Nick Sirianni's flower analogy sort of went viral last week, but with the Eagles declining, the media used it as a way to make fun of the rookie NFL head coach.
However, after Philadelphia's 44-6 thumping of the Lions in Detroit on Sunday, the joke quickly turned into a rallying cry for Eagles fans, as we saw a lot of "Flower Power" tweets on our timelines.
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"I think that they did," Sirianni told Angelo Cataldi on Monday when asked if he thought his team responded to the flower message. "I think in the sense that we all want results right away. I could have used any analogy.
"I could have said skyscraper, with the foundation underneath. I could have said plants, which I do believe I said in the team meeting. I said flower. Bamboo tree -- they start their roots underground, and it takes bamboo trees five years before they spring out, and I didn't want to wait that long, right?
"The main thing right there is just like: 'Hey, I see growth. Everybody here sees growth.' And there's different ways we look at that here in this building, but we just have to keep growing. And it's just another way to say get better every single day.
"I just know a lot of teams in this league, they plateau. And I've seen that over and over and over again. But if you just continue to grow and get a little bit better each day, and leave each day this building a little bit better than you were before, then good things will happen. That was my message."
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The Philadelphia Eagles did something on Sunday that fans have been screaming for -- albeit against arguably the worst team in football. They finally ran the ball. While they were playing the winless Lions, there was a clear difference in their approach. Even without their best running back in Miles Sanders, Philadelphia ran the ball 46 times, while Jalen Hurts threw just 16 times.
"Every game is going to have its different abilities to run it or pass it, or whatever you're gonna do," Sirianni explained. "You're gonna try to do what you do best first, and obviously we do want to run the football. But there's going to be times where's there's going to be a nine-man box, and they're not going to allow you to. Or there's going to be times where the run game has to step, or the pass game has to step up.
"Again, do we want to run the football? Absolutely, because it sets up some of the other things we want to do. And do we want to be aggressive on defensive and blitz and play a little bit more man to man? Of course, but not every game is going to be able to pose that way. Again, we'll do whatever we need to do to win each and every game. That's what we're trying to do, is put our guys in position to win."
The Eagles, now 3-5, face a very tough test on Sunday at home against the 4-3 Los Angeles Chargers, who are coming off of a three-point loss to the Patriots.
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