Former Eagles assistants may have played the Benedict Arnold card perfectly
Former Eagles assistants may have played the Benedict Arnold card perfectly Did anyone notice Shane Steichen's Colts and Jonathan Gannon's Cardinals weren't among the Eagles' supporters in the proposal for a tush push ban?
Perhaps this is where gratitude transforms into greed, where elation becomes entitlement and expectation. As happy as everyone is about seeing the Philadelphia Eagles win two Super Bowls during eight years, every so often, an uncontrollable thought finds its way in.
Philadelphia could have (and probably should have) won three of them very well. Please don't read what hasn't been written. Don't hear what hasn't been said.
There's an appreciation but also a feeling that 'one got away'. A fondness for Super Bowl 52 will always be attached because it brought the first Vince Lombardi Trophy to the City of Brotherly Love. A more satisfying feeling came during Super Bowl 59. We may not see that level of stress-free football in a championship game ever again.
Two former Eagles assistants turn their backs on former allies during their time of need.
Yes, it sounds crazy, but even with two Super Bowl wins on the ledger, years later, losing that first one in the desert to the Kansas City Chiefs still hurts. Shane Steichen and Jonathan Gannon both left during the 2023 offseason to become head coaches of their own football teams, the Indianapolis Colts and the Arizona Cardinals, respectively. J.G. has never seemingly shed his title as one of the goats of Philadelphia's loss on that Sunday evening in February of 2023 (and, we don't use the term 'goat' in its typical complimentary fashion.
Steichen may have joined his former co-Eagles assistant on Philly's most-wanted list. By now, everyone has heard the news. The Eagles survived a proposal to ban the tush push as they received ten supporting votes from other NFL franchises.
As expected, Kellen Moore and the New Orleans Saints did Nick Sirianni a solid, and N.O.'s coach and his new team stood with their former allies. Steichen and Gannon may have played the Benedict Arnold card. The Colts and Cards voted to ban the Eagles' tush push, which is surprising.
Talk about 'forgetting where you come from'. Jalen Hurts and the Eagles ran a ton of Brotherly Shoves during Gannon and Steichen's two-year run with the franchise, and the high success rate ultimately assisted in winning both their head-coaching gigs.
Maybe they forgot? Perhaps they went along with higher authorities. We'll never know, but here's what's important. Philadelphia's infamous play lives on for another season, and the Eagles can still run it in goal-line and short-yardage situations.
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