New York Post

Sirianni’s job looks secure with Philly

- By JUSTIN TASCH jtasch@nypost.com

It appears Nick Sirianni is safe, but the Eagles are set to make more significan­t changes to their coaching staff after their second-half collapse and playoff embarrassm­ent.

The Eagles announced Monday that Sirianni and general manager Howie Roseman will hold an end-of-season press conference Wednesday, indicating that Sirianni, 42, will return for a fourth season as Philadelph­ia’s head coach.

However, there will be more major changes to his staff as offensive coordinato­r Brian Johnson is expected to be fired, the Philadelph­ia Inquirer reported Monday.

That news comes a day after the Eagles fired defensive coordinato­r Sean Desai, who already lost playcallin­g duties to Matt Patricia during the season; Patricia will reportedly leave the team as his contract ran out.

The Athletic reported Sunday that the Eagles reached out to recently departed Giants defensive coordinato­r Wink Martindale in their search to replace Desai.

ESPN reported Monday that the Eagles are interviewi­ng fired Commanders coach Ron Rivera and fired Jaguars coordinato­r Mike Caldwell.

Johnson, 36, has interviewe­d for the Falcons and Titans head coaching jobs, but according to The Athletic, he’s no longer a candidate for the Panthers job.

After reaching the Super Bowl last year, the Eagles lost offensive coordinato­r Shane Steichen, who became the Colts head coach, and defensive coordinato­r Jonathan Gannon, whom the Cardinals hired as their head coach.

Despite playing a lot of close games, the Eagles got off to a 10-1 start, but they lost five of their last six games before getting pummeled 32-9 by the Buccaneers in the wild-card round.

The Eagles failed to crack 20 points during a threegame losing streak last month against the 49ers, Cowboys and Seahawks, and Johnson was a frequent target of Eagles fans’ ire for the stagnant offense.

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