Eagles coach Nick Sirianni clearly had enough of losing to the Chiefs.
Sirianni hadn’t coached Philadelphia to a win over the Chiefs in his three years at the helm in Philadelphia, which included a loss to Kansas City in Super Bowl LVII in February, until Monday night.
And he celebrated like a man who had exorcised some demons.
Video captured by NBC Sports Philadelphia showed a boisterous Sirianni sending a message to Chiefs fans as he made his way to the locker room after the 21-17 victory, his first in three tries against Kansas City.
“Hey, I don’t hear s–t anymore Chiefs fans! See ya!” Sirianni screamed as he walked into the tunnel under the stands.
Another clip also showed Sirianni taunting Kansas City fans to their faces after the game.
As he went over to celebrate with a group of Eagles fans, Sirianni yelled “See ya!” at the home contingent as he emphatically high-fived supporters of his team.
The bravado of the Eagles head coach seemed to rub off on Philadelphia cornerback Darius Slay, who poked fun at Chiefs fans as he went to the locker room.
Slay appeared to mock the tomahawk chop that Chiefs fans do at Arrowhead Stadium before hollering “F–k that s–t” multiple times as he made his way off the field.
He stood in the tunnel entrance for several seconds as Chiefs fans serenaded him with boos.
The “Monday Night Football” clash gave the Eagles a measure of redemption over the Chiefs after the nail-biting 38-35 Super Bowl earlier in the year.
While the Eagles said they weren’t focused on revenge, they did seem to take some extra pleasure in the victory.
Sirianni applauded the way his team had played.
“Whoever was going to win that game was going to do it gritty, grimy, nasty, all those adjectives,” Sirianni told reporters after the game, per the Associated Press.
“It was going to be that way, and the guys just stayed together and kept fighting, and kept grinding it out, and we were able to come out on top.”
Read more
