense he used at Texas Tech to the NFL, using innovative formations that spread teams out and took advantage of his personnel’s speed on the outside. His overall record wasn’t good (28-37-1), but he had a top-10 offense in two of his four seasons and helped turn quarterback Kyler Murray into a star.
The scheme is similar to what Lincoln Riley ran at Oklahoma and now runs at USC, where Kingsbury — who has already done a virtual interview with the Eagles — was a senior offensive analyst last season. Riley was the coach…
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Publish date : 2024-01-26 00:01:51
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