PHILADELPHIA – The ecosystem surrounding Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts will be drastically different next season.
After a 10-1 start turned into a descent into misery the Eagles quickly moved on from first-year offensive coordinator Brian Johnson and it’s now confirmed that quarterbacks coach Alex Tanney will be moving on.
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler first reported that Tanney had gotten permission “to explore other coaching opportunities” from the Eagles, a positive spin on the reality that Philadelphia doesn’t want Tanney back, something an NFL source confirmed to SI.com’s Eagles Today.
“I just think that right now we just need to bring some ideas in from the outside,” Sirianni claimed. “We need to bring a guy in with new ideas that’s not part of this family of coaches. I think that’s an important thing. Or even if it is from the family of coaches that has been somewhere else — it could be any of that.
“That’s important. That’s important because that’s important that you’re making sure you always evolve.”
It’s conceivable that Sirianni had a personal epiphany regarding that evolution. Still, it’s not exactly the betting favorite for an offensive-minded head coach originally hired for that expertise to figuratively throw up his hands and admit he needs “fresh ideas.”
To anyone who knows Sirianni, it’s not even reasonable to claim anything other than the current path forward being a directive from Lurie.
In fact, Sirianni took immense pride in his fledgling coaching tree after both 2022 coordinators got head-coaching jobs, Shane Steichen in Indianapolis and Jonathan Gannon in Arizona.
The Eagles coach’s plan, particularly on the offensive side, was to coach his coaches and create a self-sustaining pipeline for promotion. Sirianni often cited Tanney, 36, as a rising star on his staff, who first joined Sirianni in 2021 as a quality control coach fresh off a decade in the league and his final season with the New York Giants.
By 2022, Tanney was the assistant quarterbacks coach under Johnson, working day-to-day with Hurts, and then took over the positional coach role when Johnson was promoted to replace Steichen.
