Nick Sirianni really, really wanted a win over the Colts. The Philadelphia Eagles head coach was seen yelling into the crowd after beating the Indianapolis Colts in Week 11.
Sirianni was amped up after the contest, leaping onto the bench and yelling at fans. Now we have video of Sirianni shouting at the Eagles fans in attendance that the win was for Reich.
“That shit was for Frank Reich,” Sirianni said.
This was different than the footage of him hopping on top of a bench on the sideline and hyping up some Eagles fans in the front row.
As Sirianni entered the locker room following Philadelphia’s 17-16 win over Indy, he was seen crying.
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“I’m emotional because I love Frank Reich,” Sirianni said. “He’s one of the best damn football coaches I’ve ever been around. I was hoping that him and I would be able to coach against each other in this game, but he’s one of my biggest mentors. I got my dad, I got Larry Kehres and I got Frank Reich. Frank is such a good football coach. You don’t want to know what I think on if he should be here or not. As you guys can probably imagine what I really think. I love him, so I got a little bit emotional about that.”
“It was good to see some of the guys that I really care about — Quenton Nelson, Ryan Kelly and Parris Campbell. I got to talk to them after the game, and Kenny Moore, so that means a lot when they say some things, obviously I’ll keep those to myself, but I spent a lot of time here. One my children was born here. It was sweet to come here, especially with what happened to this organization over the past couple weeks and get the win. A win. Leaving Indianapolis with a win.”
Reich, one of Sirianni’s biggest mentors, was fired earlier this month after a bad start to the season. He was replaced by interim head coach Jeff Saturday. Sirianni and Reich’s time coaching together dates back to 2013 with the San Diego Chargers.
When Reich left Philadelphia to become the Colts’ head coach in 2018 following the Super Bowl win, he brought Sirianni along to be his offensive coordinator. Sirianni was there for three seasons under Reich before taking the Eagles’ job in 2021.
He wanted to leave Indy with a victory and that is exactly what he did.
