Matt Patricia will want to say off of social media tonight.
Patricia was the center of jokes on Twitter/X during the Philadelphia Eagles’ humiliating Wild Card Round loss against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night. The Eagles D has, unsurprisingly, gotten significantly worse since Nick Sirianni promoted Patricia to defensive play-caller last month:
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It’s indeed hard to comprehend why Sirianni thought it would help in promoting Patricia to defensive play-calling duties over Sean Desai. Patricia had a horrible run as the Detroit Lions’ head coach and was perhaps even worse as the New England Patriots’ co-offensive play-caller last year.
And tonight, Sirianni paid the price big time by trusting Patricia some weeks ago to turn this struggling defense around.
