Earlier this week, on the 94WIP Morning Show, Nick Sirianni shared some news and raised his hand.

That Third-and-11 run play to Kenny Gainwell within the fourth quarter of Sundays’ OT win over the Commanders?

Sirianni mentioned he truly overruled offensive coordinator and play-caller Brian Johnson on that one. Johnson needed to name a move and Sirianni needed to name a run. So the Eagles referred to as a run.

On the radio present, Sirainni mentioned he doesn’t “do this very often to Brian” however at his press convention on Wednesday, Sirianni was requested simply how typically he overrules his play-caller.

“Sixteen times,” Sirianni joked.

OK, perhaps it’s arduous to know the precise the quantity of occasions Sirianni overrules him, particularly as a result of he and Johnson work in conjunction. But it’s an attention-grabbing ingredient to offensive success and failure, particularly as a result of we all know Johnson is the same old play-caller.

The solely cause we all know that Sirianni overruled him on this explicit name was as a result of the play failed and Sirianni admitted it. It makes you marvel what number of occasions it’s occurred earlier than, whether or not it was a profitable play or not, and what number of occasions it can occur going ahead.

“What I don’t think people understand is we go through this process together,” Sirianni mentioned on Wednesday. “As we are available right here, the offense has not modified very a lot so far as the schemes that we’re operating from Shane [Steichen] to Brian.

“I used to be employed right here to be an offensive coach and so I’ve a imaginative and prescient of what I need it to appear to be. I’m in each offensive assembly, each sport planning assembly and offensive assembly. We assume by means of every part collectively and discuss by means of every part collectively. And so clearly, similar to with Shane, I’m sitting there and speaking to him. 

“It’s no different … if you want the answer that I think you might be looking for, it’s no different from Shane and myself with Brian than this one. I just told y’all — I gave you some information that maybe didn’t come up last year but it’s the same dynamic.”

Slightly later in his press convention, Sirianni was requested concerning the dynamic between him and defensive coordinator Sean Desai, who’s in his first yr with the Eagles.

The distinction between that dynamic with Desai and former DC Jonathan Gannon is that Sirianni and Gannon labored collectively for a very long time, even earlier than coming to Philly. Sirianni and Desai are nonetheless attending to know one another.

“Again, I hired Sean to do a job and I think he’s doing a great job, but I also have to be very clear of what the description is of the job and what I require in certain situations,” Sirianni mentioned. “So even though I’m hiring him to do a job and I don’t want to micromanage by any means, I still have visions of how I want everything to look like as the head football coach because at the end of the day, everything out there has my name on it.”

Sirianni used the phrase “micromanage,” which brings up an attention-grabbing line pertaining to each Desai and Johnson. How does Sirianni know when to step in and when to not?

Ultimately, Sirianni is the top coach, however he employed Desai and Johnson to do their jobs.

“Am I doing more on offense than I am on defense? Yes,” Sirianni mentioned. “But micromanaging and just being very detailed, those are two different things, or a fine line in between them, I don’t know.”

It’s arduous to argue with success and Sirianni has clearly been profitable. The Eagles are off to a 4-0 begin this season after coming off a Super Bowl look in 2022 and are 27-11 within the common season since he took over in 2021.

“So are there times where it is, that I want this? Yeah,” Sirianni mentioned. “But again, I’m the head coach. If that’s micromanaging, it is, but at the end of the day, like I said, my name is on the product out on the field and that’s my job as a head coach.”

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