The Eagles’ response to a humbling loss will reveal a lot about the team.
“We didn’t coach good enough, didn’t play good enough,” Sirianni understated. “Simple as that.”
It might be even simpler.
The Niners were just better than the Eagles, leaning on their vast array of playmakers and a quarterback who dished the football off like a brilliant old-school NBA point guard.
The Eagles have been living on the edge for weeks, basking in a Marquez Valdes-Scantling drop in Kansas City or a Jake Elliott 59-yard field goal through a monsoon at the end of regulation vs.