Eagles' Brandon Graham Calls Out Media Over Nick Sirianni Disrespect After Super Bowl Blowout

Super Bowl LIX was a night of reckoning on several fronts. 

For one, the Kansas City Chiefs lost in unprecedented fashion with the historic feat of the game's first three-peat within arm's reach. Perhaps the football gods decided to balance the scales in glory.

For another, the Philadelphia Eagles validated themselves two years after falling to the Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid regime and one year following collapsing in an embarassing wild-card defeat despite a 10-0 start.

At the center of that vindication is head coach Nick Sirianni, who's emotional style has garnered a generally negative perception through his four years of dawning the headset in South Philadelphia.

This reputation was forged via the series of outbursts and confrontations that Sirianni has been caught on camera having during his Eagles tenure. Between the famous tunnel address to Chiefs fans following a victory in 2023 to a heated exchange with both San Fransisco 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw and Washington Commanders tight end Zach Ertz added to various clashes with his own players and fans, he's a magnet for colorful commentary. 

But after the Eagles stamped their legitimacy into the archives with Sunday's 40-22 trouncing, Eagles defensive end Brandon Graham didn't mince words towards the media in regards to his coach.

"We just laugh at y’all, cause y’all don’t believe in him," Graham said to The Athletic. 

Graham, who is celebrated in Eagles franchise lore for the strip sack he issued on Tom Brady in the waning moments of Philadelphia's Super Bowl LII victory, returned to the field for Super Bowl LIX after having endured a torn triceps injury 11 weeks prior. 

There should be no more doubt!” Graham added.

Two years ago, Sirianni's emotional reaction to the national anthem ahead of Super Bowl LVII became an internet meme with the humor fueled by the fact that the Eagles subsequently fell to Kansas City 38-35.

Now, that same passion is what drives his locker room and despite whatever sideline antics Siranni has displayed before or will in the future, the NFL has no choice but to believe in him.

"I’m really thankful for the adversity and thankful for the criticism," Sirianni said. "Adversity makes you who you are, makes the team who it is, and I’m proud of that. I just didn’t conform to what people wanted me to be. I was true to myself of who I am, and I’ve been leading this way, really, since I’ve been in high school. And so, I’m grateful for the adversity. I’m grateful for the criticism.”