Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni defined Wednesday that whereas he nonetheless has “love” for his former defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, he needs his return to the Metropolis of Brotherly Love in Week 17 to be “uncomfortable.”
Gannon spent 2021 and 2022 as Philadelphia’s defensive coordinator earlier than becoming a member of the Arizona Cardinals as their head coach in mid-February. Gannon was employed by Arizona two days after the Eagles fell to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in Tremendous Bowl LVII, 38-35.
The 40-year-old confronted heavy criticism and blame within the aftermath of the Tremendous Bowl loss, a sport the place the Eagles led the Chiefs 24-14 at halftime. Kansas Metropolis quarterback Patrick Mahomes led a comeback after intermission, nonetheless. Ok.C. had three landing drives plus the game-winning subject aim within the third and fourth quarters alone.
The Chiefs offense registered 158 speeding yards, and Gannon’s protection compelled no turnovers and had no sacks — after main the NFL in sacks by a large margin within the common season.
To start with of March, former Philadelphia security C.J. Gardner-Johnson (now on the Detroit Lions) slammed Gannon in a deleted message on social media, blaming him for the loss. Gardner-Johnson quote-tweeted a reporter’s put up the place Gannon talked about “what went mistaken within the 2nd half within the Tremendous Bowl” and wrote, “You ain’t put us in place to make performs.”
Throughout an interview in entrance of Cardinals followers in April, the first-year lead man blasted the Philadelphia media, alleging that in a information convention final season they wished him fired for not blitzing sufficient. In September, Gannon said, “I remorse that” and that the feedback had been a “mistake.”
