Nick Sirianni gifts Nolan Smith's fan club with its new mantra
Eagles HC gives Nolan Smith his seal of approval! pic.twitter.com/qKZsgUUnhy — Geoffrey A Knox 'GQ' (@GQ_4_Eva) June 10, 2025
If Nick Sirianni weren't a great NFL coach, it wouldn't matter much. With his personality, it's hard to see success eluding him. Seriously, he could have done just about anything he wanted to. Leadership conferences... Sales... Motivation and public speaking... Comedy... Fortunately, he found his way to the Philadelphia Eagles.
The jokes are long gone, or at least they should be. Philadelphia has been on a tear since he talked to us and his team about flowers. He's led the Birds to Super Bowls. He's won one of them, and had the Kansas City Chiefs groundsman not greased the playing surface in SB 57, we're probably talking about him being 2-0 on the big stage.
Who cares about the 'CEO head coach' thing? Doggone it, he's a CEO head coach. His coaches work hard for him. His players love him and will run through a wall for him. That's all that matters. Don't look now. All of a sudden, it's year five of his reign in Philadelphia.
Nick Sirianni offers elite praise to Nolan Smith.
The 2025-26 Eagles enter the coming campaign as the reigning and defending Super Bowl champions. OTAs and mandatory minicamp have come and gone. Philadelphia saw perfect attendance by the roster for practice at the latter.
Coach spoke to the Philadelphia media right before the session began. Nolan Smith's name came up towards the end of it, and as he always does, Nick offered high praise for one of his guys. Expect Nolan's fan club to swell and add a few members after this one.
'He's always ready to strike. I love Nolan Smith. He is a tough dude.' That's quite the endorsement and classic Sirianni. That sounds like a rallying cry, something that should be placed on a T-shirt. And, some of you wonder why this guy's players would and have run through a wall for him...
Nolan has battled injuries during both his collegiate and pro careers. Most recently, he tore his triceps during the big game. That led to questions about his recovery time and status for the coming season.
Fear not. He's been given the seal of approval. He says he's ready to go, and even though it seems erroneous to call him an under-the-radar player. Platforms outside of Philadelphia are naming him as a potential secret weapon. It sounds like Coach agrees.
"We have great people in this building, and you know it takes everybody. We have great doctors. We have great strength staff, a training staff that helps me know that when he's ready to go, he's ready to go."
Who wouldn't want to play for this guy? He's a teacher and the ultimate hype man. He's like Flavor Flav in a visor, but Flav never won a Super Bowl, and he certainly doesn't have a coaching tree. Nick has a unique way of seeing the game, a unique way of leading, and the Birds have another Vince Lombardi Trophy to place on the shelf because of that.
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