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Nick Sirianni Says He Turned the Page “Right Away” After Super Bowl Win

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: May 21st, 2025 · 11:56 AM EDT

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The recently contract-extended Nick Sirianni spoke to reporters this week, and this answer about transitioning from Super Bowl winner to offseason planner was interesting:

Q. At what point during the offseason were you able to turn the page from, ‘We won the Super Bowl,’ to, ‘Okay, let’s look ahead to next year.’ (Ed Kracz)

Nick Sirianni: I know this sounds crazy, but right away. Of course, I enjoyed the parade and of course I enjoyed the flight back home, but then Kellen (Moore) got the job and you’re right back into filling coaching spots. So, your calendar is always completely full and you’re just constantly trying to get better at what you did the year before. How do you hire coaches better? And then go through that process.

Then it’s to the draft and free agency, and then it’s into players phase one. You’ve got to turn the page. You can enjoy it, but you can only enjoy it for a little bit, but you’ve got to turn the page, and you’ve got to turn the page quickly because we’ll have a high standard for ourselves. I know you all will have a high standard for us, but we know how high our standard is for ourselves, and it takes steps, and that’s mental toughness.

I think I talked about this with the players (Wednesday(. I think sometimes when I talk, I tend to talk to them a lot about mental toughness and I talk to them about overcoming adversity, and that’s a big part of mental toughness. But another part of this mental toughness thing is going through the same monotonous things over and over and over again and having the same attitude and effort no matter what the circumstances are, right?

‘We just went through this draft process. Well, let’s do it again.’ There’s a mental toughness to doing the same things in the same steps over and over again. I’d like to also say, I couldn’t tell you how many players and coaches have come up to me and just say congratulations. It felt like my response was– again, I got a chance to thank Mr. Lurie in my opening, but it felt like with every player that I talked to, the main thing that was coming out of my mouth was, ‘Well, I’m not in this situation without great players, and I’m not in this situation where I’m able to sign a new contract without great coaches, and I’m not in this situation to be here without Howie.’

So, it truly is that you can’t be great without the greatness of others. Whether it was Jalen coming up to me– and I said the same thing to all those guys, Jalen, Dallas, Clint Hurtt, Vic, Howie.

Again, it just shows you how awesome a team sport like football is. It takes everybody, and I sure am grateful for Mr. Lurie and all the players and all the coaches here that put me in this position to be able to do this.

The comments about repetition really jump out in that answer. Sirianni talks about “going through the same monotonous things over and over,” and doing it with the same mentality and tenacity. This comes from the “attention to detail” tree and applies to anything anybody does in any career. Can you apply the same level of effort and focus to things you’ve already done before, and continue to do on a daily basis? Or do you get lazy and begin to cut corners? And does the corner cutting affect other parts of your job performance?

The concept really reinforces the meticulous approach of process-based individuals, which NovaCare is full of. If you prepare well, you practice well. If you practice well, you play well. If you play well, you smoke the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. As always, if the requisite small things are handled with seriousness and care, the payoff will be there. This is a good snapshot of how successful people approach these things, whether they are a football coach, professional athlete, triage nurse, or lowly sports blogger.

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