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[Don Ho]

From Team of the Century co-ordinator
To Head Coach
To Co-ordinator without the title
To LB coach

Super Bowl hangover is the worst. 

This will not be good at all.  Big Mouth Slay will turn the locker room on him and it's going to be tough enough on any new defensive coach on this team, did not realize how loved Dennard Wilson was.

[General_Failure]

Slay might be the loudest voice against him, but it's like a job anywhere else; people talk to each other about who's a total dipshtein at work. I wouldn't believe there's any player in the NFL that has a good opinion of Patricia.

[Don Ho]

True!  Pats fans I spoke to yeserday are saying good luck if you get Patty.

[Don Ho]

Marcus Hayes

Nick Sirianni courts mutiny by firing DB coach Dennard Wilson after snubbing him as Eagles DC

The Eagles have lost defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon.

Now, they've also lost their best defensive position coach.

And they might be on the brink of a mutiny.

After an acrimonious meeting this weekend, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni fired popular and productive defensive backs coach Dennard Wilson on Saturday, two league sources confirmed. Sirianni passed over Wilson in his exhaustive search to replace Gannon and hired Seattle Seahawks defensive assistant Sean Desai instead.

Wilson was, understandably, disappointed that he did not get the DC job. Sirianni knew this.

Sources said Sirianni met with Wilson over the weekend looking for — and receiving — assurances that Wilson would cooperate with Desai. Yet Sirianni nevertheless was convinced that Wilson would not work well with Desai. This, despite Wilson working well with Gannon, even though they never were kindred spirits before Gannon got the head coach job in Arizona.

The Eagles are trying to paint this as an amicable split. Untrue, according to sources. Wilson wanted to stay.

Both owner Jeffrey Lurie and general manager Howie Roseman adored Wilson, league sources said. This matters because, after meddling in former coach Doug Pederson's staffing decisions to the degree that Lurie fired Pederson in part over control issues, Lurie and Roseman have not interfered much with Sirianni's staffing. Like Pederson, Sirianni took the Eagles to the Super Bowl in his second season. Unlike Sirianni, Pederson won it.

This was entirely Sirianni's call, sources say. Attempts to reach the Eagles for comment were not returned.

Sirianni might have a problem on his hands when the team reconvenes in a few months.

Cornerback Darius Slay and safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson had openly lobbied for Wilson to be promoted. Slay tweeted on the night of Feb. 24, "I kno (sic) my guy Dennard Wilson should be a DC in the NFL!!" Within the hour, Gardner-Johnson quote-tweeted, "He help me elevate my game most def."

Wilson, an 11-year NFL assistant who, like Gannon, was part of Sirianni's first Eagles staff in 2021, was the DB coach and the defensive passing game coordinator of the No. 1 pass defense in the NFL. The Eagles' 70 sacks set a franchise record, but many of those sacks developed because receivers simply were not open. The Eagles tied for fourth in the NFL with 17 interceptions.

Wilson's influence went far beyond the field; he handled the team's most volatile group of players like a demolition expert handles nitroglycerine.

For instance, Wilson defused a potentially explosive situation after the Eagles' Christmas Eve loss at Dallas. After the game, Slay pointed a finger at backup slot corner Josiah Scott, who blew a coverage that allowed the Cowboys to convert a third-and-30 en route to a key loss. In fact, Wilson turned a potentially disastrous situation into a team-building moment.

As such, after losing offensive coordinator and play caller Shane Steichen to the Colts, and with wholesale changes coming on the defensive roster, this move could well be Sirianni's Waterloo.

Wilson was extremely effective in incorporating rental cornerback James Bradberry, converting nickel corner Gardner-Johnson to safety, and deploying Pro Bowl corner Darius Slay. Slay and Bradberry ranked eighth and ninth in profootballfocus.com's coverage rankings, and Slay was a Pro Bowl selection in both his seasons under Wilson. Gardner-Johnson, who played corner his first three seasons with the Saints, landed in Philly via trade and tied for the league lead with six interceptions in his first season as a safety.

As significantly, Wilson turned scrap-heap safety Marcus Epps into a full-time player and the past two seasons and turned undrafted rookie Reed Blankenship into an emergency starter and consistent contributor last season.

[QB Eagles]

With that much hyperbole in one short article, the one big takeaway I have is that Wilson was clearly a frequent team source for Hayes.

[Don Ho]

Exactly, this being reported by the guy who sucked Gannon off as he walked out the door. 

[SD]

Take it fwiw Eskin thinks BG will be back

[PhillyPhreak54]

I want CJGJ back

[Eagaholic]

I know it's not his style but I wish Howie would have tagged any one of several players. CJ would be near the top of the list, maybe after Hargrave. Howie gave up draft picks for CJ and I doubt he wants to 'lose' them.

[Don Ho]

yep!  draft picks for this guy so c'mon Howard.  They can keep Hargrave and CJ plus a good draft....S'all good.  BG will be back.  No one's going to pay him.

[Diomedes]

I'm good with no tags.

[PhillyPhreak54]

CJ posted what amounts to a goodbye and thanks Philly last night - so of course the main guy I want to see back is going to walk

[ice grillin you]

hes a good player but played way over his head this year and will never duplicate that again

[SD]

hes a good player but played way over his head this year and will never duplicate that again

As much as I love the way he plays and the attitude he brings to the field I agree he's not worthy to be paid as a top 5 safety. It would be great to have him back but he's replaceable.

[ice grillin you]

the part that hurts is not specifically losing him its that the safety position without him is probably the worst in the nfl