PHILADELPHIA — Former Commanders head coach Ron Rivera is interviewing with the Eagles for his or her defensive coordinator place, sources informed ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
The Eagles need to revamp the defensive facet of the ball after a disappointing displaying in 2023 through which they allowed the third-most factors per recreation throughout the common season (25.2), ranked thirtieth in pink zone and third-down protection, and yielded 35 passing touchdowns, second most within the league.
The Eagles are parting methods with defensive coordinator Sean Desai and Matt Patricia, who took over as defensive play-caller late within the season, in accordance with a number of stories.
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Desai, 40, was employed by Philadelphia in February to exchange Jonathan Gannon, who grew to become head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. Head coach Nick Sirianni demoted Desai in favor of Patricia, 49, following blowout losses to the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys in early December that dropped the Eagles to 10-3.
The change to Patricia, nevertheless, made issues worse, because the protection yielded 30 factors on common over its final 4 video games, together with 32 factors in a wild-card playoff loss on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Rivera, 62, served as Eagles linebackers coach below Andy Reid from 1999-2003 earlier than stints as defensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears (2004-06) and Chargers (2008-10) and as head coach of the Carolina Panthers (2011-19) and Commanders (2020-23).
In his final 12 months with the Chargers as defensive coordinator, his unit completed first in yards allowed (271.6 ypg) and tenth in factors allowed (20.1).