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Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni
Nick Sirianni’s sixth season as the coach of the Eagles is shaping up to be the worst of his tenure, as the team fell to 2-7 after losing to the Giants on Sunday. He was accused of flipping the bird toward the stands while leaving the field in the wake of the defeat, and he contested that narrative after getting the chance to respond to the clip that made the rounds online.
Sports fans tend to have incredibly short-term memories when it comes to the teams they root for, and many of them won’t hesitate to turn on coaches and players who recently experienced high levels of success when things take a turn for the worse.
That’s the situation Eagles fans have found themselves facing less than two years after the team capped off the 2024 season with a dominant win over the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX.
Nick Sirianni brought the Lombardi Trophy back to Philadelphia during his fourth year as the team’s head coach, and while he led them back to the playoffs for the fifth straight year in 2025, the tide has firmly turned during what is shaping up to be a lost season.
The Eagles obviously suffered a big blow after Jalen Hurts was sidelined with the blood clots that ultimately derailed his year, but things were already trending in the wrong direction prior to that point.
Some of the infamously unforgiving fans in Philly voiced their displeasure after the team saw its losing streak stretch to five over the weekend, and Sirianni responded after some people were convinced he gave them a taste of their own medicine.
Nick Sirianni denied he gave a middle finger to booing Eagles fans after losing to the Giants
On Sunday, the Eagles fell to the Giants in a 19-11 contest at home, and some fans sitting near the tunnel at Lincoln Financial Field showered Sirianni with boos after he was escorted into the locker room by the man known as Big Dom.
The coach was seen flexing his fingers as he made his way off the turf, and some people who saw the clip of him departing were convinced he purposefully held up the middle one on his right hand to send a subtle message to the critics.
2024: Sirianni cups his ear and chirps at his own fans
Today: he seemingly flips them off after getting booed 🤯Is he done in Philly? https://t.co/ClIMt3BYDO
— Eagle Times (@_EagleTimes) November 9, 2026
According to ESPN, Sirianni denied that gesture was a conscious one when given the opportunity to address it on Monday, saying, “Absolutely not. That was a surprise to me, but absolutely not.”
Sirianni is no stranger to clapping back at fans, as he sparked some drama by yelling at some spectators who called for his firing toward the start of the 2024 season at a time when he was firmly on the hot seat (one he escaped after leading them to the aforementioned Super Bowl victory a few months later).
It does seem like people were reading a bit too much into this “incident,” but I’ll let you decide if you want to take him at his word.