Three hottest seats on the Philadelphia Eagles

All seemed well for the defending NFC Champions after a 10-1 start to the 2023 season. Unfortunately, the team lost six of its last seven regular season games before suffering a 32-9 playoff loss to Tampa Bay. Philadelphia fans are many things, but patient they are not.

With that in mind, here are three Eagles on the hottest seats in 2024. 

Cornerback Darius Slay

Slay put himself on the hot seat with his recent criticism of fans. 

During an appearance on "The Corner Suite," Slay said, "If they like you, they like you. If they don't, it's over with. The only person I seen them love is Lane [Johnson] and [Jason] Kelce."

Fans loved Slay when his game lived up to his “Big Game” moniker but the 32-year-old cornerback is starting to show his age. Philadelphia allowed him to seek a trade last offseason and appeared ready to release him before both sides agreed on a two-year, $42M extension.

Cutting Slay now would cost the team $33M in dead money but a post-June 1 trade could save them $3.2M against the cap. As a team captain and the highest-paid member of the NFL’s 31st-ranked secondary, Slay should probably stay quiet.

Head Coach Nick Sirianni

Philadelphia’s terrible finish already cost two coordinators their jobs. Brian Johnson is a longtime family friend of the starting quarterback but couldn’t survive his first season as offensive coordinator. Former defensive coordinator Sean Desai lost play-calling privileges to Matt Patricia before both were fired at the end of January.

None of this bodes well for Sirianni. Not only did the coach have no answers for the team's collapse, but ownership made it clear that their fourth-year coach would not be involved with offensive game plans moving forward.

Factor in recent reports about Sirianni’s inability to control his temper and anything but a fast start to 2024 could get him fired before the end of the season.