The Philadelphia Eagles have a clear path to the NFC East title are threatening the Detroit Lions for the top seed in the conference.

The story is well-known by now. Jordan Mailata never played American football until the Eagles selected him late in the 2018 NFL Draft. A couple years later, he was the team's staring left tackle and just a few more after that, he's establishing himself as the best player at the sport's second-most important position.

And as much as Sirianni tries to insulate himself, he heard some of that criticism and those calls for his job. There was simply no avoiding it. “You don’t pay too much attention to anything except your process and just try to stick to that,