PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles have fired demoted defensive coordinator Sean Desai, based on a number of stories.
Desai, 40, was employed by Philadelphia in February to switch Jonathan Gannon, who grew to become head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. Head coach Nick Sirianni demoted Desai in favor of Matt Patricia following blowout losses to the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys in early December that dropped the Eagles to 10-3.
The change to Patricia, nevertheless, made issues worse, because the protection yielded 30 factors on common over its final 4 video games, together with 32 factors in a wild-card playoff loss on the Tampa Bay Bucs.
The Eagles allowed the third-most factors per recreation throughout the common season (25.2) and ranked thirtieth in purple zone and third-down protection. They allowed 35 passing touchdowns, second most within the league.
Desai received his first NFL job with the Chicago Bears (2013 to 2021), rising from high quality management coach to place coach to defensive coordinator. He served as an affiliate head coach and defensive assistant with the Seattle Seahawks in 2022 earlier than taking the job in Philadelphia.