Daily News | Meet the Eagles’ external defensive coordinator candidates, from Sean Desai to Jim Leonhard
Following Jonathan Gannon’s departure to the Arizona Cardinals, there are big shoes to fill for the Eagles. Although Gannon’s defense might not have been pleasing to the general NFL fan, especially given the team’s performance in Super Bowl LVII, his unit was mostly effective.
“There are core thought processes that I have on defense,” Sirianni said last week. “I really believe in the turnover differential, I really believe in the explosive-play differential. There are things of that nature of that defense that I like. Then there’s going to be things situationally that are non-negotiables.
Joseph boasts a relationship with standout Eagles defensive end Haason Reddick. When the Cardinals drafted Reddick in 2017, the Temple product was used sparingly as an outside edge rusher because Arizona elected to deploy him as an inside linebacker. During his first three seasons, Reddick registered just 7½ sacks. In their exit meeting ahead of the 2020 offseason, Reddick pleaded to be used in a more effective way.
A native of Shelton, Conn., Desai earned his doctorate in educational administration from Temple, where he served as a defensive and special teams coach from 2006-10 in his first coaching job. Leonhard, 40, has no NFL coaching experience, but he played 10 seasons as an undrafted defensive back for the Bills, Jets, Ravens, Browns, and Broncos.
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