With the Eagles, there's a common thread that winds its way through Jeff Lurie, Howie Roseman, Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts.
The Eagles are one of a very few elite NFL franchises, defending NFC champs, one of just seven teams to reach the playoffs in each of the last two years, a play or two from winning their second Super Bowl in six years, the only NFC team to reach the postseason five of the last six seasons.And the amazing thing is that the four most important people in the Eagles’ organization were all viewed to some extent as failures when they first got here.
Sirianni was in over his head. A small-time coach with his High School Harry speeches and all that nonsense about connecting and competing and core values. Remember? Now, this isn’t to say some of the criticisms weren’t valid. Roseman was not a very good general manager the first time around, but it didn’t take long for him to put the lessons he learned during his year in exile to use and turn a franchise in shambles into a Super Bowl champion.
And Hurts? All he’s done since getting here is improve. At everything. The kid went from lowest completion percentage in the league to a historic Super Bowl performance in two years. Not everybody gets it on Day 1. Brian Dawkins and Jason Kelce didn’t make their first Pro Bowls until their fourth seasons, Brandon Brooks till his sixth season, Malcolm Jenkins till his seventh season, Darren Sproles till his 10th season. Brandon Graham wasn’t even a starter until his sixth year in the league and didn’t make a Pro Bowl until he was 32.
And while the city was laughing at Sirianni’s underground roots metaphor, his players weren’t laughing at all. They believed if they kept putting in the work, the rest of the world would see what kind of team they really were. The Eagles then went 7-2 and made the playoffs. They’re 21-5 in regular-season games since that speech and 20-2 with Hurts on the field.
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