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An artist's rendering of Nick Sirianni during his days as a wide receiver in a fledgling indoor football league.Nick Sirianni is just one win away from the Super Bowl after coaching the Eagles to the top seed in the NFC playoffs. But in 2005, he was a wide receiver in the Atlantic Indoor Football League a year after graduating from Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio.
Talk about humble beginnings in professional football. On the Canton Legends, the team’s checks bounced, the playing surface was like concrete, and players had to avoid a brick wall along the sidelines. Sirianni has come a long way in the 18 years since. Mostly, players took part in that league because they needed to stay connected to a game they truly loved. Matt Breen tells the story ofEagles fans have caught glimpses of the cocksure Sirianni in his first two seasons, but the divisional playoff game against the Giants was the coach perhaps at his most brash.
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