It doesn't matter how good the Philadelphia Eagles are, or how good they can be, the vibes of the team can always shift with one postgame interview.
That's seemingly what happened when wide receiver A.J. Brown spoke up about the team's struggles in the passing game following Sunday's 22-16 win over the Carolina Panthers.
A day later, Brandon Graham added fuel to the fire with his own thoughts about Brown's "different" relationship with quarterback Jalen Hurts. The panic button has been pushed, and now every media analyst wants to draw comparisons between the current Eagles squad to last year's team that lost six of their final seven games in a historic collapse.
Comparisons to the 2023 team are unfounded when you ask Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni, though.
"I see a lot of 2022 vibes. I just see joy," Sirianni said on 94.1 WIP. "You can look at what you see in one week, but I'm looking at the big picture and again, I see it as everybody wants to get better...I can only judge them off of the things I see on a daily basis."
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Sirianni's comments aren't completely unfounded. Philadelphia has a point differential nearly 50 points higher than last season's finish. It's also hard to win nine straight games if players are at each other's throats like some would want to hypothesize.
There's no denying there is frustration for the Eagles right now offensively. That's what happens when your passing attack is one of the worst in the league in yards and plays.
But if Sirianni says he sees more joy than anything else in the locker room, it's hard to say the head coach is wrong when no one else is in there as much as he is.
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This story was originally published December 10, 2024, 1:24 PM.