Former Eagle Blasts Sirianni for Costly Blunder in London

Liberty Check

• Coaching accountability matters when taxpayer-funded stadiums host pro teams.
• Players expect leaders to make the right call in crunch time, not shift blame.
• Personal responsibility from coaches mirrors the constitutional principle that authority must answer for its decisions.

Former Philadelphia cornerback Asante Samuel did not mince words after the Eagles dropped a heartbreaker to Jacksonville across the pond.

Eight seconds left, a one-point lead, and the simple instruction to squib the kickoff never came.

Speaking on the “Say What Needs To Be Said” show, Samuel pinned the collapse directly on head coach Nick Sirianni.

“You lost the game for your team,” Samuel said.

“Of course, the team was going to have his back and say, ‘No, coach, it’s not on you. It’s on us.’ But all the coach had to do was call a squib kick. A squib kick at the end of the game is normal and done all the freaking time.”

Samuel continued to hammer Sirianni for missing an obvious situation.

“Nick Sirianni must have had a lapse in his brain or something and wasn’t paying attention for him to miss out on that situation,” Samuel said.

“There’s no way your team fights that hard for that long, and you let your team down by not making sure the right call is being made.”

The Eagles still led 17-16 when Jacksonville’s Ameer Abdullah returned the kickoff 53 yards, setting up the game-winning field goal as time expired.

Sirianni accepted responsibility after the final whistle, telling reporters, “I didn’t make the right decision and I lost us that game.”

Quarterback Jalen Hurts made clear that play-calling decisions were not his to question.

“It’s not my place, and we’re prepared, I’m prepared as a quarterback to not worry about those things,” Hurts said.

Sirianni doubled down Monday, insisting Hurts must simply execute the plays called from the sideline.

The loss dropped Philadelphia to 2-3 while Jacksonville notched its third straight victory.

Americans deserve better.