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Why Sirianni is even ‘more convicted’ in late-game strategy vs. Falcons originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni has come under fire for his late-game decision-making in the Eagles’ 22-21 loss to the Falcons on Monday Night Football.
He knew it was coming.
“It’s the business that we chose, however you want to say it,” Sirianni said on Wednesday afternoon. “And so I’ll gladly take the criticisms because I know they’re coming.”
But on Wednesday, Sirianni doubled down on those decisions.
As a reminder, the Eagles were driving down the field up 3 points late in the fourth quarter on Monday night. At the Falcons’ 10-yard line, they threw a pass to Saquon Barkley that fell incomplete on 3rd-and-3 with just 1:46 left instead of keeping the ball on the ground and running out more clock against a Falcons team that didn’t have any timeouts.
And then on 4th down, the Eagles elected to kick a field goal to put them up 21-15 instead of going for it to ice the game. That backfired when the Falcons quickly drove 70 yards to score a touchdown and escape the Linc with an improbable win.
“I was completely convicted that kicking the field goal there was the right decision based off all my studies,” Sirianni said. “Now, I come back and I reevaluate it and I’m even more convicted, to be quite honest with you, because just everything that goes into that.”
While it’s tough to separate the two decisions, because they clearly go together, both have been panned over the last couple of days.
Most of the public analytics models suggest the Eagles should have gone for it on 4th-and-3 from the Atlanta 10 yard line.
—> ATL (15) @ PHI (18) <—
PHI has 4th & 3 at the ATL 10, Q4 01:39
Recommendation (STRONG): 👉 Go for it (+3.1 WP)
Actual play: 👟🏈 J.Elliott 28 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-R.Lovato, Holder-B.Mann. pic.twitter.com/GmDXxC4WGL
— 4th down decision bot (@ben_bot_baldwin) September 17, 2024
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Publish date : 2024-09-18 17:57:12
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