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The Philadelphia Eagles walked out feeling more frustrated than shocked after their Week 12 collapse against the Dallas Cowboys. Early on, they moved the ball and controlled the pace. But suddenly, everything went sideways, and they lost 24-21. And in the post-game presser, Nick Sirianni didn’t sugarcoat anything.

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Meanwhile, the biggest issue for the Eagles was discipline. Or rather, the lack of it. They racked up 14 penalties throughout the game. It was the most flags since Sirianni’s first season. And clearly, the head coach hated every second of it.

“Uncharacteristic of us, obviously. You have to put that on me. When it’s stuff like that, we spend time going over, obviously, I got to get my message across better. That’s got to be on me. We’ll fix the things we need to fix technique-wise, look-wise, but we’ve got to master the things that require no talent.”

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Afterward, Nick Sirianni also pointed to the difference in adjustments. The Cowboys made theirs at halftime. The Eagles didn’t.

“I’m not going to make any sweeping judgments right this particular time. I think it was a wide variety of things. At the end of the day, we didn’t coach well enough, we didn’t play well enough. When there’s the amount of mistakes that we had, some of the self-inflicted wounds that we had today, I’m always going to put that on me as a head coach. Because it’s something we talk about a lot, and I’ve got to make sure my message is getting through.”

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That was Sirianni taking full responsibility, even when it clearly wasn’t only on him. And the imbalance on offense added fuel to the frustration. Philadelphia ran the ball just 18 times and threw it 39 times. Even worse, Saquon Barkley handled 10 of those carries and finished with only 22 yards.

As a result, Sirianni also called out Jalen Hurts’ offense.

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