Daily News | How Giants coach Brian Daboll made a lasting impact on the Eagles’ Jalen Hurts — and Nick Sirianni
For one season, Michael Locksley’s nightly walks out of the Alabama football facility were often accompanied by the blaring music coming from a nearby office.
Now in his first year as the New York Giants coach, Daboll has spent meaningful time with two of the Eagles most outward-facing members: He spent 2017 with Hurts and spent the 2012 season as the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs with Nick Sirianni serving as his wide receivers coach. “The year prior, we were more of a run-action, pass system. With Brian’s one year there, he instilled the same system that a guy like Tom Brady ran. It was really Jalen’s first time reading pure progressions, progression with options. All the things you’re seeing him do now in the NFL, it was his first time being exposed to it.”
“There’s no doubt that was the start of it for him,” Locksley said. “It was the first time he was exposed to it, having to change protection and get involved in the pre-snap stuff. I thought he did a tremendous job at it.”Jalen Hurts’ leadership style through the eyes of Eagles team captains: ‘Everything comes from the heart’
“He really means a lot to me in just the short time I spent with him,” Daboll said. “Obviously being at Buffalo, you’re watching him kind of bring the Eagles along. The things that he’s done this year, he should be at the top of the list in the MVP discussion.” Although the Chiefs went 2-14 in the season Sirianni worked on Daboll’s offensive staff, the two shared a connection as Western New York natives and stayed in touch. During his introductory news conference with the Eagles in 2021, Sirianni listed Daboll as one of the key figures to help him become a head coach.
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