unCovering the Birds with Jeff McLane

Howie and Nick reflect


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This time a year ago, Philadelphia Eagles general manager Howie Roseman and head coach Nick Sirianni sat next to each other awkwardly on the dais at team headquarters, enduring a barrage of pointed press conference questions as they dissected the franchise’s emphatic failure to live up to the previous season’s Super Bowl run. Adding to the tension was prior speculation about Sirianni’s job, and whether he would return for 2024. Good thing he did. Fast forward to this winter, and the Eagles are back on the NFL’s biggest stage, days away from their latest shot at a second title. What factors gave Roseman the conviction not to blow the Eagles up? How did Sirianni navigate coaching staff changes and months of intense scrutiny to right the ship? The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jeff McLane gives you an all-access press pass to recently-embargoed media sessions with both men, who reflect on this season’s dramatic turnaround.
Plus, in a follow-up to a story about Vic Fangio published on the podcast earlier in the season, Jeff dives deeper into the mind of the Eagles’ defensive coordinator through interviews with mentors, coaches, and players Fangio’s crossed paths with over the course of his lengthy career (is it really true he never laughs?).
And be sure to stick around for a conversation with Merrill Reese, the Eagles’ Hall of Fame radio play-by-play announcer, who discusses preparing for his latest Super Bowl broadcast.
00:00 Howie Roseman and Nick Sirianni reflect
15:52 Inside the mind of Vic Fangio
29:30 Merrill Reese preps for another Super Bowl
Links referenced in the podcast:
Vic Fangio podcast feature
https://www.audacy.com/podcast/uncovering-the-birds-with-jeff-mclane-e8fbc/episodes/week-13-vs-ravens-vic-fangio-at-last-611f1
Jeff’s Fangio profile in the Inquirer
https://www.inquirer.com/eagles/vic-fangio-eagles-chiefs-super-bowl-2025-20250205.html
unCovering the Birds is a production of The Philadelphia Inquirer and KYW Newsradio Original Podcasts. Look for new episodes each week during the regular season.
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