Vic Fangio is expected to return after being conviced to do by the Philadelphia Eagles, per a report, but there were two perfect replacements if they had let him walk away.
It would have been negligent to let Christian Parker walk out the door if the Eagles knew that Vic Fangio was going to walk out the door into retirement. Parker would have made a good replacement but, instead, went to the Dallas Cowboys to be their defensive coordinator.
So, Fangio will return. Probably. At the age of 67. For one more year. The Philly Voice’s Jimmy Kempski said the Eagles had to convince their DC to return for one more season. Kempski said the veteran DC has agreed to return. You hope his heart is in it. He’s a pro’s pro, so it should be. It might not have been a bad idea to let him go, though.The defensive-minded coach was stunningly let go in Buffalo after nine season in charge of the Bills, making the playoff eight times with him as the head coach. He’s a Philly guy. Though not born here, his family moved to the Philadelphia suburbs when he was in grade school. McDermott’s brother, Tim, is the president of the MLS’ Philadelphia Union. He has a marketing background with the Eagles and Sixers, and the two brothers are close, to the point where Sean would occasionally wear Union team gear to his press conferences.Bills head coach Sean McDermott during a training camp practice in 2019. | JAMIE GERMANO/ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Sean climbed the coaching ranks in his hometown, serving under Andy Reid, starting as a graduate assistant in 2001 after graduating from William & Mary. He eventually became the DC and DB coach from 2009 through 2010 before taking the DC post with the Panthers for six years. From there, it was onto Buffalo, where he won 98 regular-season games and was 8-8 in the postseason. His presence wouldn’t have rattled Nick Sirianni, not after the head coach brought in Matt Patricia in 2023 as a defensive consultant before making him the DC late in the season when he fired Sean Desai.The defensive line coach has been a DC before, holding the job with the Seahawks in 2022 and 2023 before coming to the Eagles. He done an excellent job developing talent such as Jordan Davis, Moro Ojomo, Thomas Booker, and Jalen Carter, among others. Hurtt interviewed to be the DC for the Miami Dolphins during the recent hiring cycle before Miami went with Sean Duggan, who has a history with their new head coach, Jeff Hafley, from their time together at Ohio State, Boston College, and Green Bay. Both McDermott and Hurtt would be excellent replacements for Fangio, whether he changes his mind or steps down after next season. McDermott could be a head coach again next year, so the Eagles’ time to make him their DC might have passed. Hurtt, though, could still be available after the season.Ed Kracz has been covering the Eagles full-time for over a decade and has written about Philadelphia sports since 1996. He wrote about the Phillies in the 2008 and 2009 World Series, the Flyers in their 2010 Stanely Cup playoff run to the finals, and was in Minnesota when the Eagles secured their first-ever Super Bowl win in 2017. Ed has received multiple writing awards as a sports journalist, including several top-five finishes in the Associated Press Sports Editors awards.
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