The Philadelphia Eagles are looking to regroup after a 24-15 home loss to the Chicago Bears, marking their second consecutive defeat this season. Despite the setback, Head Coach Nick Sirianni expressed his belief in the team’s ability to recover.
“We’ll evaluate everything, but like I said to you guys, when you win, when you lose, it’s never about one person,” Sirianni said. “We all collectively have to do a better job and that’s going to be starting with us as coaches, starting with me as head coach, finding solutions to get the offense going, and so I’ll put that on us as a staff and put that on me most individually there to help get this thing pointed in the right direction.
“But I still stay with that. It’s the greatest team sport there is and it’s never about one person. We all have to look internally, and all have to get better, coaches and players.”
Sirianni added that he has “confidence in the entire group” and noted that the coaching staff will use the extended weekend to devise a plan for improving offensive performance.
Quarterback Jalen Hurts highlighted both positive moments and mistakes from the game. He threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Brown in the third quarter—his league-leading seventh touchdown pass of 30 or more yards this season—but also committed two turnovers: an interception and a lost fumble during a Tush Push attempt. These were only his fourth and fifth turnovers of the year.
“I can’t turn the ball over, so the ultimate goal is to go out there and find a way to win,” Hurts said. “That’s been a direct correlation with success for us being able to protect the ball and so that really, really killed us.”
With additional preparation time before facing Los Angeles in Week 14, Hurts stated: “We have to definitely stay together. Stay committed to what the team is trying to accomplish. In the end, no one ever said it was going to be easy, and we’ve got to embrace the challenge. We’ve got to embrace this time and respond to it the right way.”
Safety Reed Blankenship addressed reporters after Friday’s game about maintaining composure despite recent losses.
“I still trust every guy in here. I’m not gonna sit here and point fingers at nobody,” Blankenship said. “The first finger I will point is [at] myself. I’m a captain of this team, and I can take a lot of the blame of what happened.
“I gotta be able to communicate better and anticipate stuff a little bit better, but I feel like we can still grow from this. I mean, it’s not the end of the world. We lost another game. We lost two games in a row. Yeah, it sucks, but it don’t stop. I mean, this life continues to go, so we gotta keep going and growing. And I’m sure we’re gonna come back and be locked in, be ready to go.”
Running back Saquon Barkley emphasized accountability following inconsistent offensive production against Chicago.
“Holding each other accountable, not saying this person could do this, this person can do that. Start with yourself first. And that’s what I’m gonna do,” Barkley said. “That’s what I did last week. That’s what I’m gonna do this week. And whether if we lost or we won, you always can do that. Every week is a new week. So take these couple days, regroup, and then you gotta come out ready for Chargers.”
Wide receiver A.J. Brown recorded 10 receptions for 132 yards and two touchdowns but pointed out his own false start penalty after the game.
“Stuff like that can’t happen,” Brown said.
He remains confident in his teammates’ ability moving forward: “Anything can get better, just having a positive attitude towards it and really focus on it, and continue chipping away,” Brown said.”I said last game,we gotthe right peopleinthis locker room togetit fixed,andIbelievethat.”
Despite losing back-to-back games for only the second time this season,the Eagles maintain their lead in NFC East standings.The locker room remains focused on achieving its goals as players look ahead tothe upcoming matchup against Los Angeles.
