PHILADELPHIA — Nick Sirianni is the son of a high school football coach, and he has used what he learned from his dad to put together his own successful career on the sideline, first in college and eventually the NFL.
At 44 years old and more than 20 years into the business, Sirianni knows intricate details about the sport.
So it seemed a bit implausible when the Philadelphia Eagles coach confessed this week that he did not know his team was set to unveil its Super Bowl LIX championship banner during a pregame ceremony for the NFL’s 2025 regular-season opener Thursday night, when the rival Dallas Cowboys visit Lincoln Financial Field for an NFC East Division matchup.
The more educated guess is that while Sirianni surely knows there’s already enough hype and excitement around the game — the Eagles asked fans without tickets to not come to the stadium complex to avoid traffic headaches — he also wants to avoid any kind of reminder of last season’s championship.
Shut the door on 2024. On to 2025 and the Cowboys.