Nick Sirianni built for the challenge of reviving Eagles

“I’m watching the different ways to attack them, different things that we had done, and so I’m focused more on that. That was a good game that we played back in Week 3 against two good teams in the playoffs right now as the four and five seeds,” he said. “And we know we’re going to have a battle on our hands because I know how much respect I have for this defense and this defensive coordinator, the players that they have on that field, and we’re going to have to be on it to accomplish what we want to accomplish.

“And so that’s where my mind was when I’m watching the game. Different things that we did, different things we could do, different things we could do off the things that we did, and all those different things like that. So yeah, that’s where my mind was when I was watching it this morning.”

Injuries are a factor and Sirianni confirmed that safety Sydney Brown suffered a torn ACL in Sunday’s loss at the Giants and faces a long recovery, but he didn’t have much to say about wide receivers A.J. Brown (knee) and DeVonta Smith (ankle) and guard Cam Jurgens (eye) other than to say he was “hopeful” on all the players in this long week.

Quarterback Jalen Hurts has a finger injury – middle finger, throwing hand – and Sirianni lauded Hurts’ toughness returning to Sunday’s game after sustaining the injury.

“We know how tough Jalen is. I mean, this guy has played through a lot of different things and hats off to him because that – again, I don’t want to say anyone can play when your body feels good, but it’s when your body’s feeling the way I know all our guys are feeling, and particularly Jalen, the fact that they played through those things speaks to how tough they are, and Jalen is right there at the top of the list and how tough he is,” Sirianni said. “And so, he went back in, as you all saw, I was watching him closely when he came out of the tent and watching him throw. He looked at me and he said, ‘I’m going,’ got his helmet, picked it up, and that gives you goosebumps to think about one of your best players doing that and fighting through for his teammates.

“And so yeah, we’ll see. We’ll see as the week progresses, but I know he’s going to be sore. There’s no doubt about that, and I know that finger is going to get stiff and he’s going to have to go through hard work to make sure that he’s ready to go. But I have no doubt that he’s going to do everything he can do to do that, and that he’ll be able to play…