Nick Siriani talks about what the Eagles have deliberate for the bye week

The Eagles are off to Week 7, and head coach Nick Siriani took a while to talk with reporters on Monday to speak about a few of their plans for the week and the way they’ll conduct self-scouting over the following few days. He additionally talked about why he is been so profitable in successful the turnover battle this season and defined why he isn’t anxious about particular groups at this level.

Here is what the top coach needed to say:

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Of their bye week plans

Regardless of having an earlier bye week this season than final 12 months, Siriani stated their course of will stay the identical — they’re going to take time to observe tape and research a couple of completely different points they wish to handle transferring ahead.

“We’ll work like loopy this week. It has been an awesome week. At present was all about sport opinions. This night the coaches are about doing their self-scout initiatives and different initiatives I gave them. We’ll overview them tomorrow after which we’ll begin on Wednesday with our subsequent opponent and end some self-scouts on Wednesday as properly.

Then we’ll see the place we’re at on Thursday, and if I am feeling beneficiant, perhaps the blokes will get the break day.”

The pinnacle coach additionally defined that areas of enchancment will turn into obvious as they do their self-scouting. They see the place they succeeded, the place they did not, and the way the story unfolds. Siriani famous that he thinks being 6-0 permits them to be extra demanding and significant, as a result of they know what the requirements are.

“That is to not say you do not do it while you’re 0-6 or 2-5, or no matter, nevertheless it’s very easy to get after all the things as a result of I believe while you’re 6-years-old there isn’t any emotion concerned—0 it is good. , hey, let’s go. It is not ok, and let’s make it higher.”

Siriani famous after the sport that they nonetheless have not performed a full sport but this season, and he elaborated on {that a} bit extra on Monday. He famous that he does not count on perfection, as they’re taking part in powerful opponents who’re going to problem, however he’s searching for his staff to complete the sport.

“I believe there isn’t any doubt that, properly, if we have now a superb first half and the second half, the protection holds them and the offense does not rating or no matter, we’ve not performed an entire sport. We by no means actually broke open a sport after we received a two-score lead.

From what I perceive, I imagine we have had two-score leads each sport this season, and so that you need to have the ability to shut out a sport and put a sport away. I believe that is what we’re speaking about, is de facto ending the sport and placing it away.”

He admitted that generally issues change within the second half when you could have an enormous lead however they all the time wish to be aggressive and put factors on the board. They’re issues which might be evaluated this week, as properly.

on turnover

Siriani was requested why the staff has been so profitable at each stopping turnovers on offense and creating turnovers on protection. He defined the place Jalen Hurts needed to go along with the soccer and did an awesome job of not risking the ball, which was large. And on protection, they pressured a number of fumbles from strip sacks, particularly Hasson Reddick and Brandon Graham.

“It is actually a complete staff effort. It emphasizes the basics of ball security that we preach day by day. OK, so we market it day by day. We discuss it day by day. For those who take a ball round our facility, we do not care who you’re, we’ll let you know it wasn’t ok.”

The pinnacle coach stated that Miles Sanders has been excellent on the ball up to now this season, and his fundamentals have been there. Siriani famous that they added a couple of new drills to their follow.

On particular staff issues

“My anxiousness degree is low. I believe while you take a look at the stats of our punt and kickoff unit proper now, clearly no one is completely happy concerning the 62-yard return that units up a three-pointer for them. That may’t be. We now have to do higher there.

We had some guys on location. We had a man that was out of place, and it price us there. This may occur while you – once more, the last word staff sport. One man will get out of place and it impacts everybody else.

Our protection models going into that sport have been fairly good. I believe we have been fifth in punt returns, proper now — or excuse me, punt protection. We have been fifth in cowl punts and now we’re eleventh, so we had a little bit of a slip within the final sport. I imagine we have been within the high 10 in masking kickoffs and now we’re 14th. So, we’re 14th and eleventh, proper there in the midst of the pack.

However we wish to get higher at them and never hand over the play. However it’s important to take a look at the full physique of labor. It’s by no means only a play.”

Different important

• Siriani had no replace on Lane Johnson (concussion) however stated they want him on the sphere as a result of he is the perfect within the league — if he is able to play, he’ll play.
• Head coach CJ Gardner-Johnson talks a bit about adjusting to the staff and the way he is been profitable. Siriani famous that the protection is clearly an awesome participant and playmaker, however he matches in as a result of he loves soccer and may be very aggressive.
• He was requested concerning the staff’s second-quarter success this season, and Siriani admitted that he did not know precisely why they have been so good for these quarter-hour — quipping, if he knew why, he’d do these issues within the third and fourth quarters, too.

“Little doubt, we’ll take a look at it this week and see what’s there. We are going to attempt to duplicate as a lot as potential.”