After meeting twice in the regular season, the Commanders and Eagles will meet for the third time on Sunday in the NFC championship game. Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni says it forces both coaching staffs to come up with plans the opponent has never seen before.
“Whenever you play someone multiple times, you’ll know things about them, but they’ll have new wrinkles for us and we’ll have new wrinkles for them,” Sirianni said.
In Week 11, the Eagles defeated the Commanders 26-18 in Philadelphia. In Week 16, the Commanders defeated the Eagles 36-33 in Washington. The Commanders’ win was perhaps the most impressive performance of quarterback Jayden Daniels’ rookie year, and Sirianni said the Eagles know they are facing an excellent young player in Daniels.
“He’s able to win in different ways, he can win with his arm, he can win with his legs, he can extend plays and make plays with his legs, he can extend plays and make plays with his arm,” Sirianni said about Daniels. “You can see he’s calm and cool in the biggest moments. I have a lot of respect for the way he plays.
Fortunately, Sirianni says the same is true for his own quarterback.
“I said the same thing with Jayden Daniels, he’s calm and cool, I think the same thing about Jalen Hurts,” Sirianni said.
