Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie was exiting the elevator on Sunday evening following his Birds' torturous loss to the New York Giants when Philadelphia Inquirer's Mike Sielski asked him for a comment.
Lurie didn't even have it him to politely say no, instead, he simply shook his head and kept walking, Sielski shared on X/Twitter post-game.
Approached Jeffrey Lurie as he came off the elevator after the game.
— Mike Sielski (@MikeSielski) January 8, 2024
“How you doing?” he said.
Asked him for comment. He shook his head no and kept walking.#Eagles
Not then. He was smiling. #Eagles https://t.co/WNsfgD68Hd
— Mike Sielski (@MikeSielski) January 8, 2024
A smile that had to have been a fake one.
The Eagles were so bad against the Giants that they looked like they had never played football.
The Giants took an easy 24-0 lead into the half before Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni decided to bench some starters.
Quarterback Jalen Hurts was pulled before the half due to a finger injury and replaced with Marcus Mariota who threw an interception on his first pass.
Philly didn't get a touchdown on the board until the fourth quarter, which marked wide receiver Quez Watkin's first TD of the year --- in meaningless fashion.
The Eagles defense surrendered a total of 27 points and 415 yards to New York. Meanwhile, the Giants held the Eagles to 10 points and 299 total yards.
Despite dropping the ball big-time in five of their last six games, Hurts and his teammates stand behind Sirianni ahead of the post-season.
"I have a lot of confidence in Coach. He puts his heart into it. He has a will to win. And that’s really all you can ask for," Hurts said.
Once a 10-1 team and in control of the NFC East, the Eagles finish the regular season with an 11-6 and head into Wild Card Weekend as the No. 5 seed where they'll take on the (9-8) Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Florida.
“It’s simply win or go home. Nothing else matters," Hurts said.
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