After the Philadelphia Eagles’ 20–16 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, NFL on FOX cameras caught Nick Sirianni getting animated and yelling at fans.

Sirianni was shown holding his hand up to his ear in a sarcastic way, basically indicating “I can’t hear you.” He was saying something to a group of fans after a four-point win over the 1-5 Browns.

At times during the game, like after the Eagles failed to score in the first quarter (for the seventh consecutive game) there were “fire Nick” chants and booing, for right reasons. 

 “We thrive off the crowd when they cheer for us, that’s all I’ll say,” Sirianni said. “When our crowd cheers for us, we thrive off of them. You know, we hear them when they boo. We don’t necessarily like it. I don’t think that’s productive for anybody.”

The Eagles barely squeezed by the lowly Browns, who are 1-5 and one of the worst teams in the league. If the Eagles blew out the Browns, Sirianni could have  had an excuse to act unprofessional, but that wasn’t the case. His actions were uncalled for. 

And booing is not “productive for anybody?” What? Well, start better. Score in the first quarter. You are the only team to not score in the opening quarter this season. That’s embarrassing, especially with this game being at home and coming off a bye week. This team has too much offensive talent to struggle to score points. There’s no excuse this team shouldn’t be averaging close to 30 points a game.

Sirianni even had interactions with Browns’ defensive players on the sideline. Where is the professionalism? As an NFL head coach, or any coach, you should not act that way. And he has been on the hot seat since that collapse last season. 

So, Sirianni’s the last person to be taunting fans about barley pulling out a win, especially in this city. We are too passionate about our teams. If Sirianni yelled at opposing fans, which he has in the past, it would be different, but still unprofessional.

“I was having fun,” Sirianni said. “I was having fun and I kind of got some feedback from the guys (during the bye week) of the sense of, ‘We need you back, Nick. We need your energy. We need your focus.’ I got that from a couple players.

“When I’m operating, having fun, I think that that breeds to the rest of the football team. If I want the guys to celebrate and be themselves after big plays, then I should probably do that myself, right?

“There are times for that and times that are not for that. I have to have wisdom and discernment of when to do that and when not to do that.”

So, the players want Sirianni to act this way?

“It’s just a reassurance of, ‘We trust who you are,’” Hurts said. “We trust where you are as a coach, and we know we can build with you. So it’s about doing it together. And I think for him, I think any leader, it’s about a vision and trusting in that vision. 

“He’s done a really good job of being able to have conversations and honestly try and map things out and some things take time. But it’s a group effort from everybody, and everybody has to dominate their box. Everybody has to respect their role, accept their role, and give their best. 

“I’m excited for him and his growth and continue to see where he’s going, and I think it’ll continue to help our football team.

Ok then… 

But NFL coaches have standards to live up to. This is not it! I can’t imagine Jeff Lurie or Howie Roseman were pleased. Can you imagine veteran coaches like Andy Reid, John Harbaugh, Mike Tomlin making gestures and yelling at fans? It’s a distraction. It’s an embarrassment to have the head coach act that way. It’s just a bad look.

If they were winning big every game, maybe he would have a good reason to act this way. But what has he done lately? The play-calling is atrocious, and the Eagles were barely able to beat the Browns.

How about scoring in the first quarter? Instead, when asked about the early struggles, he gave an attitude.

“You guys have a job to do and you’re going to fixate on one thing and say, ‘Oh, they haven’t started fast and turned the ball over.’”We’ve got it. We’re going to do everything we can do to fix it,” he said. 

It’s been seven straight games, Nick.

He did apologize Monday, but from this point on, it has to be professional and it has to lead to faster starts, better play calls and wins.

“I was trying to bring energy and enthusiasm yesterday, and I’m sorry for how my energy was directed at the end of the game,” he said Monday. “My energy should be all in on coaching, motivating, and celebrating with our guys.”