PHILADELPHIA — Nick Sirianni likely knew the question was coming. How could he not?
The Philadelphia Eagles went scoreless in the first quarter in their first game coming out of the bye week. Sirianni’s Eagles are the only team in the NFL to not score a point in the first quarter this season, the first time since 1934 the Eagles don’t have any first quarter points through five games.
That was the second year of the franchise’s existence, back when Swede Hanson was running through defenders at the Baker Bowl. The Eagles have a 1930s style offense in the first quarter of games, an indictment on Sirianni and offensive coordinator Kellen Moore.
Sirianni, one who clearly reads what is written about him (and doesn’t hide it), masked with his three kids next to his side as he was forced to answer the question about why his football team got off to another slow start. Just like how he was aggressive toward his own fanbase when the Eagles barely beat the Cleveland Browns, that belligerence carried over into the press conference room.
“I mean, you guys keep talking about it and we have to — defense started fast, right?” an emotional Sirianni said as he was finding the words to say. “Defense started fast. We’ll say it about the offense. The defense started fast. You know what? We [the offense] started slowly. First two series we didn’t score, but then they put their head down and went down and got points and then they did it again.
“So, I don’t want that to be in their heads. We didn’t execute. We didn’t call good enough plays, and we didn’t score early on, but we scored and got up 10-0.”
The touchdown was scored with 7:17 left in the second quarter, on the Eagles fourth possession. The Eagles had just 63 yards in the first quarter, as Jalen Hurts went just 2 of 7 for 19 yards. On the first two possessions, the Eagles had 10 plays for 21 yards as Hurts went 0 for 4.
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Author : Jeff Kerr
Publish date : 2024-10-14 12:44:16
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