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Nick Sirianni Finally Answers the Question of Whether or Not He and Jalen Hurts Hate Each Other’s Guts
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It’s almost time for the biggest press conference of the day, which is Matvei Michkov of course. That’s 11 a.m. in Voorhees.
But Nick Sirianni and Howie Roseman spoke earlier at Eagles training camp.
Here’s what Nick said about the “relationship with Jalen Hurts” topic that WIP has been beating into the ground for the last three months:
“The only thing you can judge relationships on is your personal interactions with people. Not any report that comes out. Jalen and I’s relationship is good. Again, you just can judge it based on what your personal interactions are. So when you hear a report like that, you don’t put much stock into it, because quite frankly not everybody sees that. So I’m so excited for him and I to get into our fourth year together. We’ve done some pretty special things and I’m excited for him. He’s worked so hard at his game. Excited for him to be able to get out here today and have a good practice. Just looking forward to continuing to work with him and continuing to build on those special things we’ve done.”
Sirianni was asked a follow up about how his changing role affects the relationship with his QB:
“You know what? That’s a good question because I’m not in that quarterback room all the time anymore, some of those times you’d have that natural relationship because you’re always in there. But what I think’s been beneficial is that everybody needs that time with me, not just me being in the quarterback room. Me being able to be in the defensive end room, me being in the linebacker room, so naturally when you’re not just with the quarterback you have to carve out a little bit more time to talk to them, that you wouldn’t get when you’re in there all the time. So yeah, I do that for every position and I just have to do that a little bit more with the quarterback position because I’m not in there full time.”
Yeah that makes sense. If he’s gonna be a CEO type of head coach, then he’s splitting his time more evenly between the various rooms. He might not have to interact as much with Hurts if Kellen Moore is running the offensive show as coordinator.
As for whether Hurts hates Sirianni’s guts or not, we’ll have to find out when he does his next press availability.
The Birds are back baby!
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com