Analyst says Nick Sirianni decisions will eventually cost Eagles

Another week, another incredible individual effort in the NFC East. Seven days after the Daniels Miracle Victory, Saquon Barkley provided an iconic backward hurdle in the Eagles’ 28-23 win over the Jaguars.

And after all the talk about Garrett Wilson’s one-handed catches Thursday night, Philadelphia’s DeVonta Smith may have provided an even better reception on Sunday, giving the Eagles (6-2) a 28-16 advantage in the fourth quarter. But after that sensational grab, the Eagles misfired on a two-point conversion, the third time on Sunday that Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni tried and failed to convert a two-point attempt. After those decisions opened the door for a furious Jaguars comeback, reporters asked Sirianni about going for two so many times.

“We’ve done pretty good at those in the past,” said Sirianni, whose club has won four in a row to keep pace with Washington (7-2). “You always think about everything. You think about who you have, your past experiences with it, you always look at the analytics of it. We’ve been pretty good on those. Today, they did a good job. So, I’ll look at it. I’ll look at everything, but in the moment, I’m always doing what I think is best for the football team. Today, it didn’t work but that’s the way it goes. That’s the hat I have to wear.”

Sirianni won’t be wearing a postseason hat, however, according to former player and ESPN analyst Marcus Spears.

“That’s the type of snide answer that I hate,” Spears said Monday on NFL Live, “because it went your way. But you lose this game, we’re talking about your job again. And you making decisions for a team with this much talent, that literally could’ve cost them the game, if your talent didn’t overcome how egregious the coaching decisions were that you made throughout the duration of this game.

“Nick Sirianni is like a kid whose parents leave for a vacation and have no Ring camera. And, they want to throw a party, and everybody comes over for the party, and he has an idea in his head that the house is not going to get messed up. And everything (is) tore up and he realizes, ‘I don’t have enough money for people to come fix it.’ At some point during the season, and we’ve seen it happen already, but at some point during the season, there’s going to be a critical point in a game and the 2-3 decisions he made earlier puts them in that situation and Nakobe Dean doesn’t get an interception.”

Any Philadelphia interceptions this week won’t come from the arm of Dak Prescott, expected to miss multiple weeks with a hamstring injury. The Eagles will be challenged, though, by a new-look Dallas offense that just acquired wide receiver Jonathan Mingo in a trade Tuesday. The Cowboys (3-5) host the Eagles on Sunday (4:25 p.m. ET, CBS).