Eagles HC Nick Sirianni admits he would rather sleep at night than worry about being in the hot seat

New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh was blindsided earlier this week when the team fired him following a 2-3 start to the season.

Naturally, the news sparked conversation in Philly, and Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni was asked about his own job security and if he thought about it at all after Saleh was abruptly let go.

"No. I obviously wish him nothing but the best," Sirianni said. "I had a good working relationship with [Former Jets Head] Coach [Robert] Saleh, being able to practice against those guys. I’ve got a lot of respect for him. Always wishing him and his family the best. I think he’s a really good football coach.

"But my mind is set on only how do we get better? Anything out of your control, or anything that consumes your mind that’s not focused on getting better is a waste of time. It only clouds the process. If I’m waking up at 4:00 in the morning, this is just my mind, and I’m thinking about ‘What am I going to say to the team? Oh my God, I’m excited.’ It’s hard for me to go back to sleep when I wake up in the middle of the night because I’m like ‘Okay, I could say this. I’m going to message this. Oh, what if we did this on defense? Oh, what if I did this with special teams? What if I have this conversation with this guy?’

"If my mind – I get less sleep, but I get a lot of things done there. Or on my trip home, my drive into work, my drive out of work. There are so many things – if you’re focused on things that don’t – that you can’t control, then that’s going to cloud that hunger and that drive to get better. That’s all that we think about is the hunger, drive to get better. I know you probably can say, oh, that’s coach talk, but I’m not bullshitting you.

"That’s how I live, that’s how I’ve operated. You are who your habits are, and that’s how I’ve been operating for a big portion of my life."

The Eagles are 2-2 coming out of their bye week and there has been a lot of talk about Sirianni being in the hot seat already this early in the season, but he appears to be sleeping just fine at night.

However, that could change if the Eagles don't turn things around, starting in Week 6 against the Cleveland Browns.

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