The seal has been damaged. The Jets, in all probability to the aid of Robert Saleh, have relieved Robert Saleh of his duties as head coach. A coach hasn’t been fired at 2-3 since Lou Saban within the AFL, so yeah, that is actually early to fireplace a coach whose workforce hasn’t but fallen aside. However firing season is right here and Saleh received’t be the one sufferer.
Nick Sirianni entered this season on the very least on the one bar setting of seat heating. The primary 4 video games of the season did nothing to chill it. He in all probability received’t get fired in October, that’s not how Jeffrey Lurie does issues, it’s unlikely that Sirianni is fired in the course of the season in any respect. However the subsequent 4 video games might seal his inevitable destiny. These are all winnable video games.
The Browns offense is a black gap. Cleveland’s solely win this season was towards the Jaguars, by 5 factors. The Browns offense is averaging 3.8 yards per play, 28 groups have a greater yards per carry. Their season excessive in scoring is eighteen factors. Deshaun Watson hasn’t thrown for 200 yards but this season, he has been sacked 6+ occasions in three of his 5 video games. Benching Watson, who for contract functions the Browns are caught with by subsequent season, would create all of sorts of issues. For one, his backup is Jameis Winston.
If the Browns offense seems like a usually functioning offense towards the Eagles, the protection is in main bother.
Giants
The Giants as soon as once more stink. It was embarrassing that the Eagles misplaced to them final season, a shedding streak to one of many worst groups within the league is solely unacceptable. In his closing season Doug Pederson bought swept by the Commanders, and misplaced his closing three division video games.
Bengals
Cincy are good however unfortunate. They’ve misplaced two video games the place they’ve scored 33+ factors. They’re 0-3 at house, although by 6, 5 and three factors, and their one different loss was by 1 level. They’re 4-1 or 5-0 with only a handful of breaks going the opposite means. Or only a higher protection. thirty first in factors towards, twenty second in DVOA, thirty first on third down, thirtieth on 4th down, thirtieth in factors per drive towards… the Bengals do nothing effectively on protection.
A shootout is within the playing cards for this recreation, and with the firepower the Eagles have, a excessive scoring win ought to be attainable.
Jaguars
I hesitate to say something unfavourable about Super Bowl champion Doug Pederson however he’s going to get fired, probably earlier than the season is over, and it received’t be undeserved. Nothing is working for him, and he’s repeating his submit Tremendous Bowl arc of two 9-7 groups after which all of it falls aside.
The Jaguars fired DC Mike Caldwell within the offseason and changed him with former Falcons DC Ryan Nielsen and went from seventeenth to thirtieth in scoring, and are thirty second in defensive DVOA. The Jaguars protection is thirtieth on third down conversions, twentieth on 4th down, and twenty ninth in factors per drive towards. In yr three of the Pederson/Press Taylor offense, the Jaguars have gone backwards, down from thirteenth in scoring to twenty first. Solely the Panthers have a worse level differential.
That’s three video games towards unhealthy groups, and a fourth towards an excellent however flawed workforce.
Sirianni’s “new” function as “CEO head coach” (aren’t all head coaches the CEO?) isn’t working. The tradition he says he’s constructing sucks. Like Robert Saleh, Nick Sirianni received’t be getting the endorsement of his QB. The sport planning isn’t something to brag about, the Eagles have but to attain on their opening drive, the one workforce to take action. The workforce remains to be completely unprepared to not have Lane Johnson taking part in (although that can also be a Howie Roseman drawback), and might’t get something going with out AJ Brown. The aggressive and sensible fourth down method that Sirianni began his profession with is gone. What does Nick Sirianni truly do?
And that’s why the subsequent 4 video games are essential. Go 2-2 and the remainder of the season is probably going a formality. The subsequent 4 after which can be the toughest stretch of the season: on the Cowboys, vs the Commanders, on the Rams, on the Ravens. If the Eagles enter that at 4-4 (or worse), it’s onerous to see them surging within the second half, and a double digit loss season is in play. At that time, Jeffrey Lurie may need to behave.
