Nick Sirianni isn’t spending a second worrying about whether Eagles fans are giving him and his team enough credit.
That much was clear when he spoke to The Athletic’s Zach Berman and brushed aside the whole idea of chasing appreciation. Sirianni’s message was simple: his focus is on the work in front of him, not on whether people are clapping loudly enough.
“If even a second of my time is being worried about, ‘Hey, I wish they appreciated this more,’ well, then I just lost a little bit of time that I could be doing something else that really matters.”
He doubled down on that mindset, tying it to the kind of growth that comes from going through the grind rather than obsessing over outside approval.
“I think there’s this growth in finding yourself through the journey that you’ve gone through to get to a point where, like, ‘Yeah, should we be appreciated more?’ Who gives a … We’ve done a good job, and we want to continue to do a good job.”
The conversation lands in a season where plenty of Eagles fans were already venting after a disappointing 2025 campaign that ended with an early playoff exit, even after the franchise had won the Super Bowl the year before. From the outside, some fan bases looked at an 11-6 record and an NFC East title and wondered what there was to complain about.
But Sirianni has helped build a run of success that’s hard to ignore. Since 2021, the Eagles have piled up 59 wins, the second-most in the NFL over that stretch, trailing only the Buffalo Bills’ 60. They’ve reached the playoffs every year under Sirianni, gone to the Super Bowl twice, and brought home the Lombardi Trophy once.
A big part of that sustained success has come from general manager Howie Roseman, who has kept feeding the roster with impact talent through free agency and the draft. The list from the last five years includes Saquon Barkley, A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, Zack Baun, Jalen Carter, Quinyon Mitchell, Cooper DeJean, Jordan Davis, and more.
Still, the glue holding all of it together has been Sirianni. He’s not flawless, but he has managed the highs and lows in a way that has kept the team steady. In Philadelphia sports history, that kind of handling stands out.
So while the debate over appreciation will keep bubbling up among fans, Sirianni has made his position clear. He’s not asking for applause. He’s chasing the next good job, not the last one.
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