The Philadelphia Eagles obviously struggled on the defensive side of the ball last season, which was a big reason why the team lost six of their last seven games. And Eagles veteran defensive end Brandon Graham has a suggestion for what went wrong: the coaches.
During an interview this week, Brandon Graham praised new defensive line coach Clint Hurtt as being a “good coach” as he blasted last year’s coaching staff, making it clear that he did not think they had good coaches last year.
“I really think that last year, we just didn’t — that’s what we didn’t have. We didn’t have all the right coaches in the right position, I would say,” Graham said. “You know, you can just see the guys just truly believing in what’s going on. I’m excited for the young guys who just came in, new rookies coming in — they’re really going to get a good shot and good taste of what it is to be in the NFL.”
Graham indicated that people simply were not on the same page last year.
“It would pop up. But it popped up in a big way that last game,” Graham said. “It’s just like, [if there’s] anything I’ve learned, you always want to make sure that we just have the proper communication. So it’s real big communication going on right now — within the locker room, on the field, in the classrooms.
“I’m more excited about — just because we do have [Vic] Fangio, somebody experienced, real good. Not saying anything about the past, but it’s just more — you can just tell that everybody’s on the same page about stuff.”
Obviously, these rather candid comments led to a lot of reactions on social media.
In other words Brian Johnson Desai and Patricia sucked lol
— Nick Marchetti (@MarchettiN) June 5, 2024
The coaching was as awful as we imagined it being lol that’s wild https://t.co/q9nTi07wxc
— jeremiah. (@JayCov21) June 5, 2024
God forbid someone blames the terrible coaching last year. Thank god someone finally admitted it https://t.co/ts1k9zwO7j
— cj 🦅 (@eaglekelce62) June 5, 2024
BG NEVER says anything bad about anyone, so this is kinda telling 👀 https://t.co/Lozc4KYpS7
— Drew Balis (@drewBbalis) June 5, 2024
This is what I expected to be the case. It's why I'm not concerned about Eagles "collapsing" this season. https://t.co/vMsBFPqMs7
— Bryan Knight (@ProjectAvant) June 5, 2024
Quite an admission from Brandon Graham, one of the #Eagles’ most — maybe THE most respected leader.
Jibes with the almost unanimous consensus from conversations around the league on why Philly collapsed down the stretch last season. https://t.co/vri8OCd8xr
— Matt Lombardo 🏈 (@MattLombardoNFL) June 5, 2024
BG is the last person who you’d expect to say something like this so it’s pretty telling. https://t.co/fVYalGM40v
— Pierre (@PierreB3_) June 5, 2024
Somebody finally said it lol https://t.co/3psBds6mJP
— A Popular Nobody (@ImNyce908) June 6, 2024
We’ll have to see whether or not the team improves as a result of the changes the team made to the coaching staff this offseason.
