Jalen Carter wasn't the only Eagles player punished by the NFL after Week 1's win over Cowboys

Eagles Head Coach Nick Sirianni Calmly Addresses His Team's Fouls vs. Cowboys

Eagles' head coach Nick Sirianni addressed his team's fouls right after the game, saying he wants his players to not lose their passion while sticking within the rules of the game.

“On personal fouls today, I want these guys to play with great energy, great tenacity, while doing it within the rules of the game,” Sirianni said. “So, we’ll address that. We talked about that, obviously, at halftime. That’s a really good offense, and every one of their drives that resulted in points were all penalties. Now, a PI (Pass interference), that’s different. That’s in the heat of the game. Those are going to happen. But I know we had one with Nolan (Smith) and one with JC (Jalen Carter), and that creates short fields for an offense.

“Again, like I said, we want to be there. We want to have great energy, great tenacity, but we’ve got to do it within the rules of the game. We’ll address that. We’ll go through that, and we’ve got to get better in that scenario because we need that guy on the field because he’s a really good player.”

The Eagles really dodged a bullet by not losing Carter to another game suspension. The hope now is that Carter and the rest of his teammates can stay within the rules of the game in Week 2 when they face the Kansas City Chiefs in a Super Bowl 59 rematch.