Philadelphia Eagles punt returner Britain Covey obtained brutally sincere whereas talking with Eagles Now of Chat Sports activities on Thursday about how the membership went from 10-1 to 11-6 forward of a wild-card playoff loss on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season.
“I undoubtedly assume we obtained emotionally drained from attempting to determine what the issue was,” Covey defined, as shared by Jimmy Hascup of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. “And we stored attempting to pinpoint it at this and pinpoint this. There was some miscommunication, I feel, from coaches to gamers. There have been some pointing fingers from participant to participant. And there was, type of, letting exterior voices impression our love for the sport and simply the happiness that we had. All that mixed to essentially simply type of make it spiral.”
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni managed to carry onto his job after Philadelphia misplaced six of seven video games (together with the Tampa Bay debacle), maybe as a result of he parted methods with each offensive coordinator Brian Johnson and defensive coordinator Sean Desai.
The Eagles subsequently changed Johnson with Kellen Moore, and ESPN’s Tim McManus has repeatedly talked about that Sirianni will now transfer into “extra of a CEO head-coaching function” this offseason.
“You need to pinpoint a spot that goes incorrect, proper? Brian Johnson. It wasn’t Brian Johnson,” Covey stated. “I undoubtedly assume we wanted some modifications, and so now we have a brand new coordinator. I feel it’s going to be good for us. …You want change. You want recent eyes. We nonetheless obtained the items.”
Extra change might come to the group in January 2025 if the Eagles flop underneath Sirianni for a second straight season. A number of in-the-know people have suggested that Eagles proprietor Jeffrey Lurie was at the very least considerably enthusiastic about former New England Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick final month and will pursue Belichick assuming the six-time Tremendous Bowl champion head coach stays accessible by way of subsequent winter.
“However actually, I feel you’re going to see a group this yr that’s going to be like, ‘I’m not letting the identical factor occur,'” Covey insisted. “I feel you’re gonna see much more resilient folks, gamers, due to it.”
In the meantime, one wonders if Covey will take any warmth for his feedback: