Brian Daboll and Nick Sirianni coached together at Kansas City a decade ago, enduring the toughest season of their careers. Now, the Giants and Eagles coaches are set to face off against one another for the first time in the NFC East rivalry.
Yet in a season to forget, Daboll and Sirianni forged a coaching bond that, to this day, both view among the most influential in the journey that got them to this point:
Daboll, now the first-year head coach of the Giants, and Sirianni, in his second season as head coach of the Eagles, set to face off against one another for the first timeThe Eagles are 11-1 and considered not only the class of the NFC, but at this point the best in the entire league. The Giants are a surprising 7-4-1, fighting for a playoff spot that seemed unlikely when Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen took over a team that had lost the most games in the NFL since 2017. These next two games for Big Blue will likely define how Daboll's first season as a head coach is viewed, with the Eagles in town followed by a trip for a prime time rematch against Washington next Sunday.
"You could tell right from the beginning, I thought his arrow was pointing up, and fast, and certainly it has," Daboll said of Sirianni, 41."He’s done a fantastic job with the Eagles, to no one’s surprise … He’s meant a lot to me in my career, just in the conversations that we’ve had. He’s competitive, got some toughness about him, and I think he shows enough empathy and cares about his players. Unfortunate we’re in the same division here.
Sirianni landed with the Chargers where he hooked up with Frank Reich, who eventually brought him to Indianapolis as his offensive coordinator. He was tabbed as Doug Pederson's successor with the Eagles last season. Daboll, meanwhile, wound up in Buffalo for four seasons as Sean McDermott's offensive coordinator, raising his profile yet again as one of the brightest offensive minds in the league.
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