On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here . Nick Sirianni got away with aggressive decisions that failed.
Mike McCarthy and Sean Payton had no such luck. It’s easy to second-guess when the calls don’t work. The Philadelphia Eagles held on to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 28-23 on Sunday thanks to a twisting interception in the end zone by linebacker Nakobe Dean.
If not, Sirianni would be lamenting passing up nine points. The Eagles went 0 for 2 on fourth down, choosing to try to extend drives instead of trying two field goals inside of 45 yards. They also failed three times on 2-point conversion attempts, including twice when Jalen Hurts was stopped on the tush push.
“We’ve done pretty good with those in the past. You always think about everything. You think about who you have.
You think about your past experiences with it. You always look at the analytics of it,” Sirianni explained. “In the moment I’m always doing what I think is best for the football team.
Today it didn’t work. That’s the way it goes. That’s the hat I have to wear.
When we get a fourth down and we convert a fourth down, nothing is really said. When we don’t, I understand there will be questions. “Again, I have to be able to have the (guts) to do that really at the end of the day and say, ‘Am I doing everything I can do to help us win the game?’ In those moments I thought I was, but I’ll go back and relook at t.
