The concerns about whether Nick Sirianni is a excellent head coach won’t go away after the Philadelphia Eagles lost to the Atlanta Falcons, especially because of the late play call with under 2 minutes to go on Monday.
Instead of running the ball on 3rd-and-3 with the Falcons having no timeouts, Sirianni and offensive planner Kellen Moore called up a basic pass in the flat off play action. It would have worked if Saquon Barkley hadn’t dropped an simple catch, however that’s not the point. The clock stopped, the Eagles kicked a field objective, and the Falcons gotridof a 99 percent opportunity of losing to offer Kirk Cousins his veryfirst win with Atlanta.
Sirianni had this to state: