PHILADELPHIA – It took all of one dropped pass in Week 2 to highlight just how tenuous the situation in Philadelphia is, something that can be traced to Jeffrey Lurie’s attempt to straddle the fence in the wake of the Eagles’ collapse last season.
Defanging Nick Sirianni is the signal that Lurie was tired of his head coach and creating pocket fiefdoms for Kellen Moore and Vic Fangio was the not-so-subtle approach to detente.
Sirianni ostensibly remained in control with a “30,000-foot view” of everything Eagles and Lurie avoided being labeled as the reactionary owner firing another head coach with a Super Bowl appearance still appearing in the rearview mirror…