Eagles 17, Seahawks 20
Q. When did you make the decision to go from Sean Desai to Matt Patricia? Who made that decision? When was it made?
NICK SIRIANNI: Yeah, I made the decision. I did what I thought I needed to do in the best interest of the football team.
We made some adjustments there. Didn't feel like we were playing and coaching well enough on defense, so I made an adjustment.
It was my decision and that's what I did.
Q. When did you make that?
NICK SIRIANNI: When did I make it? Yeah, sometime in the middle of the week. Right when game planning was going on. I don't remember exactly what day it was.
You know, I'm always going to -- listen, it was a tough decision to be able to do this. Like I said, I did what I felt like was best for our football team. We're always making adjustments and that's what I did.
Q. Who has the final says on defense?
NICK SIRIANNI: Coach Patricia.
Q. After this last game, do you feel like you'll make another coaching change?
NICK SIRIANNI: No. No. No.
Q. You guys are had two really long drives early in the first half. How could you best explain the inconsistency?
NICK SIRIANNI: Yeah, obviously I thought we did a nice job running the football and keeping drives going. We didn't get the finish in the red zone on the one.
We weren't great in two-minute offense today. We weren't good at all in two-minute offense. I think we were 0-3 which accounted for a lot those drives.
They came up tied at 10-10 and we responded. Really wanted to be able to get up two scores on them and we weren't able to.
I thought the defense was hanging in there and doing some really nice things. We just needed to pull away in that game and we didn't.
Some uncharacteristic things situationally, fundamentally. Any time you have uncharacteristic things situationally and fundamentally, that's got to go to me first.
We all got to be critical on ourselves, starting with myself. Like I said, any time it's the fundamentals or the situations, you got to look right at me for that.
Q. (Regarding Hurts.)
NICK SIRIANNI: He really fought hard. Obviously was not feeling well at all, as you know, flying up separate. Thought that was obviously really good decision, Jalen saying -- brought that up of not flying with his teammates so he didn't get anybody else sick.
He fought through. Being sick like that is no fun. Having to play in the rain and the cold. So he put through and appreciate his efforts tonight to fight through in some tough times.
Q. (Indiscernible.)
NICK SIRIANNI: I don't know that. We'll see. I actually haven't talked to the doctors yet about that.
Q. What's Sean Desai's role with the team?
NICK SIRIANNI: It's a collaborative effort on defense. Obviously the final decisions are made by Matt right now. As disappointed as Sean was, I think he handled himself like a true pro. We know Sean is still helpful to this football team. He has a bright mind and he can help.
As I listened in on defense today, they were communicating back and forth similar to the way Matt and Sean communicated with the roles reversed. Just made an adjustment.
I understand there will be scrutiny on it, but I feel like anything I can do in my position to help the team succeed, I'm going to try to do.
So that's, again, where we are with that.
Q. What was the determining factors in making the decision?
NICK SIRIANNI: Yeah, again, just wanted to make an adjustment because I didn't feel like we were doing well enough there.
In that situation, I know that's not something that is common of a 10-3 team. But did that a little bit with myself in 2021 with Shane, a little bit different of circumstances.
But just thought the adjustment needed to be made to give the defense a spark and help our players play better.
Q. Last week Darius Slay suggested guys are playing tense. Do you sense this team despite your record now after three games, guys are tensing up in?
NICK SIRIANNI: Good question, Jeff. Not winning is not fun. It's not. So partly when you're having a lot of fun is when you're winning, to be quite honest with you.
We can't always let that affect our mood all the way through. Do I feel like the guys have fun Monday through Saturday and then when it's time to work, work? Yeah, I do.
But it's going to be hard for anyone to admit they're having fun right now on a three-game slide.
There are definitely times we have had this year that have been fun. Obviously tonight is not -- the last three weeks are not one of them.
So, again, we're in a slide, as we know. We have to get through the storm that we're in, fix our mistakes. Again, that's starts with me and. Get better from this.
Q. Did you meet with the player council before you made that decision?
NICK SIRIANNI: I talked to a couple of the guys, but didn't do it before I made the decision. I made the decision and then I let the players know. Main reason why, couple reasons why I didn't tell you guys first is I'm never going to tell you guys something before I tell the team.
I'm always going to share this information with the team first. And also, I felt in this situation it was competitive disadvantage if I did tell you guys.
Q. What do you do now? If you change defensive play callers and you've lost three games, how do you fix it?
NICK SIRIANNI: You get up and you fix your stuff. We're going to go through the process like we do at all times. You know, win or lose, you go through the same process every single time.
You're not always -- I mean, you're not always in control of some of the things that happen in a game, and sometimes not even the wins and losses, but you are in control of the process and what you go through.
We have to have the right answers as coaches to put the guys in position to succeed, and then we have to go out and execute.
But it starts with us as coaches to put them in positions to succeed. So if that means changing up some schemes, changing up, like I said with the coordinators on defense, we're going to do whatever we need to do to right this ship.
We know we got a team coming in here this week, we still have our goals ahead of us. We know we clinched playoffs this week. We're not really looking at that. We know what we want to do. We want to win this division, but that's the last time you'll hear me say that. We got to go win a game this upcoming week.
Q. It's three consecutive weeks that the offense failed to score into the 20s, what role does the offense play into that?
NICK SIRIANNI: Shoot, that's not our standard. It definitely plays into that. Yeah, again, not our standard to not be able to put points on the board. Again, couple times tonight we had opportunity to go up two scores with the defense playing well and we didn't.
The two-minute offense, we got to fix, we got to get better at. Felt like some things were rolling on earlier in the year and you pride yourself in that. That's why you save your timeouts and do all these things, so you get ball and opportunity to do those things at the end of halfs, and we just weren't good enough there.
Again, starts with me of putting them in positions to succeed. We'll look at our scheme and see what we need to do differently.
Q. With the last defensive drive, the third and ten throw, what was the defensive conversation around those plays?
NICK SIRIANNI: Just the call and what everybody's assignment was there. Obviously good play by Metcalf, Smith, and good throw by Lock.
But we have to help the guys play the call better and obviously have to execute better.
Q. Interception Jalen threw on a pass to Quez, what happened there?
NICK SIRIANNI: Yeah, we've run that play quite a bit. We've hit that one. The defense gave us a look that was an opportunity up over the top and you take -- you'll take one-on-ones with safeties. Hats off to the guy to make a really good play. We can't allow an interception like that also.
I'm not saying, you know, Quez got to do everything he can to break that thing up, but we'll take opportunities one-on-one with safeties. Sometimes too when you're running full speed to defend Quez, when you're running full speed this way and you're trying to come back to the football, it's hard to always plant your outside foot in the ground and run through contact and try to gain a pass interference there.
Hats off to them. They made a good play. We'll take some of those opportunities one-on-one with a safety and, again, Love made a good play there.
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