Everyone in Philadelphia is saying the same thing about head coach Nick Sirianni hiring Sean Mannion as the new offensive coordinator: what a risky move.
Mannion has only two years of coaching experience, and the only time he has called plays on offense was this week at the East-West Shrine Game. He was only an offensive assistant with the Green Bay Packers in 2024 before being promoted to quarterbacks coach this past season.
Sirianni and the Eagles are certainly putting themselves in the danger zone by hiring a very inexperienced coach as the offensive coordinator. A hire like that will certainly add more pressure on everyone to keep their jobs, but especially Sirianni.
Nick Sirianni might have indirectly put himself in the hot seat
It sounds like a crazy thing to say, especially since Sirianni has been successful as the Eagles' head coach. He has won 69.4% of his regular season games, has a 6-4 record in the postseason, appeared in two Super Bowls, and won one. This is a coach who has never had a losing season or missed the playoffs in his five-year coaching career.
Despite all that success, it always feels like Sirianni is on the hot seat over something. The last time he was on the hot seat was in 2024, when he failed despite Brian Johnson being the offensive coordinator the year before and hired Kellen Moore to the same role. Philly started 2-2 that year, and all of a sudden, it was that Sirianni was going to get fired at the end of the year, but a Super Bowl title silenced those talks.
Hiring someone like Mannion is definitely one of those moves that means Sirianni is putting his job on the line. If he gets it right, then he will get credit for finding the next great offensive mind in the NFL, but if Sirianni whiffs on a third offensive coordinator, there's a chance he gets sent packing in 2026 or 2027.
There's already the narrative that Sirianni does nothing with the Eagles, and that his coaches, players, and front office do the heavy lifting, which is insane that people feel that way. That public perspective is important, though, as fans didn't like Kevin Patullo as offensive coordinator, and the Eagles heard that message loud and clear, which cost Patullo his job.
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Sirianni can't afford to be wrong about this move, though, as the Eagles have to get this right. Another season like 2025 with the offense struggling, and jobs on the line, including the head coach's.