Nick Sirianni's ranking among returning coaches revealed (and it's questionable)

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni has had one of the most impressive starts to a head coaching career in NFL history, but no one seems to want to acknowledge it.

As the offseason comes to a close and training camps begin, media outlets are releasing plenty of rankings and predictions for the 2025 season. Pro Football Focus released their top 10 rankings of the best head coaches returning to their teams. From the tone of the article, fans can assume this isn't great for Sirianni, as PFF writer Dalton Wasserman ranked him eighth.

"Sirianni is often the target of criticism when the Eagles lose, but credit needs to be given when it’s due. He’s an outstanding 48-20 in the regular season as Philadelphia's head coach and has made the playoffs in each of his first four seasons. The Eagles emphatically proved they were the best team in football last season. They were the NFL’s highest-graded team and lost just one game after Week 4.

Philadelphia’s commitment to the run game in 2024 was its biggest adjustment from a confounding 2023. The offense ranked just 13th in run-play percentage in 2023 but led the NFL with a 51.2% clip last season. The Eagles were the only team to run the ball more than throw it. Of course, it helps to have Saquon Barkley, who racked up more than 2,500 rushing yards last year, including the postseason. Sirianni and the Eagles committed to an old-school style of football, and it paid off with a championship."

Sirianni is praised, but still below others in ranking

Wasserman does acknowledge that Sirianni takes a lot of heat, but still wins. It's questionable, though, as to why Sirianni is eighth behind other coaches like Kyle Shanahan, Jim Harbaugh, and Mike Tomlin.

Shanahan and Harbaugh have never won a Super Bowl as head coaches, and Sirianni has had better starts to his career than they have. Tomlin did win a Super Bowl, but that was over a decade ago, and now his Pittsburgh Steelers team has the reputation of barely getting a winning record and losing early in the playoffs.

Other coaches ahead of Sirianni include Andy Reid, Sean Payton, Sean McVay, and John Harbaugh. These are all Super Bowl-winning coaches, and it can be understood, but looking at the present, Sirianni trumps all those guys.

Sirianni's 48 wins in his first four years are the second-highest in NFL history, behind former San Francisco 49ers head coach George Seifert's 52. Adding to that, Sirianni is only the second head coach in NFL history to win six postseason games in his first four years.

People are going to let their personal feelings get in the way of their opinion on Sirianni, but the numbers don't lie. Sirianni is an elite head coach.