The Philadelphia Eagles made a big splash when they traded up in the 2021 NFL Draft and selected Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith, but he wasn't the only offensive skill player the team landed.
While general manager Howie Roseman and head coach Nick Sirianni consider Smith a difference-maker on and off the field, ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. has fifth-round pick Kenneth Gainwell as his late round steal of this year's draft.
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"In 2019 all Kenny Gainwell did was scored touchdowns," Kiper said. "He can catch the ball out of the backfield, game-breaking runner, outstanding football player. They get him in round five, he should have been taken in round three. That's a heck of a pick for the Philadelphia Eagles."
Another 2020 Eagles Coaching Staff Member Retained By Sirianni
New Eagles Head Coach Nick Sirianni is still going through the process of filling all the openings on his Coaching staff for the 2021 NFL season and after retaining Offensive Line Coach Jeff Stoutland, Sirianni will be keeping another familiar face from Doug Pederson's Coaching Staff
When the Eagles hired Aaron Moorehead before the 2020 season, he became the fourth different Wide Receiver Coach under Doug Pederson since he became Head Coach in 2016. Before coming to Philadelphia, Moorehead spent the previous seven years as a Wide Receivers Coach in College Football at Virginia Tech (2013-14), texas A&M (2015-17), and Vanderbilt (2018-19). Interesting to note that Moorehead worked with new Eagles Pass Game Coordinator Kevin Patullo at Texas A&M in 2017.
The 45-year old was a third-round pick by the Eagles, and has coached with three different head coaches in Philadelphia, Andy Reid, Chip Kelly and Doug Pederson.
Philadelphia Eagles Land Their Next Head Coach
Published: January 22, 2021
*Frank reich and Nick Sirianni: (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
*Dick Vermeil: (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
The Philadelphia Eagles landed a new Head Coach on Thursday and his name is Nick Sirianni. Sirianni, 39 years old, impressed the organization enough to pick him to lead the Eagles back to their winning ways. Sirianni began his NFL coaching career in 2009 with the Kansas City Chiefs and then joined the San Diego Chargers in 2013 where he worked as a Wide Receivers and Quarterbacks Coach under two different Head Coaches (Mike McCoy and Anthony Lynn). In 2018, he was hired by the Colts to be their Offensive Coordinator, a position he’s held for the last three years under his former Chargers coaching colleague Frank Reich. Yes, Former Eagles Offensive Coordinator and current Head Coach of the Indianapolis Colts Frank Reich has endorsed Nick Sirianni by saying Nick is “very intelligent...very energetic, passionate”.
While the news is shocking, it was a mild surprise.
On Thursday the Eagles made the decision to hire Indianapolis offensive coordinator, Nick Sirianni to be their 24th head coach.
After talking to 10 different candidates to lead the team, they replaced the only coach to ever win a Super Bowl in Philadelphia, Doug Pederson, with a virtual unknown.
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The 39-year old spent the past three season as Frank Reich's offensive coordinator, though he did not call plays. During his time with the Colts, the Indy offense ranked eighth in overall, scoring 25.9 points per game.
Eagles Hiring Nick Sirianni As Their Next Head Coach
On Thursday, the Philadelphia Eagles finished their Head Coaching job search and will proceed with hiring Indianapolis Colts Offensive Coordinator Nick Sirianni
Nick Sirianni got his start in the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2009 hired by Todd Haley to be an Offensive Quality Control Coach. Sirianni worked his way up to Wide Receivers Coach in 2012 before joining the San Diego Chargers staff in 2013 where he worked with former Eagles Offensive Coordinator Frank Reich on the coaching staff of Mike McCoy.
After five seasons in the Chargers organization working as a Wide Receivers Coach and Quarterbacks Coach, he was hired to worked with Frank Reich again in Indianapolis as the Colts Offensive Coordinator from 2018 to 2020. During his time as the Offensive Coordinator, the Colts were top ten in the NFL in Points Scored in two of the three seasons with two very different Quarterbacks: Andrew Luck and Philip Rivers.
Eagles Interviewing Cowboys Coordinator For Head Coaching Job
The Philadelphia Eagles are not taking any shortcuts in their goal to have an exhaustive search for their next Head Coach and on Tuesday, the organization is now interviewing a coach from the Dallas Cowboys
Kellen Moore just finished his second year as the Cowboys' Offensive Coordinator after a six year NFL career as a backup Quarterback, the final three years as the Cowboys' Backup QB. At 31 years old, Moore is the same age as the Panthers' Offensive Coordinator Joe Brady, who interviewed with the Eagles last week, and the same age as Sean McVay when the Rams hired him as Head Coach back in 2017.